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'Make law against hate allegations'
"I fully understand these allegations can do untold damage. But making them a criminal offence will not stop people making them. It won't happen." He said there are already laws covering these allegations, such as wasting police time and perjury.
Updated: 04/09/2012 11:57A
Alimaong wants members released
Six of them were arrested and will face criminal complaints for alleged violation of Article 281 in the Revised Penal Code. Members of the Kinatas-ang Kahugpungan sa Kapupud-an Datus Alimaong (KKKDA) Higaonon tribe told Sun.Star Cebu they decided to
Updated: 04/09/2012 11:56A
Former Rothstein Associate Facing Criminal Charges
Lippman, a former attorney at Rothstein's now-defunct law firm, Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, is the ninth person to face criminal charges in connection with the scheme. "The breadth, scope, and sheer complexity of Rothstein's $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme
Updated: 04/09/2012 11:44A
Former Rothstein Associate Facing Criminal Charges
Lippman, a former attorney at Rothstein's now-defunct law firm, Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, is the ninth person to face criminal charges in connection with the scheme. "The breadth, scope, and sheer complexity of Rothstein's $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme
Updated: 04/09/2012 11:44A
Maharashtra to consider new law for industrial area crime
Accepting that there is a law and order problem in the three Corporation areas, Mr Patil said that companies were facing problems due to tussle between rival contractors, who are part of criminal gangs. “There are intense fights between the gangs over
Updated: 04/09/2012 11:41A
Maharashtra to consider new law for industrial area crime
Accepting that there is a law and order problem in the three Corporation areas, Mr Patil said that companies were facing problems due to tussle between rival contractors, who are part of criminal gangs. “There are intense fights between the gangs over
Updated: 04/09/2012 11:41A
An Open Letter to the Colombian Legislature Regarding Bill No. 201
[7] The Bill, by contrast, would impose criminal sanctions on a wider range of infringers, including those who were unaware that they were breaking the law. While this in terrorem approach may deter infringement by making examples of poorly informed
Updated: 04/09/2012 11:36A
Editorial: Justice delayed by politics
11, 2001, Americans — and those accused of that horrific crime — still wait for justice. If Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspects in the 9/11 attacks had been tried in US civilian criminal courts in 2009, as the Obama administration desired,
Updated: 04/09/2012 11:04A
Civil Code amendments to improve ownership regulation
The new Civil Code amendments will substantially change ownership provisions and help better protect real rights, Pavel Krasheninnikov, the head of the State Duma Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Legislation Committee, states.
Updated: 04/09/2012 10:40A
Caylee's Law Now In Effect, Making Lying About a Missing Child a Felony
Known as “Caylee's Law,” the measure (HB 37) was among a handful of criminal justice bills signed into law Friday by the governor that included measures on human trafficking, cop killers and paying funeral expenses for children who die while in state
Updated: 04/09/2012 10:12A