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Parliament unanimous in backing hate crimes legislation
by John Cordina The introduction of tougher penalties for crimes motivated by gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity and religious or political beliefs drew closer after parliament unanimously approved the necessary legal amendments in
Updated: 05/24/2012 04:01A
Penal Code Is More Than Just the Abortion Clause
By James Tasamba, 24 May 2012 Every one seems to be up in arms about article 165 of the draft penal code, which addresses the controversial issue of abortion. The article stipulates that there is no criminal liability for a woman who causes her own
Updated: 05/24/2012 03:14A
Total Asks French Top Court to Reverse 1999 Oil-Spill Ruling
Total SA (FP), Europe's third-largest oil company, is challenging a verdict that it's criminally guilty in a 1999 oil tanker accident that spilled fuel along the French coast, arguing the law was wrongly applied. Total will ask the Cour de Cassation,
Updated: 05/24/2012 03:12A
'Laws must be consolidated'
Lawyer Lara Lanfranco noted that, in the case of human trafficking, there were provisions in the Criminal Code and others in the White Slave Traffic Ordinance, where there was sometimes overlapping of provisions. She had in fact drafted a law to
Updated: 05/24/2012 03:09A
Catch me if you can!
The only way for that to be achieved is for the ruling Party to come to their senses and pass the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill B2-2009, ie the DNA Bill which will allow for DNA found at crime scenes and / or other areas where crime
Updated: 05/24/2012 02:30A
Catch me if you can!
The only way for that to be achieved is for the ruling Party to come to their senses and pass the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill B2-2009, ie the DNA Bill which will allow for DNA found at crime scenes and / or other areas where crime
Updated: 05/24/2012 02:30A
Ex-convicts in Massachusetts still face tough sell in job market
By Martine Powers The fortunes of former convicts seeking employment have changed little since the passage of a 2010 law that overhauled the state's criminal records system, according to a report scheduled to be released Thursday by two Boston
Updated: 05/24/2012 02:26A
INDONESIA: Police tortured and denied a drug offender's access to legal
Article 58 of the Criminal Procedure Code also stipulates that 'a suspect or an accused who is subject to detention shall have the right to contact and to be visited by his personal doctor in the interest of his health, whether or not this has any
Updated: 05/24/2012 02:13A
Littler Mendelson | EEOC Updates Enforcement Guidance On Employers' Use of
The revised guidance, which does not ban criminal background checks but rather advises employers that their use of such information may violate Title VII un- der particular circumstances, ''is not a departure, either in law or in fact,'' Berrien said.
Updated: 05/24/2012 01:57A
New Jackson Center Chair Focused On Exposure
Crane earned a law degree from Syracuse University College of Law and an masters in african studies from Ohio University. Since 2006, he has been teaching international criminal law, international law, national security law and the law of armed
Updated: 05/24/2012 01:31A
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