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Pakistani ministry cites spicy food as reason to not raise criminal age
For now, that means child sex abuse and pornography are not covered by Pakistan's criminal law. In a written submission, the ministry of law and justice said that, under sharia, children became adults at the onset of puberty which varied under a range
Updated: 03/08/2012 04:04A

China to restrict secret detentions — on paper
ALEXA OLESEN, AP BEIJING (AP) — China's authoritarian government is restricting the police's power to secretly detain people, at least on paper, announcing stricter revisions to a key criminal law Thursday after a wave of public complaints.
Updated: 03/07/2012 11:33P

China to restrict secret detentions _ on paper
BEIJING (AP) — China's authoritarian government is restricting the police's power to secretly detain people, at least on paper, announcing stricter revisions to a key criminal law Thursday after a wave of public complaints. The formal introduction of
Updated: 03/07/2012 11:32P

China parliament unveils dissident detention powers
The power to detain suspects of subversion and other state security charges without telling their families is included in revisions to China's Criminal Procedure Law presented to the National People's Congress for approval.
Updated: 03/07/2012 11:14P

Controversial law clause removed
The clause in the draft amendment to the Criminal Procedural Law, which permits the police to arrest a suspect and hold them at a specific place for further investigation without informing their family members if it may "impede the investigation" has
Updated: 03/07/2012 10:56P

China restricts police power on secret detentions
AP BEIJING (AP) - China's authoritarian government is restricting the police's power to secretly detain people, at least on paper, announcing stricter revisions to a key criminal law Thursday after a wave of public complaints.
Updated: 03/07/2012 10:50P

China tightens bill on enforced disappearances
BEIJING — China's government is restricting police powers to secretly detain people, at least on paper, announcing stricter revisions to a key criminal law after a wave of public complaints over so-called forced disappearances. A revised criminal law
Updated: 03/07/2012 10:43P

Bowing to complaints, China on paper restricts police power to secretly detain
Article by: AP BEIJING - China's government is restricting police powers to secretly detain people, at least on paper, announcing stricter revisions to a key criminal law after a wave of public complaints over so-called forced disappearances.
Updated: 03/07/2012 10:36P

Man, 36, receives 100-year sentence under habitual offender law
Orleans Parish Criminal District Judge Frank Marullo on Wednesday sentenced Laneheart, 36, to a century in prison under the state's habitual offender law. Laneheart, of New Orleans, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 1999, triggering the multiple bill.
Updated: 03/07/2012 10:30P

CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMChina tightens bill on enforced disappearances
Entertainment News from AP BEIJING (AP) - China's government is restricting police powers to secretly detain people, at least on paper, announcing stricter revisions to a key criminal law after a wave of public complaints over so-called forced
Updated: 03/07/2012 10:25P