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Legalizing the Tools of Repression
The focus of the battle is a long-in-the-works set of revisions to the Criminal Procedure Law, which is expected to be adopted next month at the last annual plenary session of the National People's Congress under Hu. The more progressive-minded
Updated: 02/29/2012 08:47A
Concord Law School Celebrates Graduation of 106 Students
More than 40% of the graduates hold other post-graduate degrees, including Ph.Ds, MDs, and individuals with Masters degrees in engineering, criminal justice, business management, and taxation. John McKay, currently a professor at Seattle University
Updated: 02/29/2012 08:32A
President enacts pedophile chemical castration bill
The law also bans probation for offenders who have sexually abused children under 14 years old. The State Duma approved the amendments to the Criminal Code on February 7, 2012 and the Federation Council approved them on February 22.
Updated: 02/29/2012 08:32A
Elizabeth Maringer, Former High-Ranking Southern District of New York Federal
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stroz Friedberg, a global digital risk management and investigations firm, today announced that Managing Director Elizabeth F. Maringer has been appointed Co-Head of the firm's global Business Intelligence and Investigations
Updated: 02/29/2012 08:29A
EURO NEWS: HSBC in Hot Water for Illegal Financial Dealings; Greece Gets Fresh
HSBC's USA Incorporated unit stressed that probes are being initiated by Manhattan's District Attorney, the Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve and two agencies of the Department of the Treasury. The bank said that the inquiries were digging
Updated: 02/29/2012 08:27A
'LeT planned to bomb crowded locality in Delhi'
Endorsing the recommendation of various committees on speedy delivery of justice, Chidambaram pitched for separation of investigation and prosecution from 'law and order' wing of state police by amending the existing criminal justice system.
Updated: 02/29/2012 08:23A
'No out of court settlement in fishermen case'
"There is no provision in Indian criminal law to have an out of court settlement on charges of murder," Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told mediapersons after a cabinet meeting here to questions about reports that Italian authorities were trying to go in
Updated: 02/29/2012 08:04A
Fishermen killings: No out of court settlement, says Oommen Chandy
"There is no provision in Indian criminal law to have an out of court settlement on charges of murder," Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told mediapersons after a cabinet meeting here to questions about reports that Italian authorities were trying to go in
Updated: 02/29/2012 07:50A
Senate panel rams through bill Muslims and Jews call discriminatory
The 5-2 vote by the Senate Criminal and Civil Justice Subcommittee approved legislation, SB 1360, that would ban any court or legal authority from using any sort of religious or foreign law as part of a legal decision or contract.
Updated: 02/29/2012 07:40A
Justice Department launches criminal probe into Libor fixing
By Carrick Mollenkamp NEW YORK — The Justice Department is conducting a criminal probe into whether the world's biggest banks manipulated a global benchmark rate that is at the heart of a wide range of loans and derivatives, from trillions of dollars
Updated: 02/29/2012 07:36A
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