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A Florida Law Gets Scrutiny After a Teenager's Killing
a well-liked high school student from Miami with no criminal record, was killed, public protests have grown larger and louder, and so have calls for Mr. Zimmerman's arrest. The Police Department in Sanford, near Orlando, said that, under the law,
Updated: 03/20/2012 09:00A
Trayvon Martin
By Arelis R. Hernndez, Orlando Sentinel Some members of Congress are urging the Department of Justice to consider Trayvon Martin's shooting death as a hate crime following an announcement late Monday that the federal law-enforcement agency will
Updated: 03/20/2012 08:58A
US IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON JAPAN'S YAZUKA CRIME SYNDICATE
"Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) such as Yakuza threatens free markets because it disregards the laws and norms that legitimate businesses respect, thereby reaping an unfair competitive advantage. By eroding market integrity, quality,
Updated: 03/20/2012 08:58A
Lawyer Mboge's Appeal Set for Judgment
Lawyer Ida Drammeh, representing Mboge, told the High Court that the Magistrate did take into account the provisions of section 29, sub-section (3) of the Criminal Code. Ms. Drammeh argued that the Magistrate has to give regard to the options when
Updated: 03/20/2012 08:45A
'Stand your ground' law goes too far
Nobody was held accountable for the crime because a judge, citing the law, dismissed the charges. And in January, a former Broward County sheriff's deputy shot and wounded a homeless man inside a Hagen-Dazs ice cream shop in Miami Lakes.
Updated: 03/20/2012 08:38A
Nobel Peace Prize winner defends anti-homosexuality laws
Nobel Peace Prize winner defends anti-homosexuality laws. 2011 joint Nobel Peace Prize winner Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has defended proposed Liberian legislation that will make homosexuality a criminal offence. In an interview with the UK's Guardian
Updated: 03/20/2012 08:34A
Trayvon Martin: Is Florida's self-defence law fair?
What does the law say? On a dark and rainy February night, George Zimmerman sat in his car in Sanford, Florida, a legally-carried 9mm pistol by his side. There had been a rash of crime in the community, Mr Zimmerman later said, and on that night,
Updated: 03/20/2012 08:33A
The crime filling Britain's courts
By Sarah Coles, Mar 20, 2012 There's one crime that's filling our courts, making up one in ten of every cases heard in magistrates courts. Women are more likely to be caught breaking this particular law, there's chance you may be guilty,
Updated: 03/20/2012 08:29A
TV licence evasion does not merit a criminal record - it's time for a change
A criminal record, even for something like TV Licence evasion, is a serious mark against your name, and shouldn't be given out for what amounts to a very minor infringement of our laws. How does it compare, as a crime, to, say, shoplifting,
Updated: 03/20/2012 08:27A
Fisher Meredith turns to BCL Burton Copeland for hire of regulatory head
City firm Fisher Meredith has hired BCL Burton Copeland solicitor Diane Calnan to head its criminal law and regulatory team. The senor solicitor has worked on major fraud cases including an international money-laundering sting called Operation Cotton
Updated: 03/20/2012 07:46A
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