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Tories signal support for UFC law change
Currently, the Criminal Code defines a prize fight as an encounter or fight with fists or hands. That means that, technically, not only is MMA outside the law, but also Olympic sports such as judo and taekwondo. But the driving force behind the
Updated: 05/09/2012 06:35P

Onetime 'King of Biotech' runs afoul of law again
NEW YORK, May 9 (Reuters) - David Blech, an investor who was known as the "King of Biotech" before he admitted to criminal charges of stock manipulation in 1998, has run into trouble with the law again over illegal trades in stocks of two
Updated: 05/09/2012 06:33P

Viewing Child Porn Not Illegal According To One State
AP ALBANY, NY (AP) - New York's top court says simply viewing child pornography online does not constitute either criminal possession or procurement under state penal law. The Court of Appeals is dismissing two counts against James D. Kent,
Updated: 05/09/2012 06:33P

Billings man sentenced for shooting at teenagers
Michael Joseph Law, 26, was recently ordered to serve a five-year suspended sentence, and pay a $1000 fine, for felony criminal endangerment. Several teenagers told police that Law approached the group, offered a girl a cigarette and invited them to
Updated: 05/09/2012 06:20P

Restitution in Domestic Violence Case Does Not Violate Harvey Rule
A criminal complaint was first filed against Snow, charging him with two courts of felony corporal injury on a cohabitant (Penal Code § 273.5), dissuading a witness (Penal Code § 136.1 (c) (1)), two counts of criminal threats (Penal Code § 422),
Updated: 05/09/2012 06:11P

Kenner's and Sleeper's names added to North Dakota Peace Officer Memorial
The names of Bismarck Police Officer Steven Kenner and Burleigh County Sheriff Deputy Bryan Sleeper, both men died in 2011, were added to the list of names on the memorial. For 15 years, the North Dakota Peace Officer Memorial on the east side of the
Updated: 05/09/2012 06:10P

Living Safe: 'Sexting' consequences go beyond legal issues
Teens break this law when they sext by sending nude or sexually suggestive pictures to another. As minors, their transmission of the visual materials, even of and by themselves, is a violation of the criminal code. To account for the difference between
Updated: 05/09/2012 06:01P

Onetime "King of Biotech" runs afoul of law again
By Grant McCool | NEW YORK (Reuters) - David Blech, an investor who was known as the "King of Biotech" before he admitted to criminal charges of stock manipulation in 1998, has run into trouble with the law again over illegal trades in stocks of two
Updated: 05/09/2012 05:31P

Inaugural Ferencz essay contest at Washington University School of Law focuses
Individuals interested in addressing the relationship between crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression are invited to participate in the inaugural Benjamin B. Ferencz Essay Competition, hosted by the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute at
Updated: 05/09/2012 05:24P

Conservative minister supports MMA legal change
(Photo: CP/Dave Chan) OTTAWA, Ont. -- A junior minister in the Conservative government says changing the Criminal Code to allow mixed martial arts is a "reasonable and even necessary" reform. The green light provided to a Senate committee by Bal Gosal,
Updated: 05/09/2012 05:16P