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China to set up fair social justice system
The deputies of Fujian delegation divided into groups on Thursday to discuss the amendments of the criminal procedural law, the number of deputies and election questions related with the 12th National People's Congress, and the draft for electing
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:34P
MP Woodworth's Motion on the Horizon
"We should never accept any law that says that some human beings are not human." Canada has yet to update the seventeenth century law found in subsection 223(1) of the Criminal Code. Woodworth is asking Canadians to voice their concerns regarding this
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:31P
JBLM may be in for 2nd major war-crimes trial in short period
But the experts noted the military justice system gives the Army broad latitude to prosecute the 38-year-old combat veteran elsewhere, and leaders may choose to do so for various reasons, including Afghan cries for justice on their soil.
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:23P
Local expert speaks out on Kony 2012 video, calls it oversimplification
"I've been writing about Africa and international criminal justice now for 15 years and all of a sudden this has become very high profile and it's fantastic," said Drumbl. So he, like millions of others, watched the Kony 2012 video -- an online
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:21P
Sheriff Sue Rahr steps down March 31 after 32 years in uniform
King County Sheriff Sue Rahr announced on Wednesday that she'd accepted a job as director of the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission and is stepping down as sheriff effective March 31. The move was not a surprise as Rahr, 55,
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:14P
JBLM might be in for 2nd major war-crimes case in short period
But the experts noted the military justice system gives the Army broad latitude to prosecute the 38-year-old combat veteran elsewhere, and leaders may choose to do so for various reasons, including Afghan cries for justice on their soil.
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:11P
New law offers hope to sex trafficking victims
Illinois recently passed the Justice for Victims of Sex Trafficking Crimes Act. The law, which went into effect in January, aims to help survivors get their lives back. Since 2007, Illinois has had the fifth highest number of calls to the National
Updated: 03/14/2012 11:08P
Bill aimed at toughening domestic violence crimes presented to committee
By Alex Barber, BDN Staff AUGUSTA, Maine — A bill that its backers say might have prevented Amy Lake and her two children from being murdered by her estranged husband last June was presented before the Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:55P
Bill aimed at toughening domestic violence crimes presented to committee
By Alex Barber, BDN Staff AUGUSTA, Maine — A bill that its backers say might have prevented Amy Lake and her two children from being murdered by her estranged husband last June was presented before the Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:55P
Brazil files first criminal charges over dictatorship disappearances
A 1979 amnesty law implemented during the dictatorship had effectively stopped criminal prosecution for alleged human rights abuses that occurred during the dictatorship, Human Rights Watch said. But in 2010, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:52P
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