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Judges strike down prostitution laws
By Catholic Insight staff In September 2010 Ontario Judge Susan Himel struck down three laws relating to prostitution from the Criminal Code. Judge Himel ruled that laws criminalizing pimping, operating bawdy houses, and communicating for the purpose
Updated: 05/04/2012 09:40A

Abortion in Venezuela
Although a leftist government has ruled the country for 13 years, the criminal code seems to be governed more by the Catholic Church, since that book of law calls for six months to two years imprisonment for women who terminate their pregnancy,
Updated: 05/04/2012 09:36A

Public defenders look to the state Senate for fiscal relief
When Arnold, a Democrat from Algiers, filed it in February on behalf of state offices that provide legal defense to criminal defendants who can't afford to hire attorneys, HB 325 proposed a permanent $20 increase in traffic tickets and court costs.
Updated: 05/04/2012 09:30A

Tech use reshaping crimes, law enforcement
Since emails and texting have been around for some time now, Chippewa Falls Police Sgt. Matthew Kelm said the department has often gathered evidence for investigations from phones and computers. Some of the crimes committed over these devices include
Updated: 05/04/2012 09:18A

The bodies of three photojournalists have been found dismembered in the
"This unprecedented blood bath is fuelled by a certainty of impunity, as the cases of crimes against the press usually don't even reach a court of law." The Veracruz journalists killed this past week were the first documented killings of Mexican
Updated: 05/04/2012 08:38A

Deadline May 4, 2012
The final provisions of the 2010 revisions to the Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) law go into effect on May 4, 2012. Please see items 2, 3, and 4 of our 2010 Alert, below. A new Massachusetts law regulates how employers may
Updated: 05/04/2012 08:33A

Deadline May 4, 2012
The final provisions of the 2010 revisions to the Massachusetts Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) law go into effect on May 4, 2012. Please see items 2, 3, and 4 of our 2010 Alert, below. A new Massachusetts law regulates how employers may
Updated: 05/04/2012 08:33A

Gaddafi glorification and support now a crime in Libya
By Michel Cousins TRIPOLI — The NTC has approved a law criminalizing any glorification of Muammar Gaddafi or any support for him or the ex-regime. Also passed at the NCT's meeting Tuesday was a law expropriating all the assets of Gaddafi and members of
Updated: 05/04/2012 08:29A

Bulgarian Parliament passes confiscation act
Following a week of debates in Parliament, including two sessions that went late into the night, Bulgarian MPs adopted at second reading the law on the confiscation of assets acquired through criminal activity. The law will come into force in November
Updated: 05/04/2012 08:25A

Female Rapists to Be Tried for Prostitution
(28) and their male counterpart Thulani Ngwenya (24) were withdrawn before plea, Netsai and Rosemary will be charged with contravening Section 81(2) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act which emanated from the dropped charges.
Updated: 05/04/2012 07:34A