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End Jail Time For Pot Possession! Take Action!!
Kentucky House Bill 463 , an overhaul of the state's criminal code, has passed the House and is scheduled for a vote in the Senate as Senate Bill 161. The bill changes the simple possession of marijuana from a class A misdemeanor, one year in jail and
Updated: 02/27/2011 08:07A
All together now
[HOW] Revitalise citizenship at the grassroots – and embrace technology. Photo: Simon Schluter Well, perhaps not. North Africa and the Middle East are convulsing with desire for the freedoms, rights and responsibilities many of us appear to take for
Updated: 02/27/2011 07:46A
China ends death sentence for 13 economic crimes
However, death penalty campaigners have claimed that the fact the country has revised its criminal code will guarantee that there is a significant drop in the amount of criminals who receive the death sentence. All of the offences which have been
Updated: 02/27/2011 07:21A
Asian NGOs condemn defamation suit on activist
We also call on the government to repeal Article 305 of the Penal Code which makes defamation a criminal offence and which has clearly been used largely to silence the voices of human rights defenders.
Updated: 02/27/2011 01:19A
Law Schools Revamp Their Curricula to Teach Practical Skills
The new curriculum replaces electives with practice-based courses, in a mock courtroom using simulated clients, in specialties like international, securities, tax, and criminal law. Washington and Lee U. School of Law has jettisoned the entire third
Updated: 02/27/2011 12:34A
Arraignment in chapel ruled 'harmless error'
In criminal law, some errors are deemed harmless in that they do not change the defendant's fate, whereas structural errors involve fundamental, pervasive legal mistakes throughout the case that mandate a reversal in the defendant's favor.
Updated: 02/27/2011 12:00A
Seguin's municipal court judge eyes run at district judge spot
He has been in the private practice of civil and criminal law since 1993. Currently, he is lead counsel at Kolb & Murray PC which he started in 1996 with his wife, Guadalupe County Attorney Elizabeth Murray Kolb. Kolb began his career by working his
Updated: 02/26/2011 10:52P
13 crimes removed from China death penalty list
BEIJING - CHINA'S newly revised Criminal Law eliminated the death penalty for 13 economy-related crimes, as the country moved to restructure its penalty system and better protect human rights. Fifty-five crimes are now punishable by death, according to
Updated: 02/26/2011 09:24P
China Drops the Death Penalty for Some Economic Crimes
The official Xinhua News Agency said it was the first time the communist government has reduced the number of crimes that are subject to the death penalty since 1979, when the Criminal Law took effect. But an expert said the move was unlikely to
Updated: 02/26/2011 08:31P
In Bhatinda, number of harassed husbands on rise
"Due to a large number of complaints, Section 498 A was added to the Indian Penal Code and Section 198 A was added to the Criminal Procedure Code but there is no law to address the complaints made by men," said Gurmail Singh, a bank employee in
Updated: 02/26/2011 07:55P
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