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Oppn calls Thompson denials an 'invention'
The shadow attorney-general said the presumption of innocence related to criminal law cases. "It doesn't mean, and has never meant, that there can't be a discussion about whether or not a person in public office has done the wrong thing," he said.
Updated: 05/13/2012 08:23P
South Australia: New attack on abortion rights
By Lisa Lines, Adelaide In South Australia, where abortion is still legally considered a crime under the Criminal Act, women do not have the legal right to make their own reproductive choices. What we have now is tenuous and limited access to abortions
Updated: 05/13/2012 08:16P
Vince Li hearing nears
On Monday, deDelley and her family will return to the Winnipeg Law Courts for Vincent Li's annual hearing before the Criminal Code Review Board, the third since Li was found not criminally responsible for the gruesome killing of deDelley's son Tim
Updated: 05/13/2012 07:58P
Feds nab 80 criminal aliens during southern dragnet
All 80 were arrested administratively for being in violation of immigration law, and all are being held in ICE custody pending immigration removal proceedings or removal from the United States, according to a federal law enforcement official.
Updated: 05/13/2012 07:22P
Weeklies reader: Ferndale author, lawyer wins non-fiction award
FERNDALE – A local author and lawyer won the prestigious Agatha Award for “Books, Crooks, and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure.” “It felt wonderful, I was just stunned,” Leslie Budewitz, of Ferndale,
Updated: 05/13/2012 07:02P
Barclay: Court of Appeals Ruling Points Out Need to Strengthen Laws on Child
In order to ensure justice and keep young children from being exploited, the Legislature must move to pass legislation that would include the viewing of child pornography as a crime.” Barclay is in support of legislation that would strengthen the laws
Updated: 05/13/2012 06:48P
Weeklies reader: Ferndale author, lawyet wins non-fiction award
FERNDALE – A local author and lawyer won the prestigious Agatha Award for “Books, Crooks, and Counselors: How to Write Accurately About Criminal Law and Courtroom Procedure.” “It felt wonderful, I was just stunned,” Leslie Budewitz, of Ferndale,
Updated: 05/13/2012 05:57P
Fearless criminals continue to rule Lyari
By Atif Raza KARACHI: The criminal gangs of Lyari continue to commit kidnapping for ransom, brutal killings, extortion and other sorts of crime after their successful weeklong gun battle with the law enforcement agencies that left at least forty people
Updated: 05/13/2012 05:42P
How to Handle Child Sex Abuse
She disclosed that the criminal code and the penal code make provisions for all kinds of sex motivated crimes which include indecent assault on boys and girls, defilement of girls under 13 years and allowing under 13year olds access to a brothel.
Updated: 05/13/2012 05:33P
Money-laundering law: Rigorous jail, hefty fines await tax offenders
NEW DELHI: Tax evaders could be in for trouble as the government is mulling placing tax crimes on a par with money laundering offences that have severe criminal and financial implications. India could bring income-tax offences under its anti-money
Updated: 05/13/2012 05:13P
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