Latest Criminal Law News

Drug trafficker on death row tells court why he should not be hanged
Chia was granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal but has been detained under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act, which allowed for members of secret societies and crime syndicates to be held indefinitely without trial.
Updated: 03/14/2012 05:01P

Govt nod needed for attachment of property of retired babus
"An official memorandum dated May 13, 2009 was issued laying down procedure for obtaining authorisation of the central government under section 3 of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance, 1944 for attachment of the money or property procured by
Updated: 03/14/2012 04:49P

Most of them criminals
Replying to lawmakers' queries, she admitted the fact that some people had been abducted in and around the capital by criminals, who identified themselves as members of law enforcement agencies. “According to media reports based on the information
Updated: 03/14/2012 04:43P

People need relief from crime, fraud and deception
The propensity for the public to storm the streets and take the law into their hands has now become a common practice. People naturally become restive when the authorities fail to take prompt action in cases of crime and other incidents.
Updated: 03/14/2012 04:37P

The Associated Press Provides Context For A Suicide
Article 475 of the Moroccan penal code allows for the “kidnapper” of a minor to marry his victim to escape prosecution, and it has been used to justify a traditional practice of making a rapist marry his victim to preserve the honor of the woman's
Updated: 03/14/2012 04:35P

We need to end the orgy of rule making in America
“If you have 10000 regulations,” Winston Churchill said, “you destroy all respect for law.” He was right. But Churchill never imagined a government that would add 10000 year after year. That's what we have in America. We have 160000 pages of rules from
Updated: 03/14/2012 04:35P

14/03/2012UN hails warlord's conviction as 'milestone'
UN leader Ban Ki-moon called the ICC verdict "an important step forward" in making sure that "perpetrators of crimes against children in situations of armed conflict are brought to justice." Ban called for greater international effort "holding
Updated: 03/14/2012 04:16P

Congolese warlord guilty of using child soldiers in ICC's first verdict
“It is a historic moment for international justice and the International Criminal Court. This judgement signals very strongly that the court is at work, curbing impunity and issuing judgements against criminals,“ said Geraldine Mattioli-Zeltner of
Updated: 03/14/2012 04:09P

Megaupload criminal copyright case is 'fundamental shift'
By Michael Foreman | Auckland | Thursday, 15 March, 2012 The legal, business and political implications of the Megaupload case were examined at a breakfast panel discussion held by the New Zealand Computer Society in Auckland recently.
Updated: 03/14/2012 03:56P

Thomas Lubanga verdict: stunned silence among friends in Congo
Her brother is Thomas Lubanga, the first man to be found guilty in a trial at the international criminal court. Dozens of activists from the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), the party founded by Lubanga in the midst of the brutal second Congo war,
Updated: 03/14/2012 03:56P