Latest Criminal Law News

Tribal law protects boy, 15, who impregnated 10-year-old Colombian girl
Under Colombian law, any sexual relations with a child age 14 or younger is a crime punishable by at least nine years in prison. But legal and indigenous affairs experts say that under Colombia's 1991 constitution the Wayuu have jurisdiction.
Updated: 04/10/2012 09:13P

Putrajaya dropping proposed race relations law, says Nazri
The de facto law minister pointed out yesterday that other preventive laws like the Sedition Act and the Criminal Procedure Code already provide for occurrences that include offensive behaviour from one individual to another that could affect race
Updated: 04/10/2012 08:06P

Life term for terrorists
INDIVIDUALS found to be members of terrorist groups can be jailed for life and be fined an undisclosed amount under the proposed amendments to the Penal Code Bill. The amendments to the Penal Code, with the Criminal Procedure Code and Evidence Act
Updated: 04/10/2012 07:58P

Life term for terrorists
INDIVIDUALS found to be members of terrorist groups can be jailed for life and be fined an undisclosed amount under the proposed amendments to the Penal Code Bill. The amendments to the Penal Code, with the Criminal Procedure Code and Evidence Act
Updated: 04/10/2012 07:58P

Another blatant misrepresentation by Wildrose on Alberta's impaired law
Wildrose party candidate Richard Jones, seen here on March 2 in Calgary, has put out campaign flyers wrongly implying that the province's new impaired law will leave Albertans with criminal records. Flyers he sent out in Calgary Acadia,
Updated: 04/10/2012 07:33P

In-laws get bail in 'rape' case filed by woman
Mumbai A session court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to the in-laws of a woman, who had filed a police complaint alleging that she was raped by her brothers-in-law. A case of criminal intimidation and rape has been filed with the Nehru Nagar
Updated: 04/10/2012 07:31P

Parliament again ponders transgender rights bill
It proposes to recognize gender identity and gender expression as identifiable groups in a section of the Criminal Code on hate crimes, and to offer protection in the Canadian Human Rights Act. This is the fourth incarnation of a bill previously
Updated: 04/10/2012 07:27P

Former Macomb High School coach could face new charge
According to Hoyle's motion to file amended information, the aggravated criminal sexual abuse charge "needs to be amended to confirm to a change in the law re-codified Aggravated Criminal Sexual Assault under Chapter 720, Act 5, Section 11-1-60.
Updated: 04/10/2012 07:14P

City employees indicted for alleged crime ring
Armond Meira allegedly founded, managed and directed the criminal organization, which operated a network of gambling dens in Ashdod and Beit Shemesh, netting them tens of millions of shekels over several years. According to the indictment,
Updated: 04/10/2012 07:03P

Planned Parenthood seeks end to criminal case
The attorneys representing the suburban Kansas City clinic also argued in previously sealed court documents that nearly half of the 58 remaining criminal charges were filed after a deadline set by Kansas law. The Associated Press obtained copies of the
Updated: 04/10/2012 07:01P