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Prostitution in Canada: You Can't Talk About It, But You Can Do It
When buying and selling sex in Canada is legal, how do you decide what parts of Canada's Criminal Code criminalizing prostitution-related activities are unconstitutional and deserving of abolition? You look at today's decision from the Ontario Court of
Updated: 03/26/2012 10:07P
Sex worker hails ruling
Mark Wanzel Photo Illustration - The Ontario Court of Appeal has found current, antiquated prostitution laws in need of a few changes. By Cheryl Browne - Barrie Examiner Six judges agree: Ontario's prostitution laws were as old as the profession itself
Updated: 03/26/2012 10:06P
Supreme Court takes up case of what constitutes a sex offender
By Milan Simonich SANTA FE — If a man convicted of a sex crime in California moves to New Mexico, is he required to register as a sex offender? The New Mexico Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in such a case, a clash between the state's law
Updated: 03/26/2012 09:54P
Brothel ruling won't change much for area sex trade, workers' rights group says
“What's happening in Ottawa is a perfect example of why the Criminal Code laws pertaining to prostitution are problematic,” said Chabot. The law, she said, gives carte blanche to abusers “to pick up vulnerable people who don't have access to police and
Updated: 03/26/2012 09:51P
Breaking down Ontario's prostitution ruling
What the court did: It rewrote a key phrase in the section to state that charges can be laid only against one who lives off the avails “in circumstances of exploitation.” Effect on the trial ruling: The decision largely upheld Judge Himel on this point
Updated: 03/26/2012 09:50P
No surprising
But their military commanders and political leaders are always dodgy, stubbornly loath to put their delinquent personnel through their own justice system, let alone the international criminal law, to face the consequences of their heinous criminal acts
Updated: 03/26/2012 09:50P
An Incomplete DNA Deal
A major expansion of New York State's DNA databank signed into law last week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo will enhance the ability of law enforcement to convict the guilty and, in some cases, exonerate the innocent. But, disappointingly, the measure still
Updated: 03/26/2012 09:43P
Black law students at Harvard remember Trayvon Martin
"The entire incident is an important conversation to have about race and our criminal justice system," said Josh Green, 32, a law student at Harvard. "We all need to be part of the conversation if we want to make an impact." Some called for Zimmerman
Updated: 03/26/2012 09:11P
How "Stand Your Ground" Really Works
How did the 2005 revisions to Florida's laws change that? Well . . . we did away with the “retreat rule” almost completely. Now – if you are not committing a crime, and are not in a place you are forbidden to be in – you do not have to retreat if you
Updated: 03/26/2012 09:09P
How "Stand Your Ground" Really Works
How did the 2005 revisions to Florida's laws change that? Well . . . we did away with the “retreat rule” almost completely. Now – if you are not committing a crime, and are not in a place you are forbidden to be in – you do not have to retreat if you
Updated: 03/26/2012 09:09P
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