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Chinese lawmakers revise criminal code
BEIJING, March 14 (UPI) — Chinese lawmakers have approved changes to the country's criminal code that highlight human rights protections, parliamentary officials said Wednesday. Among the changes approved was the addition of the phrase “respecting and
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:22A
What ever happened to racial profiling?
This is a beat that Mac Donald covered in her book Are Cops Racist? and that Mac Donald has simply owned as a journalist. Mac Donald's NR article begins with an exposition of the key role played by University of Toledo Law School Professor David Harris
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:52A
Congo-Kinshasa: Landmark ICC Verdict Over Use of Child Soldiers
A Trial Chamber made up of three judges delivered the ICC's first-ever verdict on Wednesday against Thomas Lubanga Dyilo for the war crime of enlisting and conscripting children under 15 into the Forces patriotiques pour la libration du Congo (FPLC)
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:48A
Complex Societies Need Simple Laws
How many laws will you break today? America now has so many laws that the average person runs afoul of several criminal offenses daily. Even the American Bar Association can't estimate how many regulations are on the books.
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:41A
Complex Societies Need Simple Laws
How many laws will you break today? America now has so many laws that the average person runs afoul of several criminal offenses daily. Even the American Bar Association can't estimate how many regulations are on the books.
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:41A
Veterans Complete Program As Alternative To Incarceration
Among those also attending today's graduation ceremony was Administrative Judge of the Criminal Term of Queens Supreme Court Justice Fernando M. Camacho, Presiding Judge of the Queens Veterans' Court Judge Marcia P. Hirsch, Chief Policy and Planning
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:38A
Chad, Hissne Habr, crimes against humanity
Four years ago, the Belgian authorities filed the case now before the ICJ, stating that the Senegalese state had failed to live up to its obligations to punish crimes under international law, and arguing that it should either prosecute Habr itself or
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:35A
Saint Leo, One of the Top Criminal Justice Universities, Offers Special Course
As one of the top criminal justice universities, Saint Leo understands the detrimental impact sex trafficking has on society, which is why it is offering a special International Sex Trafficking Course on May 7 to 10, 2012.
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:28A
Have legal question? Phone or meet lawyer for answers
Indian River County residents can tune in to Comcast Channel 28 where, free of charge, attorneys from the Indian River County Bar association will answer residents' legal questions on a variety of topics ranging from family law, criminal law,
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:17A
Ferman addresses wiretap law
But Ferman, as a member of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, on Tuesday urged state legislators to update the state's Wiretap Act in order to better protect victims and to help law enforcers identify and prosecute criminals.
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:16A
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