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I Went For His Wife, Randy Neighbour Stuns Judge
The police charged him to court before the presiding Magistrate, Mrs. AK Shonubi for felony punishable under Section 21 of the Criminal Code Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2003 even though no evidence was found against him of intention to commit felony
Updated: 02/02/2012 08:20A
Justice, House GOP tangle over Fast and Furious documents
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department and Republicans on a House committee looking into a flawed gun-smuggling probe called Operation Fast and Furious appear headed for an impasse over congressional demands for internal Justice documents.
Updated: 02/02/2012 08:12A
Threatened with Contempt, Attorney General Holder to Testify on Fast and
The committee has been investigating the actions by ATF and Justice Department officials into the gun trafficking case that resulted in about 2000 guns being allowed to go to drug cartels and criminal groups in Mexico. The ATF operation took a tragic
Updated: 02/02/2012 08:05A
Colonial and repressive
A libel law can be a legitimate means of redress for people the media have aggrieved, and can even encourage greater media responsibility. But the present libel law, with its antecedents in both the Spanish and US colonial periods, was primarily used
Updated: 02/02/2012 08:02A
Bonacic DNA legislation passes Senate
ALBANY, NY — The NYS Senate passed legislation (S.5560a) today, co-sponsored by Senator John Bonacic, which would expand DNA testing to all misdemeanors and felony violations of New York's penal law. New York's DNA database became operational in 1996.
Updated: 02/02/2012 07:57A
Human trafficking: Chipinge's unsolved challenge
“We only deal with breaches of the Children's Act, the Sexual Offences Act and the Criminal Law Codification (Reform) Act when confronted with trafficking cases in Zimbabwe,” says a statement released from ZRP. Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU) a human
Updated: 02/02/2012 07:50A
Posted On Thursday, February 02, 2012 at 05:08:58 PM
The reason: they broke the law in a public place and not in an area controlled by the defence forces. “In such cases, the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) comes into force first and then the Army procedure. Two criminal cases have been filed against the
Updated: 02/02/2012 07:13A
Navajo County Superior Court Getting New Judge
Higgins has practiced civil and criminal law in Navajo County for 17 years. He has an extensive legal background, including experience in criminal law, transactional matters and civil litigation. Authorities say Higgins also has a broad range of
Updated: 02/02/2012 07:12A
Justice Department rejects gun-smuggling cover-up claim
Two days before Justice told Congress that federal agents made every effort to intercept illegally purchased weapons, the department's criminal division chief, Lanny Breuer, was suggesting letting some illicit "straw" weapons buyers in the US transport
Updated: 02/02/2012 07:10A
Ignorance, fury and blind faith in the wrath against Nitirat
The caller asked the host about Nitirat (the group that's been calling for amendment of Thailand's controversial lese majeste law, or Article 112 of the Criminal Code). What the caller had to say is extremely revealing.
Updated: 02/02/2012 07:07A
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