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'A violent psychological crime'
Today it's a criminal justice issue. A supply-and-demand issue. A moral issue. But the deterrents aren't quite the same as say in Iran, where authorities have actually amputated the hand of a convicted thief in a strict reading of Islamic law.
Updated: 04/24/2012 08:00A
Supreme Court to hear Ariz. immigration law
Arizona spends several hundred million dollars each year incarcerating criminal aliens and providing education and health care to aliens who entered and reside in the country in violation of federal law." Civil rights and minority groups-- as well as
Updated: 04/24/2012 07:50A
Supreme Court to hear Ariz. immigration law
Arizona spends several hundred million dollars each year incarcerating criminal aliens and providing education and health care to aliens who entered and reside in the country in violation of federal law." Civil rights and minority groups-- as well as
Updated: 04/24/2012 07:42A
Newman backs bikies' rights
'We are concerned about organised crime across the state, particularly in the southeast,' he told reporters in Brisbane on Tuesday. But he stopped short of supporting the laws. 'As a principle, the team that I lead believe that you shouldn't be sort of
Updated: 04/24/2012 06:38A
Crime one of the worlds "top 20 economies" U.N
Criminal groups have shown "impressive adaptability" to law enforcement actions and to new profit opportunities, a senior US official told the meeting in Vienna. "Today, most criminal organizations bear no resemblance to the hierarchical organized
Updated: 04/24/2012 06:31A
Opposition: Law on president's impeachment will be first adopted in new parliament
The united opposition has promised that in the new parliament it will pass a law on the impeachment of the president, make it a crime to fail to vote in parliament in person, and raise pensions for Ukrainians. "One of the main tasks is the adoption by
Updated: 04/24/2012 06:29A
Opposition: Law on president's impeachment will be first adopted in new parliament
The united opposition has promised that in the new parliament it will pass a law on the impeachment of the president, make it a crime to fail to vote in parliament in person, and raise pensions for Ukrainians. "One of the main tasks is the adoption by
Updated: 04/24/2012 06:29A
HP drops Karmapa's name from chargesheet in currency case
The Karmapa had been charged under Section 120 B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) related to conspiracy. Nine others were booked under various sections of the IPC. "After taking the opinion of the home and law departments, it has been decided under
Updated: 04/24/2012 06:23A
Tunisia: Ben Ali broche-in-law given 10 years for fraud
Late last night, the criminal chamber of Tunis' court of appeal sentenced Mourad Trabelsi, a brother-in-law of Ben Ali's, to ten years in prison for fraud. The verdict concerns one of the brothers of Leila Trabelsi, the hugely powerful wife of the
Updated: 04/24/2012 06:21A
If SB3412 Passes Into Law, Will I Have to Take a Pregnancy Test If I'm Mugged?
In other words, if you commit a crime against a woman that harms or intends to harm her pregnancy, the law is going to treat that embryo or fetus "at any stage of gestation in utero" as another legal person. Beat a pregnant woman half to death?
Updated: 04/24/2012 06:17A
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