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10 years jail each for gold robbery culprits
The court also gave the benefit of section 382-B of the criminal procedure code. Interestingly, one of the accused had filed 249-A acquittal application in the court when the case was in its initial phase in which it was prayed to the court that he
Updated: 02/28/2011 08:18P
PPP asked to pay heed to Aitzaz's advice
Khosa said Aitzaz was an established constitutional expert and his opinion was given due importance by the Supreme Court and legal experts while Babar Awan had been practicing criminal law and pleading dacoity, theft and kidnapping cases.
Updated: 02/28/2011 08:01P
Beshear will sign into law a sweeping rewrite of state's criminal code
FRANKFORT — The General Assembly gave final approval Monday to a broad overhaul of Kentucky's criminal code in an attempt to cut prison costs by diverting more drug addicts away from prison and toward
Updated: 02/28/2011 07:11P
ASK THE LAWYER: Murder charge still may apply 12 years later
Q: Why is it that a defendant in a criminal case can sit there and never have to testify? - WS, San Pedro A: The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects against self-incrimination. Long ago the concern was that people would be forced
Updated: 02/28/2011 06:33P
Penal code reform bill awaits governor?s signature
The plan achieves that end by taking a new tack on drugs while putting a renewed emphasis on non-incarceration options that are proven to work. The bill will continue to severely punish violent crimes and drug trafficking but reduces the punishment for
Updated: 02/28/2011 06:22P
The Corner
Don't miss my interview with economist and blogger-extraordinaire Tyler Cowen, author of one of the most talked about books of the year, The Great Stagnation. Cowen is an intellectual omnivore, and our conversation reflects his
Updated: 02/28/2011 06:02P
Gay Rights Movement Born in 19th Century Germany, American Scholar Says
According to Beachy, modern conceptions of homosexuality began, ironically, with an anti-sodomy law. When the German empire was unified in 1871, the Imperial Criminal Code included a law prohibiting sexual penetration of one man by another.
Updated: 02/28/2011 06:01P
Is YouTube Making Us Need New Criminal Laws?
I asked Amy, can a coherent legal argument be made to show that clipping footage of children into a video with sexually explicit lyrics, and posting it on YouTube, constitutes child pornography? Or do new video technologies and emerging cultural
Updated: 02/28/2011 05:18P
Hank Johnson, Vocal Anti-War Advocate, Serves Despite Odds
A graduate of Clark College and the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University, Johnson practiced civil and criminal law for 27 years and is one of several dozen lawyers in Congress. He was a member of the influential House Judiciary
Updated: 02/28/2011 05:04P
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Updated: 02/28/2011 04:34P
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