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Wrong man was executed in Texas, probe says
A report released Tuesday has found that the wrong man was executed in Texas in 1989 for a crime committed by another person with the same first name who looked very similar Columbia School of Law professor James Liebman and five students studied the
Updated: 05/15/2012 02:56A
Lawmakers move to correct sex law loophole
Legislators are scrambling to shut the potentially calamitous legal loophole in the Sexual Offences Act after a court found that its failure to prescribe penalties for many sexual crimes effectively renders much of the legislation useless,
Updated: 05/15/2012 02:56A
Lawmakers move to correct sex law loophole
Legislators are scrambling to shut the potentially calamitous legal loophole in the Sexual Offences Act after a court found that its failure to prescribe penalties for many sexual crimes effectively renders much of the legislation useless,
Updated: 05/15/2012 02:56A
Rebekah Brooks hits out over charges
In a statement, Mrs Brooks, 43, was listed as "unemployed" of Churchill, Oxfordshire, "She was charged with three counts of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977," police added. Mr Brooks, 49, a "writer"
Updated: 05/15/2012 02:26A
Journal challenges '80s conviction, execution
Photo courtesy Columbia Human Rights Law Review At 24, Wanda Lopez was savvy to the pitfalls of her crime-infested Corpus Christi neighborhood. A divorced high school dropout with a child to support, she knew well the perils of her solo night job at a
Updated: 05/15/2012 02:03A
Webcam spying case: Protestors gather to show support for Dharun Ravi
Ms Sharma said he does not have high hopes for Monday's rally helping keep Mr Ravi from getting a jail sentence, but said it could lead to changes in the state's hate-crime laws. He and some others met with the staffs of several lawmakers earlier
Updated: 05/15/2012 01:36A
Webcam spying case: Protestors gather to show support for Dharun Ravi
Ms Sharma said he does not have high hopes for Monday's rally helping keep Mr Ravi from getting a jail sentence, but said it could lead to changes in the state's hate-crime laws. He and some others met with the staffs of several lawmakers earlier
Updated: 05/15/2012 01:36A
Reds ask govt to amend Article 112
About 20 red shirts under the name of the network of democratic society activists have submitted a letter to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra calling for the government to review its refusal to amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lese majeste
Updated: 05/15/2012 01:33A
Reds ask govt to amend Article 112
About 20 red shirts under the name of the network of democratic society activists have submitted a letter to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra calling for the government to review its refusal to amend Article 112 of the Criminal Code, the lese majeste
Updated: 05/15/2012 01:33A
Protest held against anti-association laws
About 70 people have gathered at the steps of Parliament House in Perth to protest against the State Government's proposed anti-association laws. The Government wants to make it illegal for people in known criminal organisations, including outlaw bikie
Updated: 05/15/2012 01:09A
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