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Sleepwalking used as legitimate criminal defense
"The condition exists and there are cases of people committing crimes," said Dr. Ralph Palumbo, medical director for the International Institute of Sleep, headquartered in Deerfield Beach. In 2010, a Boynton Beach boy, then 17, was arrested after
Updated: 05/20/2012 08:16P

Maintenance law abused by greedy: HC
The court made the observation while dwelling upon the provisions of section 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure which enables women, kids and parents, deserted by their near and dear ones and have no means to sustain themselves, to seek maintenance.
Updated: 05/20/2012 08:11P

DPP urges use of pretrial procedures to cut delays in hearing criminal cases
The Minister for Justice had established two committees, one with the Chief Justice, to look at various aspects of the issue and she said she looked forward to their recommendations. The DPP also said there had only been about 30 requests from families
Updated: 05/20/2012 07:30P

Penal interest exorbitant
Unfortunately there are no such laws in Tanzania. The best way to get out of this is negotiate to restructure the loan- you will have to pay a 10% down payment but it will atleast give you relief from the penal interest. Criminal liability in self
Updated: 05/20/2012 07:28P

Megrahi death: 23 years of legal twists and turns but questions remain
Initially, the disaster was thought to be a tragic accident, but it soon became apparent the gravest criminal act in Scottish legal history had been committed. The question then became: by whom? The investigation was a mammoth task.
Updated: 05/20/2012 07:12P

Rejig IPC to make it women-friendly: NCW
IPC, the main criminal code of India, covers all substantive aspects of criminal law. Drafted in 1860 during the British Raj, it has since been amended several times and is now supplemented by other criminal provisions. The IPC is sub-divided into 23
Updated: 05/20/2012 06:22P

Montreal protesters snub new emergency law
Thousands of people marched through downtown Montreal Saturday night in open defiance of the provincial government's emergency law, which was enacted Friday evening. Saturday's protest was declared illegal as soon as it began because the itinerary of
Updated: 05/20/2012 06:11P

One less perk of office
Over the past two decades, the law that gives MPs special status in the eyes of the criminal law, a relic of the past which has rarely, if ever, been properly used to protect parliamentarians from political, police or judicial pressure,
Updated: 05/20/2012 06:00P

Government plans ten-year jail sentence for rash driving
Suraj Sehrawat, the 21-year-old who was allegedly behind the wheels of the BMW, was booked under Section 304A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for rash and negligent driving leading to death. But soon after he surrendered on May 15, he was out on bail
Updated: 05/20/2012 05:32P

Motel may be latest victim of 'civic forfeiture'
The US Department of Justice intends to seize it, sell it for perhaps $1.5 million and give up to 80 percent of that to the Tewksbury Police Department, whose budget is just $5.5 million. The Caswells have not been charged with, let alone convicted of,
Updated: 05/20/2012 04:03P