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HRW Urges Afghan Govt. To Release 400 Women Jailed For 'Moral Crimes'
These "crimes" usually involve flight from unlawful forced marriage or domestic violence. Some women and girls have been convicted of 'zina,' sex outside of marriage, after being raped or forced into prostitution. Zina is a crime under Afghan law,
Updated: 03/28/2012 09:35A

Frequently Asked Questions: the new European Cybercrime Centre
Offences include those generating large criminal profits, those causing serious harm to their victims or those affecting our vital infrastructure and IT systems. The Centre will gather information from a variety of sources – not only law enforcement
Updated: 03/28/2012 09:32A

Frequently Asked Questions: the new European Cybercrime Centre
Offences include those generating large criminal profits, those causing serious harm to their victims or those affecting our vital infrastructure and IT systems. The Centre will gather information from a variety of sources – not only law enforcement
Updated: 03/28/2012 09:32A

Renowned Expert in Law and Philosophy to Deliver Lecture at Rutgers-Camden
Antony Duff, a professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School, will deliver his lecture, “Presuming Innocence: Who Must Presume What, of Whom?” at the Rutgers School of Law–Camden in room 106 on Thursday, March 29 at 4:30 pm Duff,
Updated: 03/28/2012 09:13A

Renowned Expert in Law and Philosophy to Deliver Lecture at Rutgers-Camden
Antony Duff, a professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School, will deliver his lecture, “Presuming Innocence: Who Must Presume What, of Whom?” at the Rutgers School of Law–Camden in room 106 on Thursday, March 29 at 4:30 pm Duff,
Updated: 03/28/2012 09:13A

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Updated: 03/28/2012 09:11A

Crime syndicates can track container searches
CRIME syndicates are exploiting flaws in a federal government computer system that have enabled them to learn if shipping containers holding their drugs are being scanned and searched by authorities. The flaws are in the Australian Customs and Border
Updated: 03/28/2012 09:00A

PEOPLE v. CAMPOS
The verdict was based on legally sufficient evidence and was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). Defendant argues that the evidence did not establish the element of unlawful intent.
Updated: 03/28/2012 08:57A

PEOPLE v. JACKSON
After he was found with marihuana during a traffic stop, defendant Samuel Jackson pleaded guilty to criminal possession of marihuana in the fifth degree. On appeal, he argued that the accusatory instrument charging him with that crime was
Updated: 03/28/2012 08:57A

HARRIS v. STATE
He appeals, asserting three issues: (1) whether the jury should have been given a jury instruction on excusable homicide; (2) whether the circuit court erred in failing to grant a directed verdict based on the rule announced in Weathersby;
Updated: 03/28/2012 08:56A