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Global Piracy Fight Suffers Law Setbacks in E. Africa
"Pirates cannot be tried anywhere whenever they are captured unless the crime has a direct link with the criminal laws of the European Union (EU)," said Lodewijk Briet, EU Head of Delegation to Kenya, explaining the difficulty of prosecuting the
Updated: 03/23/2012 05:22A
Cyprus in hot water for environmental crimes
THE European Commission is referring Cyprus to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to take measures to ensure that serious breaches of EU environmental law are considered criminal offences and punished. The deadline for transposing
Updated: 03/23/2012 05:14A
Law could lead to federal prosecutions of reservation crime
Some Native American tribes in Minnesota are hoping a relatively new federal law will help reduce high reservation crime rates. The Tribal Law and Order Act would allow for more federal prosecutions of reservation crimes. But some county prosecutors
Updated: 03/23/2012 05:01A
Mumbai: Wire snaps on highway, slits biker's neck
According to the Supreme Court, every injured citizen brought for medical treatment should instantaneously be given medical aid to preserve life and thereafter the procedural criminal law should be allowed to operate in order to avoid negligent death.
Updated: 03/23/2012 04:53A
Legal battle intensified as amount of 'stolen funds' surged
June 16, 2011: Kok An files another lawsuit accusing Heng Chheang and Tep Kolap of embezzling $33850245.96 based on a second audit conducted by Trak Sophat of the joint bank accounts registered in Anco Brothers director Sok Im and Heng Chheang's names.
Updated: 03/23/2012 04:38A
EC takes Cyprus to Court for failing to transpose EU environmental rules
The European Commission is referring Cyprus to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to take measures to ensure that serious breaches of EU environmental law are considered criminal offences and punished. The deadline for transposing
Updated: 03/23/2012 04:18A
Quebec panel calls for approval of assisted suicide
Euthanasia and assisted suicide are illegal in Canada under the Criminal Code. Commission members have acknowledged previously their report would be unlikely to change that fact, but say it's clear change is necessary. "No one wants the status quo,
Updated: 03/23/2012 04:17A
2 Yolo County judicial candidates tout their experience with criminal law
Two judicial candidates talked about their experiences with criminal and civil law and how it could make them a better judge during a forum Thursday. A crowd filled the County Administration Building for the Yolo County Bar Association forum between
Updated: 03/23/2012 04:10A
'Medical aid' to die endorsed
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: 03/23/2012 02:52A
Torture is no answer
This cornerstone of international law, reflected in Canada's Constitution and Criminal Code, permits the punishment of terrorists but the torture of no one. To reverse these fundamental beliefs - to condone torture - is to legitimize insidious violence
Updated: 03/23/2012 02:50A
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