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Critics attack nation's mandatory-minimum laws
The state's “10-20-life” law was implemented in 1999 and credited with helping to lower the violent crime rate. Anyone who shows a gun in the commission of certain felonies gets an automatic 10 years in prison. Fire the gun, and it's an automatic 20
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:36P

Ex-student in Rutgers webcam case gets 30 days
A judge also gave 20-year-old Dharun Ravi three years of probation, resolving the first part of the legal odyssey in an unusual, emotional and tragic case dealing with the consequences of bad decisions by young people in the Internet age — but
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:32P

Ex-Rutgers student gets 30 days for webcam spying
the first part of the legal odyssey in an unusual, emotional and tragic case dealing with the consequences of bad decisions by young people in the Internet age — but certainly not ending the debate surrounding New Jersey's tough hate-crimes laws.
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:32P

Ex-student in Rutgers webcam case sentenced to 30 days
A judge also gave 20-year-old Dharun Ravi three years of probation, resolving the first part of the legal odyssey in an unusual, emotional and tragic case dealing with the consequences of bad decisions by young people in the Internet age — but
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:31P

Dharun Ravi supporters gather at State House to rally for a light sentence
In the recent weeks following Ravi's trial, there has been a bout of skepticism growing, from both the LGBT and Indian-American communities, about the clarity of New Jersey's hate crime laws. Bill Dobbs, a LGBT activist from New York, said,
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:28P

Quebec: the Empire Strikes Back
This comes as the federal government prepares to amend the Criminal Code making it an offense to wear a mask during a riot or unlawful assembly (Bill C-306), with a maximum 10 year prison sentence if convicted. On the same day as Montreal passed its
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:25P

Quebec: the Empire Strikes Back
This comes as the federal government prepares to amend the Criminal Code making it an offense to wear a mask during a riot or unlawful assembly (Bill C-306), with a maximum 10 year prison sentence if convicted. On the same day as Montreal passed its
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:25P

Webcam spying case: Indian student Dharun Ravi gets 30-day jail term, probation
the latest part of the legal odyssey in an unusual, emotional and tragic case dealing with the consequences of bad decisions by young people in the Internet age - but certainly not ending the debate surrounding New Jersey's tough hate-crimes laws.
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:23P

Webcam spying case: Indian student Dharun Ravi gets 30-day jail term, probation
the latest part of the legal odyssey in an unusual, emotional and tragic case dealing with the consequences of bad decisions by young people in the Internet age - but certainly not ending the debate surrounding New Jersey's tough hate-crimes laws.
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:23P

Ex-student's webcam spy case gets 30-day jail time
the first part of the legal odyssey in an unusual, emotional and tragic case dealing with the consequences of bad decisions by young people in the Internet age — but certainly not ending the debate surrounding New Jersey's tough hate-crimes laws.
Updated: 05/21/2012 01:23P