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Hungary: Revoke Law Criminalizing Homeless
(Berlin) – The Hungarian government should revoke a new national law that makes it a crime to be homeless, Human Rights Watch said today. The new law raises serious human rights concerns, and is hard to reconcile with Hungary's human rights obligations
Updated: 04/16/2012 06:04P
Letter: Cline Thanked For Leadership On Issues
As our Delegate, Ben serves as a member of the Criminal Law subcommittee and he has sponsored several laws to keep both women and men in our community safe. Most recently, Ben authored the law this year to protect women from domestic violence by making
Updated: 04/16/2012 05:57P
Colombia Rushes Through #Leylleras2 Copyright Reform
The Bill appears to apply criminal penalties to any copying of a product for the purpose of “distributing it.” Even an individual duplicating a CD for a friend could be swept into the net of this Draconian criminal law.
Updated: 04/16/2012 05:25P
Bullying law would be too broad
Supporters say the proposed bill just revises existing law to include a new kind of media. But critics say it opens wide a door to potential constitutional violations by making it a crime to offend or annoy others. No one is defending attacks on others
Updated: 04/16/2012 05:09P
New Utah law targets rail safety for motorists, pedestrians
Gary Herbert Monday signed Senate Bill 195, a measure that modifies the state Traffic Code, railroad provisions, and the Utah Criminal Code to address safety related to railroads. “You are not to go into the crossing or across the tracks until the red
Updated: 04/16/2012 05:04P
Law and Order Gary
A domestic dispute Monday morning resulted in the arrest of a 23-year-old man charged with criminal mischief, possession of marijuana and other misdemeanors. A woman who lives in the 1000 block of East 36th Place called police and said she and Ramone
Updated: 04/16/2012 05:03P
Law and Order Gary
A domestic dispute Monday morning resulted in the arrest of a 23-year-old man charged with criminal mischief, possession of marijuana and other misdemeanors. A woman who lives in the 1000 block of East 36th Place called police and said she and Ramone
Updated: 04/16/2012 05:03P
Fox Rothschild LLP | Eyewitness Testimony and Strategies for Defense Attorneys
Pulling points from her recently published article in Bloomberg BNA's Criminal Law Reporter, Jana explains the effects of recent court opinions and discusses the range of remedies available to defense counsel when faced with what could be incriminating
Updated: 04/16/2012 04:50P
'Insult' law would be a waste of time
Personal experience confirms - and this is not confined to the less educated or less well-to-do - that people have a propensity for resorting to profanity when their plea for "a chance" is ignored, especially for traffic or minor offenses.
Updated: 04/16/2012 04:49P
Coalition for Prison Overcrowding to Discuss Solutions with State and
Raoul, a former prosecutor and a champion of criminal justice reforms, will be the featured speaker. Other policy experts and researchers on the program include: Gino DiVito, a former justice of the Illinois Appellate Court and current Chairman of the
Updated: 04/16/2012 04:38P
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