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PC regrets offences against women
New Delhi: Hoping that attitudes would change with education, Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Wednesday that women were being treated as chattels and that was one reason for crimes against women. “I certainly share the view that women are treated
Updated: 03/22/2012 07:37A
Small dog found abandoned, malnourished in Kent; SPCA starts criminal probe
KENT — The Putnam County SPCA Humane Law Enforcement Department has launched a criminal investigation after a small dog was found wandering in Kent, malnourished and dehydrated. The poodle mix, believed to be 9 to 10 years old, was found wandering
Updated: 03/22/2012 07:36A
World War II Crimes: The Legal Afterlife of John Demjanjuk
At his death, the accused Nazi war criminal from Seven Hills, Ohio, still had two appeals pending. One is in the German court that on May 12, 2011 convicted him of being an accessory to the murder of 27900 Jews in the Sobibor concentration camp.
Updated: 03/22/2012 07:23A
Ex-law professor, son of former Twins owner Griffith unzipped pants in public
was named in a criminal complaint Wednesday, March 21, in Ramsey County District Court. By: St. Paul Pioneer Press, Emily Gurnon and Brian Murphy A former adjunct professor at William Mitchell College of Law has been charged with indecent exposure
Updated: 03/22/2012 07:22A
Ex-law professor, son of former Twins owner Griffith unzipped pants in public
was named in a criminal complaint Wednesday, March 21, in Ramsey County District Court. By: St. Paul Pioneer Press, Emily Gurnon and Brian Murphy A former adjunct professor at William Mitchell College of Law has been charged with indecent exposure
Updated: 03/22/2012 07:22A
Law too soft on white-collar criminals, says former judge Finkelstein
THE former Federal Court judge Ray Finkelstein, QC, has slammed the judiciary for being too soft on white-collar crime, saying lenient sentencing creates the impression of one law for the rich and another for the poor. Mr Finkelstein, who retired from
Updated: 03/22/2012 07:22A
Law too soft on white-collar criminals, says former judge Finkelstein
THE former Federal Court judge Ray Finkelstein, QC, has slammed the judiciary for being too soft on white-collar crime, saying lenient sentencing creates the impression of one law for the rich and another for the poor. Mr Finkelstein, who retired from
Updated: 03/22/2012 07:22A
After killing of Fla. teen Trayvon Martin, experts say neighborhood watches
But after the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in a Florida gated community, criminal justice experts say police departments and watch groups need to make sure volunteers do not take matters into their own hands.
Updated: 03/22/2012 07:19A
Conference will explore issues of race, police and incarceration
So claims Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda, which lays the blame on a 2005 amendment to the Island's Criminal Code. According to CURB, the amendment hasn't fulfilled its intent of bringing crime down, and should be repealed.
Updated: 03/22/2012 07:12A
Brazil prosecutor filed criminal charges Chevron and Transocean for oil spill
A Brazilian federal prosecutor filed criminal charges on Wednesday against Chevron and drill-rig operator Transocean for a November oil spill, raising the stakes in a legal saga that has added to Chevron's woes in Latin America and could slow Brazil's
Updated: 03/22/2012 07:12A
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