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Police may get more powers to fight crime syndicates
By Tham Yuen-C The police will have more powers against criminal syndicates under proposed new laws to be presented in Parliament by year's end. Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Teo Chee Hean said on Thursday that the Organised Crime Act
Updated: 03/01/2012 07:30P
Liberal senators decry speedy passage of Tory crime bill
"It is not a one-size-fits-all justice system. Criminal justice is not a vending machine, where you press a button — A1, B5 or B6 — and out pops a sentence," said Senator James Cowan, the Liberal leader in the Senate. "Vending machines usually dispense
Updated: 03/01/2012 07:19P
Erosion of banking secrecy: draft law proposed
The current Credit Institutions Act, which governs banking secrecy regulations, allows the FSA impinge on banking secrecy only in case of criminal offences. The draft law stems from a Supreme Court ruling (3-1-1-43-09), in which the court judged that,
Updated: 03/01/2012 07:03P
Chief Administrative Clerks Awarded “Masters” Rating
The examination calls for a demonstration of knowledge and proficiency in both Civil and Criminal laws of the State, as well as the over-all administration of the Justice Court system. There are 830 Justice Courts within the State and an estimated 1500
Updated: 03/01/2012 06:48P
Homes Destroyed, Lives Shattered: Criminal Demolitions in the OPT's
Settlement building is illegal under international law. Implement and enforce the law. Israel disregards international law, with the support and involvement of their chief criminal ally and partner in crime, America. Every time a Caterpillar bulldozer
Updated: 03/01/2012 06:43P
Readings: Samuel Moyn, “Of Deserts and Promised Lands: The Dream of Global
If the remote and recent past of international criminal justice is too complicated to narrate as a fairy tale, its current and future possibilities are ultimately hazy. International courts may not be a mirage, but one thing is clear.
Updated: 03/01/2012 06:33P
W.Va. Ethics panel clarifies cohabitation law
A county commissioner would be violating state criminal law if he lives with his secretary, even if she is reassigned to a different position in county government, the West Virginia Ethics Commission ruled Thursday. After a long debate -- and
Updated: 03/01/2012 06:21P
Death penalty could go before California voters in November
Most studies on capital punishment have shown that it does not act as a crime deterrent and that it does not save money, so most arguments supporting it have been emotional ones offered by grieving families or law enforcement officials describing the
Updated: 03/01/2012 06:15P
Law and Order — Gary
Erick Mitchell, 27, of 2549 E. 22nd Ave., is being held pending charges of aggravated battery, criminal confinement and a felon in possession of a handgun, Cpl. Gabrielle King said. A 26-year-old Emerson area woman said Mitchell had been to her home on
Updated: 03/01/2012 06:12P
Fighting Pirates With Paper: How the Law of the Sea Is Important in the Fight
That weapon is the Law of the Sea Convention, which makes piracy a universal crime, and subjects pirates to arrest and prosecution by any nation. The good news is that the Convention is supported by countries around the world.
Updated: 03/01/2012 06:08P
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