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Gove: We have everything to lose from fettering press
Gove said: "It is undoubtedly the case that there were serious crimes which were committed, but we know that these crimes were serious because they broke - if the allegations are proved - the already existing criminal law. "There are laws against the
Updated: 02/22/2012 03:09A
Gove: We have everything to lose from fettering press
Gove said: "It is undoubtedly the case that there were serious crimes which were committed, but we know that these crimes were serious because they broke - if the allegations are proved - the already existing criminal law. "There are laws against the
Updated: 02/22/2012 03:09A
EDITORIAL: Stolen valor
The act, passed by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush, makes it a crime, punishable by up to a year in prison, to falsely claim “to have been awarded any decoration or medal authorized by Congress for the Armed Forces of the
Updated: 02/22/2012 02:53A
U.S. law panel urges PM to reconsider mandatory penalties for marijuana
The release of the letter comes just days after four former attorneys general in British Columbia called for the repeal of Canada's marijuana prohibition laws, saying they have done nothing but fuel organized crime and gang violence.
Updated: 02/22/2012 02:39A
Steptoe & Johnson | Who's Who Legal Again Names Steptoe's Weingarten Business
For the sixth consecutive year, Who's Who Legal has named Steptoe partner Reid Weingarten the International Business Crime Defense Lawyer of the Year. According to the editors, Mr. Weingarten was the most highly-regarded lawyer in their research,
Updated: 02/22/2012 02:14A
Ghana: Gargantuan Crimes, Hipocrisy And The Murdering
This is so because the then Attorney-General Betty Mould Iddrisu, was so privileged to have been fore-warned when a letter then allegedly written by TETTEH & CO, (a law firm then representing Waterville) to her, officially drawing her attention to the
Updated: 02/22/2012 02:13A
Proceeds of crime officers go after cocaine baron for £86k.. but end up with
All they managed to seize under proceeds of crime law was £142 from a bank account and Flanagan's Rolex, worth an estimated £4300. The crook was given 28 days to pay up. Flanagan got his lucky break yesterday after being driven from jail to the High
Updated: 02/22/2012 02:12A
Rule of Law: Politicized Attorney General
The PGR also now operates with completely outdated and unworkable rules that do not correspond to the new Organic Law of the institution, published on May 29, 2009. The recent firing of the special prosecutor for electoral crimes, Jose Luis Vargas,
Updated: 02/22/2012 02:11A
US officials tell Tories war on drugs has failed
The release of the letter comes just days after four former attorneys general in British Columbia called for the repeal of Canada's marijuana prohibition laws, saying they had done nothing but fuel organized crime and gang violence.
Updated: 02/22/2012 02:04A
Deadly force to apply to police only, MPs told
proposed changes to the law governing the use of lethal force under section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act should apply only to police officers making an arrest and not to private individuals acting in self-defence, says a Business Day report.
Updated: 02/22/2012 01:57A
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