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Father Raymond J. de Souza: Crime bill puts too much faith in the watchmen
The trial in American criminal justice has been usurped by the plea bargain, in which the prosecutors hold most of the cards. Canada is not there (yet), but it has happened here. In Ontario, the Goudge inquiry into parents falsely convicted of killing
Updated: 03/15/2012 07:30A
INDIA: Brutal custodial torture by West Bengal Police of a young couple
In that case however the police were demanding bribe from the accused for not falsely implicating him criminal cases. The practice of torture is widespread in India. Unchallenged and unopposed, it has become a normal and legitimate practice for the law
Updated: 03/15/2012 07:20A
Text messages and Facebook are new star witnesses at criminal trials
They worried about wiretapped phones and they knew rooms could be bugged, said Louis B. Schlesinger, professor of forensic psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. “They hardly said anything. Those guys were sophisticated
Updated: 03/15/2012 07:19A
Stand up if you hate this law
The act became law in Scotland earlier this year, having been rushed through the Scottish parliament at the tail-end of 2011. It introduces two new criminal offences to the statute book: offensive behaviour and threatening communications.
Updated: 03/15/2012 07:12A
Stand up if you hate this law
The act became law in Scotland earlier this year, having been rushed through the Scottish parliament at the tail-end of 2011. It introduces two new criminal offences to the statute book: offensive behaviour and threatening communications.
Updated: 03/15/2012 07:12A
Congress must reauthorize VAWA now
Authored by then-Senator Joseph Biden and signed into law in 1994, VAWA revolutionized the way violent crimes against women are prosecuted and prevented, and the way communities respond to survivors. The act created the first federal legislation
Updated: 03/15/2012 07:10A
Congress must reauthorize VAWA now
Authored by then-Senator Joseph Biden and signed into law in 1994, VAWA revolutionized the way violent crimes against women are prosecuted and prevented, and the way communities respond to survivors. The act created the first federal legislation
Updated: 03/15/2012 07:10A
Smartphone texts trip up criminal defendants
They worried about wiretapped phones and they knew rooms could be bugged, said Louis B. Schlesinger, professor of forensic psychology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. “They hardly said anything. Those guys were sophisticated
Updated: 03/15/2012 07:05A
Thailand's ruling Pheu Thai seeks opposition's dissolution
According to the petition, Thaworn Senneam, a deputy leader and MP of the Democrat Party, had erected a large billboard in southern Songkhla province campaigning against the amendment of the constitution and Article 112 of the Criminal Code,
Updated: 03/15/2012 06:57A
Criminal, victim meetings 'don't stop recidivism'
The bureau's Dr Don Weatherburn says the study looked at almost 1000 young people who were referred to a Youth Justice Conference. It compared them to the same number of young people who were dealt with by that state's Children's Court.
Updated: 03/15/2012 06:44A
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