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Sheriff detective shooting unarmed man seems more criminal
I looked at this hardened criminal's record and found not a lengthy rap sheet but a few incidents with the law. None of them violent. I am at a loss to understand how that pinned-in small car posed any threat to those two much larger (unmarked)
Updated: 03/08/2012 07:31A
New Law To Make Stalking Specific Criminal Offence
The PM will meet victims of stalking today at No.10 in a reception to mark International Women's Day. The decision to explicitly criminalise stalking comes after a parliamentary review saying that harassment and intimidation can often turn into murder.
Updated: 03/08/2012 07:19A
Legislature Official Denies "Secret Detention" in China
A Chinese legislature official on Thursday denied that the draft amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law allows secret detention, saying "there are no secret detentions in China or any legal stipulations on it." Lang Sheng, vice director of the
Updated: 03/08/2012 07:14A
China highlights human rights in new criminal procedure law
China's legislature has underlined the principle of "respecting and safeguarding human rights" by explicitly writing it into a draft amendment to the nation's Criminal Procedure Law. The draft was submitted today to the ongoing 5th session of the 11th
Updated: 03/08/2012 07:10A
United States: While Many Businesses Employ And Rely On Illegal Immigrants
As New York City's mayor reportedly observed, "Although they broke the law by illegally crossing our borders or overstaying their visas and our business broke the law by employing them, our city's economy would be a shell of itself had they not,
Updated: 03/08/2012 07:03A
China modifies 'secret detention' plans
An early draft of an amendment to the criminal law had included that families of those secretly taken away by the authorities would not need to be informed. Following widespread criticism this has been dropped, with the legal changes outlined by senior
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:55A
China to restrict secret detentions -- on paper
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. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) / by Ng Han Guan,
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:49A
Who hasn't done a little bit of 'stalking'?
The introduction of a victim's subjective experience into the criminal law set the scene for many similar offences which were used to prosecute what used to be known colloquially as 'acting like a weirdo'. For these new offences, it was sufficient to
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:46A
China to restrict secret detentions—on paper
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. BEIJING—China's authoritarian government is
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:45A
Stalking and harassment to be separate criminal offences
That is why we are explicitly criminalising stalking, to make sure that justice is done, protect the victims and show beyond doubt that stalking is a crime." In addition to the newly proposed stalking law - due in the House of Lords on Monday - Mr
Updated: 03/08/2012 06:42A
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