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When it comes to crime, harsher punishment doesn't pay
LENGTHENING prison terms will do nothing to reduce crime in NSW, one of the most comprehensive reports on the criminal justice system conducted in Australia shows. The study by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research found that increasing the
Updated: 03/13/2012 12:30P
Editor and husband arrested in dawn raid
LONDON: The former News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks and her husband were among six people arrested in dawn raids yesterday on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. They were arrested by officers from Operation Weeting,
Updated: 03/13/2012 12:21P
Afghan Justice: You kill my people, I kill you
By Thomas Fleming The brutal massacre of 16 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, has shocked many Americans and Europeans. That so many are surprised, much less shocked, is a tribute to the dishonesty of Western media.
Updated: 03/13/2012 12:10P
Nazaruddin Should Be Indicted for Giving Bribes - Not Taking Them: Expert
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Criminal law expert Chairul Huda believes that indictments against Muhammad Nazaruddin were inappropriate. The expert witness in the athletes' village case trial said that, with regard to the case, Nazaruddin should have been
Updated: 03/13/2012 12:07P
Quebec: We'll work to circumvent the new federal crime bill
Prime Minister Stephen Harper rises to vote in favour the omnibus crime bill in the House of Commons on Monday, March 12, 2012. MONTREAL — The debate isn't over yet for the Conservative government's criminal justice legislation -- at least not in
Updated: 03/13/2012 12:06P
Shatter dismisses calls to repeal crime laws following Supreme Court ruling
The clause is thought to be responsible for warrants which led to a number of cases currently awaiting hearing at the Special Criminal Court. Today in the Dl, Sinn Fn justice spokesman Jonathan O'Brien called for a full repeal of the Offences
Updated: 03/13/2012 11:53A
Rebekah Brooks among six latest Weeting arrests
All six - five men and one woman - were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977. They were arrested at addresses in London, Oxfordshire, Hampshire and Hertfordshire.
Updated: 03/13/2012 11:49A
Brooks arrested in News of the World phone-hacking probe
All six - five men and one woman - were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977.A number of addresses connected to the arrests are being searched," The Age quoted him, as saying.
Updated: 03/13/2012 11:43A
The Last Days Of American Crime May Have New Helmer
The last time we heard about a film adaptation of the Radical Publishing graphic novel The Last Days of American Crime, the thriller was slated to star Sam Worthington with Law Abiding Citizen's F. Gary Gray lined up to direct.
Updated: 03/13/2012 11:40A
The Last Days Of American Crime May Have New Helmer
The last time we heard about a film adaptation of the Radical Publishing graphic novel The Last Days of American Crime, the thriller was slated to star Sam Worthington with Law Abiding Citizen's F. Gary Gray lined up to direct.
Updated: 03/13/2012 11:40A
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