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PEOPLE v. ULLOA
The complaint alleged that defendant had committed two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with force likely to cause great bodily injury, and two counts of making criminal threats. After the preliminary hearing, the complaint was dismissed.
Updated: 02/28/2011 06:10A
PEOPLE v. PELT
Defendant Ebony Van Pelt was caught by police with the drug MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine), commonly known as Ecstasy, and marijuana after a confidential informant arranged for her to sell him drugs. Defendant filed motions to disclose the
Updated: 02/28/2011 06:08A
DStv highlights - February 28, 2011
He serves his own idea of a moral order as much as the rules and codes of criminal law. Channel O brings you the biggest stars, both local and international, from the comfort of your couch. This week the big O hangs out with accomplished songwriter
Updated: 02/28/2011 03:49A
Bots gays go to court
'I therefore submit that by criminalizing my right as a responsible and law abiding citizen to have sex with other consenting adults in the manner that satisfies my sexual orientation, the Penal Code offends against and impairs my and other gay people
Updated: 02/28/2011 02:26A
Exclusive: Secret attempt to end appeals in Scots courts
Advocate as the head of the criminal prosecution service in Scotland and increase the involvement of the UK Advocate General and Supreme Court in criminal matters in Scotland, when they should not have any role in matters of Scots criminal law.
Updated: 02/28/2011 02:24A
Orbn says government to lower age for prosecuting youths
Criminal Code, and one of the changes being considered to reduce the age at which a person can be held criminally liable, Viktor Orban, the prime minister, said on his Facebook page on Saturday. Orban said measures, including a "three-strikes law",
Updated: 02/28/2011 01:36A
Christian aid worker released, another still held
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 Islamic Sharia law,'" Assadullah wrote.
Updated: 02/28/2011 12:05A
Curbing cyber crimes
It becomes difficult to book cyber criminals due to insufficiency in criminal law. Some of our laws were built at a time when the concept of information technology was not conceived. Just as in conventional crimes, cybercriminals destroy vital
Updated: 02/27/2011 10:34P
Secret attempt to end appeals in Scots courts Threat to Scots court appeals
Advocate as the head of the criminal prosecution service in Scotland and increase the involvement of the UK Advocate General and Supreme Court in criminal matters in Scotland, when they should not have any role in matters of Scots criminal law.
Updated: 02/27/2011 10:09P
Amended criminal code gets 'more lenient'
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, approved a new amendment of the Criminal Law that abolishes the death penalty for 13 types of non-violent crimes. The revised criminal code also rules that
Updated: 02/27/2011 09:45P
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