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Man who beheaded, ate fellow passenger on Greyhound bus in Canada wins bid to
WINNIPEG, Manitoba - A man who beheaded and cannibalized a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada won his bid to leave the grounds of the mental hospital where he is being kept, a criminal review board ruled Thursday. The Criminal Code review
Updated: 05/18/2012 01:57A
Ex-Senator Edwards tried to bypass campaign law, prosecutor says
“There is not the remotest chance that John violated federal campaign laws, let alone felonies.” “This is a case that should define the difference between someone committing a wrong and someone committing a crime,” Lowell said.
Updated: 05/18/2012 01:21A
Ruth Marcus: Is Edwards a criminal?
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: 05/18/2012 01:09A
Law to clear some convicts' records in Tennessee
By Christopher Whitten Tennesseans who have committed certain nonviolent crimes will be able to have their criminal records expunged for a $350 fee under a bill expected to become law July 1. The legislation, sponsored by state Rep.
Updated: 05/18/2012 01:02A
Companies engaged in financial crime get 'plea-bargain' offer
Companies engaged in financial crime may be able to negotiate plea bargains under legislation being put forward by the Ministry of Justice. Under the new law companies that self-report could see prosecutions deferred pending payment of a fine and
Updated: 05/18/2012 01:01A
Intelligence Wars, now featuring Sunday Times
An application for an interdict against the former criminal intelligence chief Richard Mdluli by Freedom Under Law (FUL) has caused a stink in another area – the Sunday Times now sits accused of having published a story planted by allies of Mdluli to
Updated: 05/18/2012 12:56A
Intelligence Wars, now featuring Sunday Times
An application for an interdict against the former criminal intelligence chief Richard Mdluli by Freedom Under Law (FUL) has caused a stink in another area – the Sunday Times now sits accused of having published a story planted by allies of Mdluli to
Updated: 05/18/2012 12:56A
Law prohibits pointing lasers at aircraft
by Leah Small, Capital News Service When a police helicopter was flying overhead searching for a criminal suspect in Virginia Beach, Christopher Willingham did something he now acknowledges was “stupid.” He pointed a green laser at the helicopter that
Updated: 05/18/2012 12:26A
Crime and Punishment in Afghanistan
Ten years into the war in Afghanistan, the United States and its coalition partners face a range of adversaries -- insurgent groups, narcotics-trafficking organizations, and criminal networks -- that have thrived on the erosion of the rule of law.
Updated: 05/17/2012 11:49P
Order on Jagan assets soon
The process to attach properties of the Kadapa MP, Mr YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, and his firms —Jagati Publications, Indira Television and Janani Infrastructure — under the Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, 1944, as reported in this newspaper on April 30,
Updated: 05/17/2012 11:31P
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