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Bad Law – the TwitterJokeTrial appeal
There are certain aspects of the case which are of interest to anyone with an interest in the relationship between social media and the criminal law. The appeal is by way of “case stated”. This means that there is no appeal of fact, and indeed the
Updated: 02/07/2012 09:48A
U.S. authorities looking into Murdoch foreign payments
By Mark Hosenball and Georgina Prodhan | LONDON (Reuters) - US authorities are stepping up investigations, including an FBI criminal inquiry, into possible violations by employees of Rupert Murdoch's media empire of a US law banning corrupt payments to
Updated: 02/07/2012 08:43A
Arming felons? No, thanks
Crimes currently defined as “non-violent” under state law include burglary, drug dealing and “trafficking in persons,” which includes sexual trafficking and pimping. This bill would allow a lot of bad guys to carry deadly weapons under state law.
Updated: 02/07/2012 08:41A
Wild West Motown: Vigilante justice on the rise in Detroit as 'justifiable
By Jennifer Madison and Mark Duell Vigilante justice is rising in one of America's most violent cities as residents in crime-ridden neighbourhoods take matters into their own hands. Detroit, Michigan, saw 34 self-defence killings in 2011 - a 79 per
Updated: 02/07/2012 08:25A
Wild West Motown: Vigilante justice on the rise in Detroit as 'justifiable
By Jennifer Madison and Mark Duell Vigilante justice is rising in one of America's most violent cities as residents in crime-ridden neighbourhoods take matters into their own hands. Detroit, Michigan, saw 34 self-defence killings in 2011 - a 79 per
Updated: 02/07/2012 08:25A
India: How to silence a nation
Now the festival's organisers are also being charged under provisions of India's criminal laws, which date back to the colonial era. The complainants main contention is that the authors and the festival organisers conspired “to promote enmity on
Updated: 02/07/2012 08:16A
Majority of O'Shane decisions overturned in Supreme Court appeals
''The Supreme Court has found that O'Shane had got the law wrong in 14 out of the 16 criminal cases … In one case she dismissed a charge even though the accused had entered a plea of guilty,'' they say. The Premier, Barry O'Farrell,
Updated: 02/07/2012 08:13A
HIV Criminal Law Not Pleasing Many
In detection of this, the Supreme Court has now decided to make the law fairly clear, and for the same purpose it will be hearing two cases on the coming Wednesday. Crown prosecutors have a fixed argument in their mind that the criminal law must be
Updated: 02/07/2012 06:58A
Three Witnesses Question the Legal Status of Their Detention
The Hague — Defence lawyers of three Congolese witnesses who have been detained by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for almost a year after they sought asylum in the Netherlands petitioned the Court for a status conference regarding their
Updated: 02/07/2012 06:17A
Prayuth gets backing on lese majeste
Mr Chalerm said he fully supported Gen Prayuth's opposition to changing Section 112 of the Criminal Code relating to lese majeste. He called on other armed forces commanders to voice their support for Gen Prayuth on this issue.
Updated: 02/07/2012 05:33A
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