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Wiretap exception law struck down by Supreme Court, Canada's Parliament gets a
About 24 hours after using the emergency provision, the Mounties obtained their warrant. The unique section of the Criminal Code allowing emergency wiretaps required police to have reasonable grounds to conduct one to prevent an unlawful act that would
Updated: 04/14/2012 04:14P
Minesweeper at Lunchtime, a Federal Crime?
In 1984, Congress passed the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a narrow statute to curb computer hacking, when hacking was so novel that criminal laws did not really address it. The act has been expanded repeatedly so it is one of America's most extensive
Updated: 04/14/2012 03:59P
Lee Davis: Saints Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams–Possible Criminal
Assault is most often defined under the law as an offensive touching and in ordinary circumstances it is a crime. Not so, usually, in sport where participants consent to the conduct. Obviously, the rough plays and brutal tackles of NFL football would
Updated: 04/14/2012 03:24P
Lee Davis: Saints Defensive Coordinator Gregg Williams–Possible Criminal Charges?
Assault is most often defined under the law as an offensive touching and in ordinary circumstances it is a crime. Not so, usually, in sport where participants consent to the conduct. Obviously, the rough plays and brutal tackles of NFL football would
Updated: 04/14/2012 02:14P
Culture, law clash in statutory rape case against Eritrean immigrant
LOUIS • The wheels of justice started grinding against a distant culture the day the soft-spoken seventh-grader walked into a Planned Parenthood clinic here with a swollen belly, seeking an abortion. The nonprofit clinic called social services,
Updated: 04/14/2012 01:32P
Law gives Zimmerman extra chances in legal fight
Jobs report leaves Obama, Romney campaigns unsure where vital issue is headed More>> Moving day: 101-year-old Mich. woman evicted from foreclosed home gets it back 7 months later More>> By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) - George
Updated: 04/14/2012 12:16P
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert Opposes Legal Internet Poker
House Bill 108 modifies the Criminal Code regarding the definition of gambling and defines Internet gambling; it clarifies that gambling, which is prohibited in Utah, includes any form of Internet gambling. The bill that is clear of Utah's
Updated: 04/14/2012 12:10P
AP Enterprise: 'Stand your ground' gives Zimmerman legal edge; data unclear on
Martin's shooting has unleashed a nationwide debate on the validity of these laws, which exist in some form in most of the country and which prosecutors and police have generally opposed as confusing, prone to abuse by criminals, and difficult to apply
Updated: 04/14/2012 11:57A
Archdiocese announces new members to sexual abuse review board
Laura Rogers served as the Director of the Center for Litigation Training and Community Practice Management and the Deputy Director of the Criminal Law Division of the Navy's Office of the Judge Advocate General, where she served as the Navy's expert
Updated: 04/14/2012 10:29A
London's dystopian Olympics: criminal sanctions for violating the exclusivity
What's more, these rules are not merely civil laws, but criminal ones, so violating the sanctity of an Olympic sponsor could end up with prison time for Londoners. "It is certainly very tough legislation," says Paul Jordan, a partner and marketing
Updated: 04/14/2012 09:07A
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