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FTC Recovers More Than $3 Million from Operators of DVD Vending Machine Scam
Andreoni agreed to give up her rights in a litigation over the proceeds of her late husband's life insurance policy. On December 30, 2010, the FTC obtained a judgment for $2 million in insurance proceeds in that case. She also agreed to forfeit $470000
Updated: 02/18/2011 07:11A
Harper Announces New Self Defence and Citizen's Arrest Law
Under current law, ordinary citizens can only affect an arrest if they find a person actually committing a criminal offence. Bill C-60 widens the scope of citizen's arrest to allow detaining a suspect without a warrant not only when the offence is
Updated: 02/18/2011 06:43A
More leeway for citizen's arrests under federal bill
Currently, under the Criminal Code, a citizen's arrests can only be made if someone is caught in the act of the criminal offence. "No doubt our lawmakers have wanted to discourage vigilantism, which if left unchecked, is a genuine threat to the rule of
Updated: 02/18/2011 06:37A
Domestic Dispute: Why Britain Is Soft on Squatters
14, 2011, the day squatters moved into the mansion Last August, Kayne Manning and his fiance were days away from moving into their first home on the outskirts of London when their lives suddenly took a turn for the absurd. Their estate agent called to
Updated: 02/18/2011 06:36A
PM unveils citizen's arrest law
A proposed bill announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper will safeguard those who make citizen arrests in good faith by loosening some provisions in the Criminal Code. The Citizen's Arrest and SelfDefence act, tabled Thursday in the House of Commons,
Updated: 02/18/2011 06:36A
Drunk driving sentence hiked
In its finding, the appeal court cited a previous Supreme Court ruling that rejected the view that the Criminal Code requires an automatic reduction in sentence for an aboriginal offender. The Supreme Court of Canada, in the 1999 case of Jamie Gladue,
Updated: 02/18/2011 06:23A
US Diplomat Row: Pak Exploring Blood Money Option
A diplomatic source told the newspaper that the two countries were considering "a face-saving compromise in which the US government apologises to the heirs of the victims, pays compensation and promises to investigate the incident as a criminal matter.
Updated: 02/18/2011 06:00A
Be careful trying to judge one's feelings
Simply put, anyone can be accused of violating federal criminal law and prosecuted/persecuted for mundane, ordinary acts that would never be crimes under the Common Law. By its very essence nothing is more ambivalent than hate.
Updated: 02/18/2011 04:41A
New citizen's arrest law may spark vigilantism: lawyer
The law could also lead people to put themselves in dangerous situations, she added. Harper stressed police remain frontline crime fighters but cann't be everywhere at once. Under the proposal, the Criminal Code would be changed to clarify Canadians'
Updated: 02/18/2011 04:25A
Proposed bill would protect those who make citizen's arrests
Currently, these arrests could only be made if the citizen is literally "caught in the act" of the criminal offence. "No doubt our lawmakers have wanted to discourage vigilantism, which if left unchecked, is a genuine threat to the rule of law," said
Updated: 02/18/2011 03:55A
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