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Sleepwalking crimes: Many use sleepwalking as legitimate criminal defense
Among the many witnesses to his sleepwalking habit was his then-girlfriend, who said that he once initiated lovemaking while he was fast asleep and didn't remember it upon awakening, according to his attorney. The defense proved the suspect had a
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:41A
Gay gag law proposed in Ukraine
The bill, which was recommended to the country's parliament by the Committee on Freedom of Expression and Information, would amend existing laws on 'the protection of morals', media and publishing, as well as the criminal code, effectively banning
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:36A
Report breaks down wrongful convictions
The study showed that wrongful convictions happen for a variety of reasons, including perjury by witnesses, false confessions, eyewitness misidentification, fabricated crimes, misconduct by law enforcement or prosecutors, or false or misleading
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:26A
Minsk Teacher-Pedophile Faces up to Five Years in Prison for Abuse of Children
He faces up to five years in prison for seducing students under Article 168 of the Criminal Code (sexual intercourse, sodomy, lesbianism or other sexual acts committed by a person under 18 years of age with a person known to be under 16 years of age,
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:10A
Clearing up the public interest
?In criminal law, there is no overriding 'public interest' defence. Nor is there a definition of what constitutes the public interest. Thus, save for limited statutory exceptions (such as the Data Protection Act 1998), the primary forum for arguing
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:05A
Study finds 2000 Americans convicted then exonerated
There is no official record-keeping system for exonerations of convicted criminals in the country, so academics set one up. The new national registry, or database, painstakingly assembled by the University of Michigan Law School and the Center on
Updated: 05/21/2012 04:56A
Treated worse than a criminal
This town's police department is conniving with the federal government to circumvent Massachusetts law — which is less permissive than federal law — in order to seize his livelihood and retirement asset. In the lawsuit titled “United States of America
Updated: 05/21/2012 04:53A
Registry tallies over 2000 wrongful convictions since 1989
Criminal law experts have been studying the growing number of exonerations. Some cases have involved police corruption or witnesses who recanted. Experts have also pointed to faulty eyewitness testimony and lying witnesses as common problems.
Updated: 05/21/2012 04:50A
Registry tallies over 2000 wrongful convictions since 1989
Criminal law experts have been studying the growing number of exonerations. Some cases have involved police corruption or witnesses who recanted. Experts have also pointed to faulty eyewitness testimony and lying witnesses as common problems.
Updated: 05/21/2012 04:50A
PKR trio in court tomorrow over Bersih 3.0
The second charge comes under Section 188 of the Penal Code, for “disabodience to an order duly promulgated by a public servant” and is read together with Section 109 and Section 34 of the Penal Code for abetting. If convicted under this charge,
Updated: 05/21/2012 04:36A
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