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Guest commentary: Stand-your-ground laws ignore racial bias realities
The subjectivity of these laws poses certain hazards, given the undeniable impact of race on the criminal justice system. Somehow, decisions that are made every day by police, prosecutors, judges and others about the guilt or innocence of people of
Updated: 05/10/2012 02:00A
Bill On Public Service Ethics Passed
This is part of an anti-corruption package which also includes a witness protection law passed earlier this sitting, and new versions of the Penal Code and Penal Procedural Code which are likely to be discussed in the October-November Assembly sitting.
Updated: 05/10/2012 01:31A
Bill On Public Service Ethics Passed
This is part of an anti-corruption package which also includes a witness protection law passed earlier this sitting, and new versions of the Penal Code and Penal Procedural Code which are likely to be discussed in the October-November Assembly sitting.
Updated: 05/10/2012 01:31A
NY Court: Viewing Child Porn Online Not A Crime
“Merely viewing Web images of child pornography does not, absent other proof, constitute either possession or procurement within the meaning of our Penal Law,” Senior Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick wrote in the decision. The court said it must be up
Updated: 05/10/2012 01:26A
NY Court: Viewing Child Porn Online Not A Crime
“Merely viewing Web images of child pornography does not, absent other proof, constitute either possession or procurement within the meaning of our Penal Law,” Senior Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick wrote in the decision. The court said it must be up
Updated: 05/10/2012 01:26A
THAILAND: Ah Kong died while serving a 20 year sentence in prison for a lse
The SMSs were deemed defamatory, insulting or threatening to the King or the Queen, as per Section 112 of the Penal Code. According to the Corrections Department, Ah Kong was brought to the hospital for severe stomach pains at noon on Friday 5 May 2012
Updated: 05/10/2012 01:04A
Mulgrew: Judge outraged over lack of police action in Hazelton standoff
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 five-month blockade of an office building in Hazelton. He said the inaction because of fears about potential
Updated: 05/10/2012 12:33A
Mulgrew: Judge outraged over lack of police action in Hazelton standoff
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 five-month blockade of an office building in Hazelton. He said the inaction because of fears about potential
Updated: 05/10/2012 12:33A
Baldwins | From “cool to criminal”: a warning for internet service providers
To quote US law professor Peter Swire, file sharing service providers in the wake of the Mega Upload saga have gone from cool to criminal all at once?.[3] On 7 May 2012, Auckland company, Maxnet, launched its own internet service provider (ISP)
Updated: 05/10/2012 12:12A
Supreme Court ruling on wiretapping could have gone further
The Supreme Court of Canada recently released a landmark ruling in Regina-versus-Tse that strikes down the constitutionality of a section of the Criminal Code that allows police to intercept private communications in exceptional circumstances.
Updated: 05/10/2012 12:09A
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