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Thammasat University to review Nitirat ban
He said the move to amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code, which involves lese majeste offences - defaming the monarchy - had been used as an instrument to sabotage political rivals. "The proposal is being used as a political tool.
Updated: 02/05/2012 12:26P
Senator Golding orders review of law concerning criminal procedure
Justice Minister Senator Mark Golding has asked the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to conduct a review of existing legislation and to recommend areas for strengthening to help improve criminal procedure. This comes against the background
Updated: 02/05/2012 11:02A
Senator Golding orders review of law on criminal procedure
Justice Minister Senator Mark Golding has asked the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to conduct a review of existing legislation and to recommend areas for strengthening to help improve criminal procedure. This comes against the background
Updated: 02/05/2012 11:02A
Retaliation Charges Pose Growing Threat to Free Speech
Professor Connell was charged with racial harassment and removed from Widener's campus because he discussed hypothetical crimes in his criminal law class, including the imaginary killing of the law school dean, Linda Ammons, who happens to be black.
Updated: 02/05/2012 10:37A
SOUTH KOREA: Appeal against a lawyer should be withdrawn
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information regarding the case of Mr. Kwon Young-gook, a lawyer who faced criminal charges for obstruction the performance of official duties after intervening to provide legal assistance to
Updated: 02/05/2012 10:18A
Black Americans given longer sentences than white Americans
According to M. Marit Rehavi of the University of British Columbia and Sonja B. Starr, who teaches criminal law at the University of Michigan Law School, the racial disparities can be explained “in a single prosecutorial decision: whether to file a
Updated: 02/05/2012 10:01A
Venezuela's Chavez: We Must Create a New State of Law and Social Justice
By Correo del Orinoco International This past Monday Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced that his government would make reforming the country's penal code a priority in the upcoming year. Speaking from the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice's
Updated: 02/05/2012 09:51A
Arizona's Law Office of Corso & Rhude Adds Former City of Glendale Prosecutor
(openPR) - The Law Office of Corso & Rhude is pleased to announce the hiring of its newest attorney, Courtney Boyd, who joins the Peoria firm after previously serving in the City of Glendale's Prosecutors Office. Peoria, AZ, February 04,
Updated: 02/05/2012 09:16A
MANAGING SEIZED PROPERTY ACQUIRED THROUGH CRIME
The value of seized property acquired through crime, since the adoption of the competent law on March 1, 2009 to this day, has been estimated to 350 million euro, and by the end of the year the amount could reach half a billion.
Updated: 02/05/2012 08:22A
Lindale woman charged with criminal trespass
4, with a felony count of possession of tools for the commission of a crime, and misdemeanor counts of criminal trespass, obstruction or hindering law enforcement officers and violating probation, according to a Floyd County Jail report.
Updated: 02/05/2012 08:19A
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