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Montreal bylaw could offer preview of federal mask ban
The head of Montreal's police union, Yves Francoeur, has blamed the Criminal Code for his officers' lack of power to intervene, because it forces officers to prove criminal intent before making an arrest. The new bylaw and federal legislation would
Updated: 05/16/2012 06:46A
Proposed federal mask ban to be tested in Montreal
The head of Montreal's police union, Yves Francoeur, has blamed the Criminal Code for his officers' lack of power to intervene, because it forces officers to prove criminal intent before making an arrest. The new bylaw and federal legislation would
Updated: 05/16/2012 06:33A
John Edwards' criminal trial brings campaign contributions into focus
It is possible to shoehorn this conduct into a violation of the campaign finance laws. First, the money was not disclosed as a campaign contribution -- although, Catch-22, if it had been reported as such, it would have been illegal because it was used
Updated: 05/16/2012 06:07A
Tough sentencing laws keep Louisiana's prisons full
"We see the only goal that is being reflected accurately might be retribution," said Katherine Mattes, a professor at Tulane Law School and interim director of the university's Criminal Litigation Clinic. In Texas, no bastion of liberalism,
Updated: 05/16/2012 06:05A
Breaking the Ground On Peace and Stability - Transitional Justice and the Rule
Transitional justice, at the core of its mission, strives to "break the ground on a future of peace and stability." For countries with a violent or repressive past - and this can be said of most - implementing truth-seeking, criminal justice,
Updated: 05/16/2012 05:59A
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is voting on a Republican-written bill to renew the Violence Against Women Act, but the White House has threatened to veto it. On the eve of Wednesday's vote, the White House said the GOP-written bill didn't go far enough to
Updated: 05/16/2012 05:57A
A sneak preview of federal mask ban, coming to a city near you: Montreal's plan
The head of Montreal's police union, Yves Francoeur, has blamed the Criminal Code for his officers' lack of power to intervene, because it forces officers to prove criminal intent before making an arrest. The new bylaw and federal legislation would
Updated: 05/16/2012 05:56A
Partnership Welcomes Plans For New Drug Driving Law
During the Queen's Speech on 9th May, it was revealed that the government's Crime and Courts Bill will include a specific drug driving offence. The proposed new law will allow the police to charge a driver if specified levels of certain controlled
Updated: 05/16/2012 05:52A
Sneak preview of fed mask ban comes to Montreal?
The head of Montreal's police union, Yves Francoeur, has blamed the Criminal Code for his officers' lack of power to intervene, because it forces officers to prove criminal intent before making an arrest. The new bylaw and federal legislation would
Updated: 05/16/2012 05:48A
War crimes judges hear Taylor's sentencing pleas
By TOBY STERLING Associated Press LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is to address judges personally during the sentencing hearing of his war crimes trial Wednesday, asking for leniency even as he plans to appeal
Updated: 05/16/2012 05:46A
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