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Bimonthly legislature session begins
BEIJING - It will be a crime for companies in China to withhold wages if a draft amendment of the country's Criminal Law, currently being discussed by China's top legislature, is adopted. The draft is undergoing its third reading by the Standing
Updated: 02/23/2011 02:33P
medicine on death row
The confirmation of Libya's decision to convict five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor of infecting child patients in Benghazi with the HIV virus is judicial scandal and global medical disaster, says Michel Thieren.
Updated: 02/23/2011 02:15P
Musca Law Launches Redesigned DUI Attorney Website
About Musca Law: Musca Law (http://www.muscalaw.com) is comprised of Florida criminal lawyers and Florida DUI defense attorneys who provide aggressive criminal defense representation on any DUI charge, as well as any felony or misdemeanor allegation in
Updated: 02/23/2011 01:48P
Not an excitable proposition
There are provisions in the laws of SL as given in the Criminal Procedure Code and the Penal Code governing the conduct of the Armed Forces when so called out. The Armed Forces follow those provisions explicitly. They can be called out to aid the civil
Updated: 02/23/2011 01:41P
Halifax police caution on citizen's arrest
However, McNeil says criminal law is complicated and people should be aware that every circumstance will be dealt with by the system on its own merit. He says the public, where possible, should always call police and warns that there are legal
Updated: 02/23/2011 01:30P
Criminals face longer minimum jail terms
LONGER minimum jail terms for people who commit serious offenses in China are contained in a draft amendment to the country's Criminal Law. Anyone sentenced to life imprisonment should serve a minimum of 13 years, instead of the current 10 years,
Updated: 02/23/2011 01:22P
Border Guards Serve as Tough Detectives
The authority's crime prevention unit already numbers over a hundred people. The border guards' powers expanded to include crime-solving several years ago. In 2004, new articles on human trafficking and illegal immigration entered the Finnish criminal
Updated: 02/23/2011 01:19P
SC justifies reducing sentence of rapists
Citing an express provision of criminal law relating to rape and some special reasons the Supreme Court has justified reducing the jail term of three gang rape convicts who were sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by both the trial court,
Updated: 02/23/2011 01:09P
Four deputies set to graduate
The Basic Corrections Class is five weeks long and includes dozens of training areas including criminal law, survival skills, firearms, transport and security, inmate rights, ethics, cultural diversity and problem solving. All family and friends of
Updated: 02/23/2011 12:39P
Bill to amend changes to Criminal Code supports merchants
A proposed amendment to the Criminal Code could mean law-abiding retailers may no longer fear reprisal for defending themselves against or arresting those who steal from their stores. The first reading of a bill to amend the Citizen's Arrest and
Updated: 02/23/2011 12:31P
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