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HC quashes criminal proceedings against Yahoo
"The summons issued against Yahoo India is set aside," Justice Suresh Kait said while allowing the plea of the website that the lower court wrongly issued the process against it, without attributing any specific role to it.
Updated: 03/02/2012 08:14A
McLean County state's attorney
As the chief law enforcement officer of the county, the state's attorney has the ultimate authority to determine who is and is not charged with a criminal offense and whether they are prosecuted fairly in the criminal justice system.
Updated: 03/02/2012 08:12A
law akin to getting away with murder
Amid concerns that defensive homicide was not operating as originally intended, in August 2010 the Victorian Department of Justice began a review of the offence. However, given the change of state leadership in Victoria in November 2010 it is as yet
Updated: 03/02/2012 08:12A
Crime and Social Media Sites— Catching Criminals and Learning to Avoid Them
He advises social media users to check out the Internet Crime Complaint Center to learn more about ways to protect themselves from becoming a victim. Officer Jon Agnew, public information officer for the Bryan Police Department, in Bryan, Texas,
Updated: 03/02/2012 08:05A
Prosecutors at Hariri tribunal seek to expand indictment in assassination case
Its existence was disclosed in a request to the court's appeals chamber for clarification of the crime of criminal association in Lebanese law. Hariri and 22 others died Feb. 14, 2005, in a huge truck bomb blast in Beirut. Copyright 2012 The Associated
Updated: 03/02/2012 08:04A
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio unveils Obama birth certificate probe
Arpaio's probe comes amid a federal grand jury investigation into the sheriff's office on criminal abuse-of-power allegations since at least December 2009, focusing on the sheriff's anti-public corruption squad. Separately, the US Justice Department
Updated: 03/02/2012 07:54A
EFCC's Suit Against Daniel Dismissed
According to Mabekoje, “trial leave of court is required to file information containing indictable offences by any person in the High Court. The EFCC failed to comply with section 340 (2) of the Criminal Procedure Law before filing the information.
Updated: 03/02/2012 07:53A
Online content: Criminal proceedings quashed against Yahoo India
"The summons issued against Yahoo India is set aside," Justice Suresh Kait said while allowing the plea of the website that the lower court wrongly issued the process against it, without attributing any specific role to it.
Updated: 03/02/2012 07:52A
Mayor Prohibits City Police From Enforcing Federal Immigration Law
The order follows an agreement reached between the Mayor's Office on Criminal Justice, Office of Neighborhoods, and Baltimore City Hispanic Commission. “Throughout Baltimore's great history, we have strived to be a place that welcomes foreign-born
Updated: 03/02/2012 07:50A
LISTEN: Tardy NOVA School Family Files To Have Criminal Case Dropped
Mark Denicore, an attorney who turned down a request to be interviewed by WMAL.com, argued in the motion that the law says nothing about lateness. In an interview with WMAL.com, DC-based criminal defense attorney Judith Wheat said the Denicores have a
Updated: 03/02/2012 07:46A
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