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Hacktivists lifted more data than criminal gangs
than regular criminals according to a report from US mobile carrier Verizon. The 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report (pdf) describes 855 separate data breaches which were investigated by a variety of international law enforcement agencies.
Updated: 03/22/2012 07:36P
40 Years Ago Today, Feds Denied the Truth About Pot
On March 22, 1972 the National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse, chaired by former Pennsylvania governor Raymond P. Shafer, recommended that Congress amend federal law so that the use and possession of cannabis would no longer be a criminal
Updated: 03/22/2012 07:23P
Anti-gay law offshoot of colonialism: Centre to SC
The SC was hearing petitions by anti-gay rights activists and also by political, social and religious organisations, opposing the high court verdict. The Delhi High Court had in 2009 decriminalised gay sex as provided in Section 377 of the Indian Penal
Updated: 03/22/2012 07:22P
JUSTICE AND INTERIOR DEPARTMENTS LAUNCH NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING
The Justice and Interior Departments Wednesday completed the first in a series of national level training courses, “Criminal Jurisdiction in Indian Country” (CJIC), designed to strengthen the ability of tribal and local law enforcement to participate
Updated: 03/22/2012 07:02P
Right defense for defendants in plea deals
About nine in 10 criminal cases nationally end in plea deals rather than trials. It's settled law that anyone charged with a crime has a constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel when they stand trial. Pleas should be no different.
Updated: 03/22/2012 06:58P
Offensive comments a crime in Colo., but for how long?
What many don't know is that under an old Colorado law, police can charge you with a crime if you write something hurtful about someone else. In 2003, Tom Mink, a student at the University of Northern Colorado, got a visit from police after offending a
Updated: 03/22/2012 06:56P
Committee recommends new rules surrounding assisted suicide in Quebec
The Criminal Code of Canada prohibits euthanasia, making it an offence to counsel or assist someone to commit suicide, or to agree to be put to death. But the committee, composed of members from all parties in the assembly, has proposed that Quebec's
Updated: 03/22/2012 06:54P
Commission of enforced or involuntary disappearance a distinct crime
"There are cases pending before the courts filed by families of victims but in the absence of a law penalizing enforced disappearance as a distinct crime, the cases are lodged as kidnapping, serious illegal detention and/or murder," Taada said.
Updated: 03/22/2012 06:52P
COMMENT: Crimes against humanity —Hina Hafeezullah Ishaq
According to a report published by the Turkish National Assembly on violence against women and children, 1091 honour crimes were committed in Turkey between 2000-05. It also stated that suicides should be included within the framework of honour
Updated: 03/22/2012 06:47P
Allow 'medical help' to end life: report
The Criminal Code of Canada prohibits euthanasia, making it an offence to counsel or assist someone to commit suicide, or to agree to be put to death. But the committee, composed of members from all parties in the assembly, has proposed that Quebec's
Updated: 03/22/2012 06:44P
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