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Criminals: Go directly to rehab
There are courts for people up on gun charges and courts for veterans returning from service with post-traumatic stress and addictions. In New Zealand, we've started down the same road. There's a specialist youth treatment court in Auckland for
Updated: 03/02/2012 11:34A
Humanity in War: Introduction to International Humanitarian Law
The course also examines other mechanisms and special courts that enforce IHL, like the International Criminal Court. Finally, the course looks at the special legal protections afforded to certain groups, including children, refugees and women.
Updated: 03/02/2012 11:21A
Lawyers sceptical at suppression law changes
Law changes designed to make it harder to get name suppression in court will be implemented next week, but some lawyers are sceptical of their impact. The Criminal Procedure Act 2011 is being described by the Justice Ministry as "the most significant
Updated: 03/02/2012 11:12A
Probation workers tricked into fitting electronic tag to criminal's friend
Maidstone Crown Court heard how 36-year-old Pace had been ordered to wear the tag for two months after being handed a community order by JPs last summer for perverting the course of justice. But after being sent home to Cliffe, Kent, to wait for G4
Updated: 03/02/2012 10:59A
Drunk Driving: Who's Responsible?
Since China added a provision about drunk driving to its Criminal Law last year, the crime has become increasingly controversial. The drunk driver who killed three people in February, once again thrust the issue into the spotlight, leaving some to
Updated: 03/02/2012 10:58A
Ariz. sheriff unveils Obama birth 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 10:32A
All kinds of violence to be considered as a crime
by di-ve - editorial@di-ve.com The Criminal Code is expected to be amended in order to establish all kinds of violence as crimes. At present, crime is classified as "aggravated" when it results from xenophobia. Now, it will be expanded to include
Updated: 03/02/2012 10:28A
New Orleans music: Could banning youths from bars hurt the scene?
By Richard Fausset New Orleans city officials, looking for ways to lick the Southern city's pernicious crime problem, have been focusing lately on getting young people off the street. In January, the City Council approved a strict new curfew for youths
Updated: 03/02/2012 10:23A
'We fight because the greatest casualty of Modi's governance is democracy itself'
He talks about social justice but thinks distributing alms to some is social justice. Modi has completely homogenised Gujarati society. He does not believe in inclusion. For him, Gujarat is five crore people who don't talk of inequality,
Updated: 03/02/2012 09:47A
Barack Obama's birth certificate COULD be forged, says 'America's toughest
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 09:44A
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