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John Baird warns gay travellers of Russian law banning 'homosexual propaganda'
The warning comes after the governor of St. Petersburg signed a law that makes it a criminal offence to publicize acts of sodomy, bisexualism or lesbianism. The city says the law, which comes into effect Saturday, is designed to protect children.
Updated: 03/16/2012 03:26P
John Baird warns gay travellers of Russian law banning 'homosexual propaganda'
The warning comes after the governor of St. Petersburg signed a law that makes it a criminal offence to publicize acts of sodomy, bisexualism or lesbianism. The city says the law, which comes into effect Saturday, is designed to protect children.
Updated: 03/16/2012 03:26P
Prosecutorial Misconduct in Stevens Case Was Not Criminal
A seemingly contrite Justice Department moved to set aside the verdict and dismiss the indictment a short time later. The court appointed Washington, DC, attorney Henry F. Schuelke III to investigate further misconduct allegedly committed by six
Updated: 03/16/2012 03:22P
Seniors group calls elder law changes 'deterrent'
The proposed Criminal Code amendments announced Thursday will allow judges to impose tougher sentences for crimes against seniors and the victim's age will be taken into account in sentencing. John Kenny of the PEI Senior Citizens' Federation said he
Updated: 03/16/2012 02:52P
ACLU files for information on county executive's spending
"The only thing that was unusual, so far in the documents released, was that apparently there were documents from the Maryland Criminal Justice Information System," the ACLU of Maryland's Meredith Curtis tells WTOP. County police declined to release
Updated: 03/16/2012 02:41P
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Police officers assigned to County Executive John R. Leopold's security detail may have broken the law by gathering criminal records for his political purposes. AP VIDEO more>> County police on Wednesday released files compiled by Leopold's security
Updated: 03/16/2012 02:01P
Former Rutgers student convicted of hate crime, invasion of privacy in webcam
Indian-born Dharun Ravi, 20, shook his head slightly after hearing guilty verdicts on all 15 counts against him. He left the courthouse with his father's arm around his shoulders. He could get up to 10 years in prison, by some estimates — and could be
Updated: 03/16/2012 01:53P
Brainerd Students To Participate In BlueCross' Street Law Program
Brainerd High School students in the Criminal Justice Career Track will get the chance to learn about the legal profession at the annual Street Law program on March 19, from 8:30 a. m. to noon at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee's headquarters
Updated: 03/16/2012 01:27P
Scandalous justice union dinner "no crime", says prosecution
BELGRADE -- Officials of a Serbian judicial trade union, who were served dinner off the naked bodies of two women in a hotel in eastern Serbia, broke no law. The nature of the gathering in Kladovo's ?erdap Hotel last June was "immoral,
Updated: 03/16/2012 01:23P
Dharun Ravi Found Guilty of Invasion of Privacy and Hate Crimes.
And by expressing his agitation by turning on his webcam, and then going on Twitter to invite other people to watch, Ravi didn't just behave badly—he broke the law. New Jersey has decided to up the punishment for crimes like invasion of privacy when
Updated: 03/16/2012 01:15P
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