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Date rape and alochol usage at SJSU explored
Sgt. John Laws of the University Police Department said criminal law does not differentiate between date rape and other kinds of rape. “Date rape for legal purposes for criminal charges is any rape by force or fear or through intoxicating substances or
Updated: 05/10/2012 06:34A
Chile Approves Hate Crime Law After Gay Bashing
by Eva Vergara AP SANTIAGO, Chile -- Chile's congress passed a hate-crimes law Wednesday night, months after a group of alleged neo-Nazis were arrested in the brutal murder of a young gay man. The law enables people to file anti-discrimination lawsuits
Updated: 05/10/2012 06:31A
New York's top court says just viewing child porn not a crime
ALBANY (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: 05/10/2012 06:18A
New York's top court says just viewing child porn not a crime
ALBANY (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: 05/10/2012 06:18A
Is the criminal justice system as good as you think it is?
Consider the Innocence Project at Cardozo Law School. That project has freed more people than are currently held in Guantanamo. Some of those freed were on death row. And the disparity in numbers between the two systems only gets bigger. Criminal
Updated: 05/10/2012 06:07A
Is the criminal justice system as good as you think it is?
Consider the Innocence Project at Cardozo Law School. That project has freed more people than are currently held in Guantanamo. Some of those freed were on death row. And the disparity in numbers between the two systems only gets bigger. Criminal
Updated: 05/10/2012 06:07A
Minister signals support for MMA legal change
OTTAWA — Proposed changes to the Criminal Code that would clear the way for provinces to freely sanction mixed martial arts as “prize fights” got an easy ride in the Senate on Wednesday. Bal Gosal, a junior minister in the Conservative government,
Updated: 05/10/2012 05:54A
New pardon rules thwart student's rehabilitation
A Nova Scotia man says the federal government's "tough on crime" law is making it impossible for him to restart his life. Chris Conrad was 19 when he was busted for selling marijuana. He was sentenced to six months of house arrest and a year of
Updated: 05/10/2012 05:05A
RCMP refusal to clear blockade angers judge
BC Supreme Court Justice Mark McEwan is outraged over the RCMP's refusal to enforce both the Criminal Code and an injunction to end the fivemonth blockade of an office building in Hazelton. He said the inaction, because of fears about potential
Updated: 05/10/2012 04:55A
RCMP refusal to clear blockade angers judge
BC Supreme Court Justice Mark McEwan is outraged over the RCMP's refusal to enforce both the Criminal Code and an injunction to end the fivemonth blockade of an office building in Hazelton. He said the inaction, because of fears about potential
Updated: 05/10/2012 04:55A
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