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State legislature passes cyber crime bills
State lawmakers passed three bills to curb the growing cyber crime trend in Hawaii, according to announcement released Tuesday by the House Republican Caucus. Under these bills, law enforcement and prosecutors will have increased ability to charge
Updated: 05/01/2012 09:29P
Police beefing up hospital security vigilance
"Such behaviors, if constituting crimes, will be called to account by the Criminal Law," it said. The announcement didn't come easy, said Ling Feng, neurosurgery director of Xuanwu Hospital affiliated with Capital Medical University, also a member of
Updated: 05/01/2012 08:39P
Inciting Genocide Is a Crime
Even if Iran's radicals could be deterred from attacking Israel, their actions are already illegal under international law. By ROBERT BERNSTEIN, IRWIN COTLER AND STUART ROBINOWITZ Many of Iran's crimes are well-known to Americans and observers
Updated: 05/01/2012 08:28P
Legal community celebrates Law Day in Canastota
By CAITLIN TRAYNOR CANASTOTA — Widely hailed as one of the most pristine criminal justice systems in the area, Madison County's legal community celebrated Law Day at the Rusty Rail in Canastota Tuesday afternoon. Law Day was established in 1958 as a
Updated: 05/01/2012 08:23P
Dewey And LeBoeuf And The Woes Of The Legal Industry
We look at the business of law in trouble and the crumbling of the venerable New York firm Dewey & LeBoeuf. Venus De Milo sculpture in front of the Calyon building in Manhattan, home of the Dewey & Laboeuf LLP headquarters.
Updated: 05/01/2012 08:07P
Commons passes citizen's arrest bill
By Jeff Davis, Postmedia News May 1, 2012 7:56 PM David Chen, owner of the Lucky Moose Food Mart, was charged after holding a thief in a van until police arrived at the scene. OTTAWA — Legislation expanding Canadians' powers of citizen's arrest,
Updated: 05/01/2012 08:02P
Brecksville Bomb Plot Suspects' Police Records Show a Trail of Crime
At least three of the men are not strangers to law enforcement agencies in Northeast Ohio. By Colin McEwen Several of the men arrested in connection with the suspected plot to blow up a Brecksville bridge have faced criminal charges before,
Updated: 05/01/2012 07:14P
IBORI AND NIGERIA'S JUSTICE SYSTEM
The judicial officer reportedly posited that while Nigerian law requires that a criminal charge be proved beyond reasonable doubt, that of British allows decisions to be taken based on inference. This may be a weakness in the country's criminal law
Updated: 05/01/2012 07:05P
Charles Taylor Conviction Is Reminder Of Necessity Of International Law
This impact, of course, necessitates the idea of international law. It's a tricky concept; states are independent of one another specifically because their citizenry do not wish to abide by the exact same set of rules. However, there are certain
Updated: 05/01/2012 06:48P
Fla. task force on self-defense laws starts work
Rick Scott to look at Florida's controversial self-defense laws spent its first meeting debating where to meet, what to do, and whether or not change is even needed. Scott created the panel in the wake of the shooting death of teenager Travyon Martin
Updated: 05/01/2012 06:30P
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