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Tight Security as Afriani Goes on Trial for Killing Nine in Jakarta Road Smash
She was charged with violating an article from the Criminal Code on negligence leading to death that carries a maximum sanction of 15 years in jail and she was charged under the 2009 Law on Narcotics, a charge that carries up to 12 years.
Updated: 04/26/2012 04:34A
Ottawa to challenge prostitution ruling
By Jordan Press, Postmedia News April 26, 2012 3:03 AM Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says the government sees the Criminal Code rules on prostitution as constitutionally sound. The federal government will appeal a landmark ruling from the Ontario
Updated: 04/26/2012 04:19A
Prostitution laws likely headed to top court as feds appeal
"This represents a fundamental shift in criminal law and social policy in respect of provisions that have been in force, in some fashion, since prior to Confederation," the application states. It also has an impact on police and prosecutions,
Updated: 04/26/2012 04:19A
Government updates background check law
Not necessarily, the government said Wednesday in new guidelines on how employers can avoid running afoul of laws prohibiting job discrimination. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's updated policy on criminal background checks is part of an
Updated: 04/26/2012 04:13A
Former Liberian President Awaits Verdict of War Crimes Court
There is no death penalty in international criminal law and any jail term would be served in a British prison. No African president has been convicted by an international tribunal. Mr. Taylor has been indicted on 11 counts ranging from terrorizing
Updated: 04/26/2012 03:34A
Vote 2012: Sargsyan says election bribe takers reporting the crime not to be
organization and holding of free and fair elections,” Sargsyan underscored during the meeting, adding that people who take bribes for their votes but then report this crime to law enforcement authorities will not be held responsible for this crime.
Updated: 04/26/2012 03:33A
Vote 2012: Sargsyan says election bribe takers reporting the crime not to be
organization and holding of free and fair elections,” Sargsyan underscored during the meeting, adding that people who take bribes for their votes but then report this crime to law enforcement authorities will not be held responsible for this crime.
Updated: 04/26/2012 03:33A
Supreme Court to hear prostitution appeal
The court gave the federal government one year to change the prostitution laws in the Criminal Code. The Ontario ruling applies only to that province, but a Supreme Court decision would apply nationwide. A second legal challenge to the prostitution
Updated: 04/26/2012 03:25A
Feds to challenge court prostitution ruling
By Jordan Press, Postmedia News April 26, 2012 2:06 AM Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says the federal government sees the Criminal Code provisions on prostitution as constitutionally sound. The federal government will appeal a landmark ruling from the
Updated: 04/26/2012 03:22A
DC Superior Court prepares to swear in new judge
Dyson was born in New York City and raised in Chapel Hill, NC She graduated from Appalachian State University and received a law degree from Georgetown in 1998. Since then she has practiced criminal law and family law in Washington and is also an
Updated: 04/26/2012 03:18A
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