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30-month jail term for editor in libel case brought by lawyer
Article 27 of Bolivia's publishing law stipulates that these offences continue to be covered by the criminal code. Pelez could have chosen to be tried under the publishing law or the criminal code, each of which would have involved a different court.
Updated: 03/15/2012 01:35P
Minister challenges law allowing rapists to marry victims
He had sought to escape prison by invoking an article of the penal code that authorises the rapist to marry to escape prosecution. This is something to which the families of such victims often agree because the loss of a woman's virginity outside of
Updated: 03/15/2012 01:27P
Precinct in Cop Drunk Driving Scandal Braces For NYPD Wrath
By Murray Weiss Murray Weiss is an award-winning investigative journalist, author, columnist and editor, and is considered an expert on government, law enforcement, criminal justice, organized crime and terrorism. File photo of a NYPD patrol car.
Updated: 03/15/2012 01:27P
Ted Stevens prosecutors hid evidence that could have exonerated US senator in
Schuelke did not recommend that criminal charges be brought against any of the Justice Department prosecutors for the misconduct. One of the prosecutors on the case, Nicholas Marsh, committed suicide in September 2010 amid the investigation.
Updated: 03/15/2012 01:27P
Parliament to debate abortion in April
Canada has a separate law for infanticide, because the Criminal Code of Canada recognizes that the emotional and hormonal tumult that some women experience after birth that may cause them to undertake something they wouldn't normally do.
Updated: 03/15/2012 01:26P
Parliament to debate abortion in April
Canada has a separate law for infanticide, because the Criminal Code of Canada recognizes that the emotional and hormonal tumult that some women experience after birth that may cause them to undertake something they wouldn't normally do.
Updated: 03/15/2012 01:26P
Anthony Graves Story on 48 Hours Saturday
The measure also makes exonerees eligible for the same health benefits given to Texas Department of Criminal Justice employees for a period of time equal to the time they spent in prison. And it restricts fees lawyers for exonerees can charge their
Updated: 03/15/2012 01:23P
Anthony Graves Story on 48 Hours Saturday
The measure also makes exonerees eligible for the same health benefits given to Texas Department of Criminal Justice employees for a period of time equal to the time they spent in prison. And it restricts fees lawyers for exonerees can charge their
Updated: 03/15/2012 01:23P
Justice Minister unveils tougher sentences for elder abuse
The Conservative government unveiled a proposed law on Wednesday that would make age-related impacts of abuse an aggravating factor in sentencing. “Our government has a responsibility to protect elderly Canadians and to ensure that crimes against them
Updated: 03/15/2012 01:17P
Justice Minister unveils tougher sentences for elder abuse
The Conservative government unveiled a proposed law on Wednesday that would make age-related impacts of abuse an aggravating factor in sentencing. “Our government has a responsibility to protect elderly Canadians and to ensure that crimes against them
Updated: 03/15/2012 01:17P
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