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Legalising Gay Sex: SC Asks About Law in Other Nations
A bench of justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhaya asked them to "broaden the canvas" while opposing the Delhi High Court's order of decriminalising gay sex and not limit their arguments to only carnal intercourse as the final verdict on the issue
Updated: 02/22/2012 09:54A

JUSTICE SERVED: KUWAIT COUPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PINAY MAID
KUWAIT CITY, FEBRUARY 23, 2012 (ABS-CBN) by Maxxy Santiago - The Kuwait Criminal Court sentenced on Sunday a Kuwaiti couple identified as Abdulaziz Al Falekh and Rabagh Mustafa Sahata to death by hanging for the premeditated murder of their Filipino
Updated: 02/22/2012 09:52A

ILLEGALLY OBTAINED EVIDENCE INADMISSIBLE / JPE: CJ TRIAL VERY 'TRYING'
[PHOTO - Senator-judges confer with Attorney Regis Puno (right), counsel for Philippines Savings Bank, as the latter presents the signature cards of Chief Justice Renato Corona in the impeachment trial at the Philippine Senate on Monday.
Updated: 02/22/2012 09:52A

2G case: Notice to CBI on Shahid Balwa's plea
Balwa, along with other accused, was booked under penal provisions related to criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, cheating and forgery. He was also booked under the anti-corruption law. The court framed additional charges against him under
Updated: 02/22/2012 09:44A

2G case: Notice to CBI on Shahid Balwa's plea
Balwa, along with other accused, was booked under penal provisions related to criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, cheating and forgery. He was also booked under the anti-corruption law. The court framed additional charges against him under
Updated: 02/22/2012 09:44A

Decriminalising gay sex: SC asks about law in other countries
PTI A bench of justices GS Singhvi and SJ Mukhopadhaya asked them to "broaden the canvas" while opposing the Delhi high court's order of decriminalising gay sex and not limit their arguments to only carnal intercourse as the final verdict on the issue
Updated: 02/22/2012 09:43A

Mandatory minimums for drug crimes don't work, say US law officials
"We have learned the hard way that long sentences are not deterring people from selling drugs when the profits are so great." Sterling is one of 28 current and former law-enforcement officials in the US who have written to Canadian senators,
Updated: 02/22/2012 09:24A

US law panel urges Harper to avoid 'costly failure' of mandatory minimum pot
Related McMurtry, Greenspan & Doob: Harper's incoherent crime policy Omnibus crime bill will target gangs not teens, Justice Minister says Brian Hutchinson: Campaign to legalize pot gets four new out-of-office adherents The letter was signed by more
Updated: 02/22/2012 09:24A

UBB mine manager charged with conspiracy
An Upper Big Branch Mine superintendent was charged this morning with conspiracy to violate mine safety laws, in a court filing that indicates he is cooperating with federal prosecutors as they continue a criminal probe of the worst US coal-mining
Updated: 02/22/2012 09:11A

UBB mine manager charged with conspiracy
An Upper Big Branch Mine superintendent was charged this morning with conspiracy to violate mine safety laws, in a court filing that indicates he is cooperating with federal prosecutors as they continue a criminal probe of the worst US coal-mining
Updated: 02/22/2012 09:11A