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End to detention without a trial
Last week, parliament voted to repeal the ISA and pass the Security Offences Bill in its place, along with amendments to the Penal Code, Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) and Evidence Act to address security issues. Under the new Security Offences law,
Updated: 04/21/2012 07:19P
A matter of trial and error
The dreaded ISA has been repealed and replaced with a new law and amendments to the Penal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code and the Evidence Act. So, how do the new Security Offences (Special Measures) Act and amendments measure up?
Updated: 04/21/2012 07:19P
Are sex offender laws too broad?
Georgia, which had one of the toughest sex offender laws in the nation, scaled back its registration requirements in 2010 for people who had committed crimes such as false imprisonment or non-sexual kidnapping. This immediately removed 819 people from
Updated: 04/21/2012 06:22P
Sindh CM presides over meeting on law and order
This he observed while presiding over the law and order meeting held Saturday at Chief Minister House. He added that culprit is a culprit and, it is prime duty of law enforcing agencies to arrest the criminals whose number is not so large,
Updated: 04/21/2012 05:49P
Road rage penalties in New Jersey are now stiffer
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed Jessica's Law into effect on Friday. The bill allows for increased criminal penalties for bodily harm caused through the aggressive operation of an auto or vessel, commonly known as "road rage.
Updated: 04/21/2012 05:48P
Arizona's SB1070: Supreme Court will hear 2 strikingly different views
According to its brief, Congress has given the executive branch broad discretion regarding the enforcement of federal immigration laws so that a variety of objectives can be balanced and harmonized, including relations with foreign governments.
Updated: 04/21/2012 05:35P
An Invitation to Abuse and Chaos
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on whether the state can enforce key parts of this law, despite the federal government's exclusive constitutional authority to regulate foreign affairs, including immigration policy.
Updated: 04/21/2012 05:03P
Interview: can changing the law save the planet?
It was when I realized that the law was to put profit first.” For the past ten years Polly has campaigned to have ecocide recognised by the UN as the fifth 'crime against peace'. This would place it on a par with genocide, war crimes, crimes against
Updated: 04/21/2012 01:35P
Democrats for PA Attorney General outline qualifications
Secondly, I would fight to increase funding for the Attorney General's Criminal Law Division's Environmental Crimes Section. It is the mission of the Environmental Crimes Section to investigate and prosecute crimes against Pennsylvania's environment.
Updated: 04/21/2012 11:25A
Initiative by Canada's Government will Help Costa Rica Investigate Crime
In a civil law country where the preponderance of evidence in a criminal case leads to convictions, rather than case law and courtroom antics, advanced forensic ballistics technology can go a long way in fighting crime.
Updated: 04/21/2012 11:24A
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