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Sex law omission could have disastrous effects
The act, which was effected in December 2007, says it is against the law to sexually assault someone - but does not prescribe a punishment. Stephen Tuson, a law professor at Wits University, said the principal of legality means there can be no crime
Updated: 05/12/2012 02:19P
Sex law omission could have disastrous effects
The act, which was effected in December 2007, says it is against the law to sexually assault someone - but does not prescribe a punishment. Stephen Tuson, a law professor at Wits University, said the principal of legality means there can be no crime
Updated: 05/12/2012 02:10P
Repeal the law on terror, says TRCT
The panel said that the provision on terrorism was added to the Penal Code when Thaksin was prime minister. The legal amendment was done through an executive decree, and not through Parliament. The TRCT described that action as the Thaksin government's
Updated: 05/12/2012 01:34P
Yingluck insists no reform of royal defamation law
Under article 112 of the Thai criminal code, anyone convicted of insulting the king, queen, heir or regent faces up to 15 years in prison on each count. Ampon, who was described as a "prisoner of conscience" by Amnesty International, pleaded not guilty
Updated: 05/12/2012 01:15P
Bush Found Guilty Of War Crimes
War crimes expert and lawyer Francis Boyle, professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law in America, was part of the prosecution team. After the case he said: “This is the first conviction of these people anywhere in the
Updated: 05/12/2012 11:24A
Journalists step up campaign to decriminalize libel
The Philippine libel law, which is embodied in Article 353-364 of the Revised Penal Code, classifies libel as a "crime against honor." The punishment for libel is a minimum imprisonment of six months and one day and a fine ranging from P200 pesos to P6
Updated: 05/12/2012 11:24A
Law not in jeopardy
by KENNETH FRY, Press Argus-Courier Editor Arkansas' laws on child pornography will not be affected by a New York Court of Appeals ruling that viewing child pornography online is not a crime, according to Crawford County Prosecuting Attorney Marc
Updated: 05/12/2012 11:19A
Fenwick & West LLP | Fenwick Employment Brief May 2012
Under established case law, employers seeking to make a decision based on an individual's criminal conviction should establish that the exclusion of an applicant or employee due to a criminal conviction was job-related and consistent with business
Updated: 05/12/2012 10:38A
BREAKING: HISTORIC JUDGMENT. Bush & Associates Found Guilty of Torture
The five-panel tribunal unanimously delivered a guilty verdict against former United States President George W. Bush and his associates at the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal hearing that had started on Monday, May 7th.
Updated: 05/12/2012 08:32A
Hudson's brother-in-law guilty in family killing
William Balfour, the estranged husband of Hudson's sister Julia, was accused of killing his in-laws in October 2008 and then hiding his stepson's body to try to cover his crimes. It was three days before the boy's desperate mother and aunt learned that
Updated: 05/12/2012 08:26A
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