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Canada's top court strikes down police powers to wiretap without warrants
The high court has given Parliament a year to re-write the law. Ruling in a 2006 British Columbia kidnapping case, the country's top court said a 1993 provision of the Criminal Code is unconstitutional because there is no accountability or oversight
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:14A
Judy Courtin
The victim could try to sue the offender, but because child sex crimes are often not reported for decades, the offender may be dead, in a nursing home or most likely indigent, due to the vow of poverty. Criminal law may bring justice to some,
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:12A
Oklahoma State Senator Justifies Need For 'Open Carry' Gun Law Due To Threat
Brad Henry (D) vetoed an open carry bill because state police expressed concern that it would make it hard for them “to distinguish criminals from law-abiding citizens.” Keith Barenberg, the president of the Oklahoma State Troopers Association,
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:04A
Supreme Court strikes down wiretap exception, requires warrants
The ruling stems from an unusual case that reached the high court after the conviction of six men in a brutal kidnapping case in Richmond, BC A British Columbia Supreme Court judge sentenced the men to prison terms ranging from 10 to 18 years in the
Updated: 04/13/2012 10:03A
'Siblings Tied by Incest Don't Belong in the Courts'
According to Paragraph 173 of the German Criminal Code, sexual relations between siblings are punishable by up to two years in prison. In its 2008 ruling on Patrick S.'s appeal, the high court stated that legislators had not overreached their
Updated: 04/13/2012 09:58A
Uzbekistan toughens responsibility for crimes against morality
Amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of administrative responsibility, according to which responsibility for crimes and offenses relating to the promotion of the cult of violence, cruelty and pornography toughens, came into force in Uzbekistan.
Updated: 04/13/2012 09:56A
3Qs: Mobile tracking in criminal investigations
We asked Sharon Fray-Witzer, a lecturer in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and a practicing criminal defense attorney, to analyze the use of wireless tracking data in criminal investigations and whether it infringes on users' privacy.
Updated: 04/13/2012 09:42A
Application for stay of community service granted:
After Magistrate Kudakwashe Jarabini found the six guilty on charges of Conspiracy to commit public violence as defined in section 188 as read with section 36 of the Criminal Law (codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] on the 19th of March,
Updated: 04/13/2012 09:27A
Justice Department Testing Little-Used Law in Financial Crisis Cases
It requires a lower burden of proof than criminal charges, has a longer statute of limitations than other financial laws and potentially could bring big fines. But it has appeared in only a few dozen cases since it was enacted in 1989.
Updated: 04/13/2012 09:14A
Justice Department Testing Little-Used Law in Financial Crisis Cases
It requires a lower burden of proof than criminal charges, has a longer statute of limitations than other financial laws and potentially could bring big fines. But it has appeared in only a few dozen cases since it was enacted in 1989.
Updated: 04/13/2012 09:14A
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