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Pakistani court adjourns hearing of Mumbai terror-attack case
'As per the Pakistani law, both accused need to be declared proclaimed offenders before conviction can take place,' he stated. Defence counsel Khwaja Sultan has filed an application in the court under section 403 of Pakistan's Criminal and Procedure
Updated: 02/26/2011 06:37A
Disturbing questions in the Tavares case
did not undertake to release this man from custody after he was treated in hospital for his injuries, when the law requires that he "not" be detained, in accordance with the Criminal Code provisions dealing with a peace officers' powers of arrest.
Updated: 02/26/2011 06:12A
RCMP renews Bountiful investigation
Attorney General Barry Penner last week demanded police investigate the new information and in particular look at any evidence that might support criminal charges of child sexual exploitation or procurement of children for sex.
Updated: 02/26/2011 05:57A
Gay marriage is an issue of law, not one for religion
I WAS so disheartened after reading the letter 'Sick of Gay Mafia's Militant Tactics' (Irish Independent, February 25). I am a young gay man in Ireland who has no religious affiliations. The author wishes to espouse the “values on which Irish society
Updated: 02/26/2011 05:43A
Afghan converts fear return home after India denies refuge
The converts were named by Barnabas Fund only as Rahimullah and Rita, who have three children, Mohammad and Aisha, who have two children, and sisters Shazia and Sunita. They fled to India after converting to Christianity but now face being deported
Updated: 02/26/2011 05:32A
China drops death penalty for 13 economic crimes
The NPC standing committee had passed the amendment to the criminal law Friday. The 13 crimes include forging and selling invoices to avoid taxes, smuggling cultural relics, rare animals and their products, precious metals like gold and silver,
Updated: 02/26/2011 05:02A
Christians appealing to UN to help Afgans after refuge rejection from India
to be the death penalty for me, because the prosecutor has accused me under the Clause 139 of the criminal code which says, 'if the crime is not cited in the criminal code, then the case has to be referred to the Islamic sharia law,'" he wrote.
Updated: 02/26/2011 04:17A
It should be good...
Billed as a fascinating insight into the lives, loves and hard cases facing barristers on the front line of criminal law, there was every reason to expect fireworks and bitten fingernails. Creator Peter Moffat was a barrister before he was a
Updated: 02/26/2011 04:07A
China's revised Criminal Law removes 13 crimes from death penalty list
26 : Death penalty for thirteen economic crimes have been eliminated in China's revised Criminal Law. According to the eighth Amendment in the Criminal Law passed by the Standing Committee of the National People''s Congress, fifty-five crimes will be
Updated: 02/26/2011 03:23A
People Most Likely Found Incompetent To Stand Trial Determined By Analysis
"Competency to stand trial evaluations have been regarded as the most significant mental health inquiry pursued in the system of criminal law," said the paper's lead author, Gianni Pirelli, PhD, who conducted the research at John Jay College of
Updated: 02/26/2011 03:07A
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