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Court dismisses Yong Vui Kong's appeal
Instead, Singaporean Chia Choon Leng is being held under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act, which allows the Government to detain suspects without trial. In court on Wednesday, Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong said that Chia has been charged but
Updated: 04/04/2012 05:12A
Court dismisses drug trafficker's appeal
Instead, Singaporean Chia Choon Leng is being held under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act, which allows the government to detain suspects without trial. In court on Wednesday, Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong said Chia has been charged but there
Updated: 04/04/2012 05:12A
Court dismisses drug trafficker's third appeal
Instead, Chia, who is a Singaporean, is being held under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act, which allows the Government to detain suspects without trial. In giving the grounds of decision, Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong said the
Updated: 04/04/2012 05:12A
Nevada's 'stand your ground' law goes back 140 years
For jurors on a murder trial, that means that they will get a clearer definition of when somebody can stand their ground, according to Lisa Rasmussen, a criminal defense attorney. To understand how judges' decisions become law, take a case the state
Updated: 04/04/2012 05:08A
Nevada police routinely track cellphone users without warrants
Las Vegas Metro Police's Traffic Bureau patrols for motorists using their cell phones near the intersection of Flamingo Road and Maryland Parkway in Las Vegas on Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. By David McGrath Schwartz (contact) Nevada law enforcement agencies
Updated: 04/04/2012 05:01A
Calls for 'dead laws' to be repealed
The laws earmarked for repeal also cover subjects from benevolent institutions and civil and criminal justice to Indian railways and turnpikes. John Saunders, head of the Law Commission's statute law repeals team, told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme:
Updated: 04/04/2012 04:58A
UN: 2.4 million trafficking victims
Laws in most of the world criminalise prostitutes and other victims of trafficking but almost never criminalise the perpetrators "without whom that crime could not be performed", he said. Bassiouni said the figure of 2.4 million people trafficked at
Updated: 04/04/2012 04:49A
UN: 2.4 million trafficking victims
Laws in most of the world criminalise prostitutes and other victims of trafficking but almost never criminalise the perpetrators "without whom that crime could not be performed", he said. Bassiouni said the figure of 2.4 million people trafficked at
Updated: 04/04/2012 04:49A
Fair Work report increases union scrutiny
Fair Work Australia has identified 181 breaches of workplace laws and referred its 1100-page report to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions for possible criminal charges. But it says it will not release the report publicly, based on legal
Updated: 04/04/2012 04:29A
Fair Work report increases union scrutiny
Fair Work Australia has identified 181 breaches of workplace laws and referred its 1100-page report to the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions for possible criminal charges. But it says it will not release the report publicly, based on legal
Updated: 04/04/2012 04:29A
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