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'Stop and Search' law comes under scrutiny after Attorney General's remark
However, CURB president Cordell Riley called on the Minister to “take the ultimate step and repeal section 315F of the Criminal Code”. Meanwhile, One Bermuda Alliance said that Sen Wilson's statement is evidence of “yet another policy flip-flop” from
Updated: 04/05/2012 08:10A
'Stop and Search' law comes under scrutiny after Attorney General's remark
However, CURB president Cordell Riley called on the Minister to “take the ultimate step and repeal section 315F of the Criminal Code”. Meanwhile, One Bermuda Alliance said that Sen Wilson's statement is evidence of “yet another policy flip-flop” from
Updated: 04/05/2012 08:10A
Lukashenko pledges to think of pardoning opposition politicians
Our Criminal Code has no political counts," he said, adding that "even the opposition media say there is no use putting pressure on Lukashenko." "They are right. But what they also say - that Lukashenko will do the opposite if pressured - is not right.
Updated: 04/05/2012 08:09A
Lukashenko pledges to think of pardoning opposition politicians
Our Criminal Code has no political counts," he said, adding that "even the opposition media say there is no use putting pressure on Lukashenko." "They are right. But what they also say - that Lukashenko will do the opposite if pressured - is not right.
Updated: 04/05/2012 08:09A
New Criminal Tracker App Identifies Criminals and Sex Offenders in Real Time
A study performed by the US Department of Justice revealed that sex offenders were about four times more likely than non-sex offenders to be arrested for another sex crime after their discharge from prison – 5.3 percent of sex offenders versus 1.3
Updated: 04/05/2012 07:15A
Proposed law to make offensive comments a criminal offense
There's a move afoot to make it a criminal offense to post words that someone could view as "annoying" or "offensive" on Facebook, Twitter or other online outlet for expression. The bill has sponsors on both sides of the political aisle -- and is
Updated: 04/05/2012 07:10A
Insight - Overloaded justice system ties Italy in knots
Paola Severino, one of Italy's top lawyers, told parliament last November shortly after becoming justice minister: "It would be mistaken, given the limited duration of this government, to put legal reform at the centre of our programme.
Updated: 04/05/2012 07:07A
Insight – Overloaded justice system ties Italy in knots
Like many magistrates, Davigo thinks the key to the problem is decriminalising many offences to reduce crimes requiring a full trial and encouraging a fast track lower court process. A new penal code in 1988 introduced a series of alternative legal
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:58A
Social Media And Criminal Convictions
Many states have laws that deal expressly with making employment decisions based on criminal history. For example, New York devotes an entire article in its Corrections Law to the issue, prohibiting a private or public employer from denying employment,
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:49A
European hackers face five-years in jail under proposed EU law
By Zack Whittaker | April 5, 2012, 3:25am PDT Summary: The European Parliament is proposing news laws that would harmonise cyber-criminal penalties from two years in prison, to in some cases five years in the slammer. The European Parliament approved
Updated: 04/05/2012 06:37A
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