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Morocco protest against rape-marriage law
Several hundred women's rights activists have demonstrated outside Morocco's parliament to demand the repeal of a law on sexual violence. Morocco's penal code allows a rapist to marry his victim if she is a minor as a way of avoiding prosecution.
Updated: 03/17/2012 12:14P
Keel refocuses SLED on helping local law agencies
supporting local law enforcement. "My main goal is to get us back into that role," Keel told The Associated Press recently. "I think that's what we got away from, and that's what I'm trying to bring us back to." Tasked with investigating crimes,
Updated: 03/17/2012 11:53A
Ravi is not a criminal
Gay activists have applauded the conviction as have others who have asserted that Ravi's actions rise to the level of an unconscionable act of bias against a young gay man and therefore must be punished by the full force of the law, which could be as
Updated: 03/17/2012 11:33A
Nazi Criminal John Demjanjuk has Died
But they declined to order a new trial, saying there was a risk of violating the law prohibiting trying someone twice on the same evidence. Demjanjuk returned to his suburban Cleveland home in 1993 and his US citizenship, which had been revoked in 1981
Updated: 03/17/2012 11:15A
Sun wrong on gun carry laws
If you will do the minimal research required via John Lott's book, "More Guns, Less Crime," you will find that violent crime falls wherever a "shall issue" concealed weapons permit law is enacted. Contacting state attorneys general where "shall issue"
Updated: 03/17/2012 11:07A
Convicted Nazi criminal John Demjanjuk dies at 91, German police say
But they declined to order a new trial, saying there was a risk of violating the law prohibiting trying someone twice on the same evidence. Demjanjuk returned to his suburban Cleveland home in 1993 and his US citizenship, which had been revoked in 1981
Updated: 03/17/2012 10:21A
John Demjanjuk, Convicted Nazi Criminal, Dies
But they declined to order a new trial, saying there was a risk of violating the law prohibiting trying someone twice on the same evidence. Demjanjuk returned to his suburban Cleveland home in 1993 and his US citizenship, which had been revoked in 1981
Updated: 03/17/2012 09:58A
Sheriff's Office graduates 11 from basic law enforcement academy
The 11-member class recently completed the Sheriff's Office Basic Law Enforcement Academy, an 11-week course which began Jan. 2. The graduates underwent 445 hours of intense law enforcement training, which included instruction in criminal law,
Updated: 03/17/2012 09:48A
Alemanno receives an Afghan criminal
Eleven years of war have served to remove the Taliban from power and keep the other warlords who in recent years have continued to rule, commit crimes and, moreover, use their power to absolve a law of amnesty also condemned by the United Nations:
Updated: 03/17/2012 09:05A
Convicted Nazi criminal John Demjanjuk dies
staying since his trial ended in Munich last year. Demjanjuk had been released pending an appeal in a federal court, which had yet to take place. Steger says prosecutors in nearby Traunstein are looking into Demjanjuk's death as routine procedure.
Updated: 03/17/2012 08:50A
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