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Tennessee among states cracking down on strangulation attempts
Leading the campaign is the National Family Justice Center Alliance, a San Diego anti-domestic violence group that's received a $400000 US Justice Department grant to fund a strangulation training institute. The group's executive director, Gael Strack,
Updated: 05/14/2012 06:23A
Adidas orders criminal probe into Reebok India 'irregularities'
“Based on the commercial irregularities we have uncovered at Reebok India, we have now filed a criminal complaint with the Indian law enforcement authorities in order to start the formal investigation,” the Adidas group said in a statement on Saturday.
Updated: 05/14/2012 04:51A
Labour MP: Government's BSkyB dealings might have broken law
The government might have broken the law in its handling of News Corporation's BSkyB bid, Labour front-bench MP Chris Bryant has claimed. Bryant told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme that a criminal offence might have been committed if News
Updated: 05/14/2012 04:16A
Criminal court, May 14
Ashley Yost, 19, of West Hazleton - false reports to law enforcement; 12 months probation, $50 CJEA payment and $50 bench warrant fee. James A. Zemaitis, 34, of Muir - possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance; two years probation,
Updated: 05/14/2012 04:09A
New Law Prohibits Pointing Lasers at Aircraft
The helicopter was assisting ground units in pursuing someone who had run from a traffic stop. The pilot suffered temporary blindness from the laser strike, and so the co-pilot assumed control of the helicopter. The pilots flew over Willingham's
Updated: 05/14/2012 04:03A
New crime reports more accurate, officials say
The new form – the National Incident-Based Reporting System – gives a broader and what officials say is a more accurate picture of a law enforcement agency's activity. It also gives more detail on how many crimes have been cleared and the number of
Updated: 05/14/2012 03:58A
Netanyahu Orders Evacuation of Home in Hebron, Fears of War Crimes Suits
Under the Fourth Geneva Convention, an occupier moving population into occupied land constitutes a war crime. Weinstein expressed concerns about other Israeli settlements and signalled the legal system's opposition to proposed laws that would approve
Updated: 05/14/2012 03:56A
Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal: IT'S OFFICIAL - George W Bush is a war criminal.
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: 05/14/2012 03:37A
Only some trespassers prosecuted
It is certainly a valid argument to say that we do not need a new criminal offence. There is already a sanction against residential squatting under Section 7 of the Criminal Law Act 1977, which makes it a criminal offence for a person to refuse to
Updated: 05/14/2012 03:24A
Shock at death of top lawyer
Legal professionals were full of praise for Ngubane, who has handled several high-profile criminal cases, including the defence of Durban businessman and socialite Sifiso Zulu and Sheryl Cwele, the former wife of the State Security minister Siyabonga
Updated: 05/14/2012 03:15A
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