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Should Buying Donor Eggs Carry a Criminal Charge?
A strong argument that one has acted within the confines of the law is of limited comfort when faced with the risk of criminal charges, especially where the penalty for contravening the law is up to 10 years in jail and/or a fine of $500000.
Updated: 05/02/2012 07:48A
Duran Sets Up Legal Defense Fund in Case D.A. Files Charges
Duran has hired Torrance-based criminal defense attorney George Bird to represent him. “John Duran is an honest, decent public servant who at all times conducted himself ethically and within the bounds of the law,” Bird told Patch.
Updated: 05/02/2012 07:34A
bar criminals from contesting elections: quraishi
Stressing that it is important to get rid of criminals in the electoral process, Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi said the law must bar such a candidate from contesting. “People ask me, why can't you debar a candidate from contesting.
Updated: 05/02/2012 07:18A
Jury instructions spark legal showdown between Judge Dodson, State Attorney Meggs
Mike Ewen/Democrat A Leon circuit judge threatened to throw prosecutors in jail if they disobeyed his order to draft jury instructions ahead of criminal trials. State Attorney Willie Meggs refused to follow Judge Charles Dodson's order to prepare
Updated: 05/02/2012 06:50A
Proposal adopted to amend law to prevent convicts from fleeing
Taipei, May 2 (CNA) The Judicial Yuan, Taiwan's highest judicial organ, approved a proposal Wednesday to revise the law governing criminal procedure to prevent convicts like former independent lawmaker Lo Fu-chu from running away before beginning their
Updated: 05/02/2012 06:41A
Arizona Immigration Law Brings Very Real Danger of an Impending Police State
The problem is that many unintended persons, yes even law-abiding US citizens, will be adversely and unfairly affected if the Supreme Court gives the nod to the State of Arizona to enforce the federal immigration laws. There is no question,
Updated: 05/02/2012 06:09A
LCQ19: Juvenile sex crimes
Under the existing common law, there is an irrebuttable common law presumption of criminal law that a boy under 14 is incapable of sexual intercourse. After reviewing the presumption and its implications, the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong (LRC)
Updated: 05/02/2012 06:03A
The Very Real Danger of an Impending Police State
The law requires among other things that local law enforcement determine status where a "reasonable suspicion" exists that the person is an undocumented alien. The so-called "papers, please" law is an apt title because the law will require any person
Updated: 05/02/2012 06:00A
Bus beating was a collective crime
and adults with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) . . . are coming into conflict with the law. The neurological damage caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol affects the whole brain and may result in an increased susceptibility to criminal activity.
Updated: 05/02/2012 05:27A
Megaupload Prosecution Is Lawless and Unconstitutional, Law Professor Says
Yet another law expert has slammed the US Government's decision to launch a criminal case against Megaupload. Law Professor Eric Goldman argues that the Megaupload prosecution is a “depressing display of abuse of government authority” that ignores
Updated: 05/02/2012 05:18A
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