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Unwitting criminals
In a story last week on the plight of marine biologist Nancy Black, The Wall Street Journal noted, "As the US federal criminal code has grown increasingly large and complicated, critics from the left and right alike argue it is becoming too easy for
Updated: 04/16/2012 05:05A
Zmitser Bandarenka: Situation for other political prisoners is very dangerous
Zmitser, you were the only one sentenced to deprivation of liberty under “a less severe” article of the Criminal Code for the events of December 19. What is the reason of such selective approach? - I think that the charter97.org editor Natallya Radzina
Updated: 04/16/2012 04:43A
Software law: The US should stop strangling itself
In the detection of crime, a detective leads the criminal to a hole of the criminal's own making. This leads to the capture of the bad guy. The United States has for long enjoyed the good times as a result of its consumption based economy on credit to
Updated: 04/16/2012 04:31A
Final choice should be ours
One of its recommendations was "that the prohibitions on assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia in the Criminal Code be modified such that, in carefully circumscribed and monitored circumstances, they are legally permissible.
Updated: 04/16/2012 04:30A
The changing nature of the Czech Republic's infrastructure is presenting
“The new code will have a huge effect both on the legal practice and businesses,” according to Lukas Sevcik, managing partner at Kinstellar's Prague office. “It will introduce concepts formerly unknown in Czech law, significantly strengthening the
Updated: 04/16/2012 03:28A
The new republic
At the start of 2012 a new regulation, the Act on Criminal Liability of Companies, was introduced. The legislation makes legal entities liable for specific crimes. According to local firms, the change will pull in more instructions relating to property
Updated: 04/16/2012 03:19A
T-shirt offensive, but manufacturer unlikely to be liable
It may also be seen as offensive conduct under criminal law, but we should focus on the choices made by the individual. That is where it will ultimately start and finish. An amount of maturity and decency by the individual's peer group wearing the
Updated: 04/16/2012 03:12A
Dallas/Fort Worth Attorneys Announce Two All New Websites to Provide Valuable
Johnson Noriega, PLLC announces new websites designed to help inform the public about criminal defense and personal injury strategies, laws, and techniques. These websites have been designed with non-attorneys in mind so that everyday people can find
Updated: 04/16/2012 03:11A
Prosecutor dropping gang charges
AP SANDPOINT – A North Idaho county is dropping criminal gang-recruitment charges against five people following an Idaho Supreme Court decision making it more difficult to prove the law was broken. The Bonner County Daily Bee reports that Bonner County
Updated: 04/16/2012 03:10A
Law development indaba calls for rehabilitation of inmates
“The penal code as it stands today is very harsh and focuses on retribution, as opposed to rehabilitation,” part of the recommendations of the workshop read. At the two-day consultative workshop organised by the Zambia Law Development Commission,
Updated: 04/16/2012 02:44A
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