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Felonies Reduced to Misdemeanors After Craigslist Sting Uncovered Counterfeit DVDs
A Raleigh man turned to the criminal defense law firm of Roberts Law Group PLLC to defend against felony counterfeit distribution charges after he was caught in a Craigslist sting. The man was accused of selling counterfeit child education DVDs.
Updated: 03/07/2011 04:39A
Domestic workers left out in sexual harassment at workplace Bill
"It may be more practical for them to take recourse to provisions under criminal law," she said. Women who are employed as well as those who enter the work place as clients, customers or apprentices besides, the students and research scholars in
Updated: 03/07/2011 04:38A
Zimbabwe: State Says Gwisai Has Case to Answer
The State relied on Section 20 of the Criminal Law Code (Chapter 9:3), which states: "Any person who is a citizen of, or ordinarily in Zimbabwe and who does any act with the intention of overthrowing the Government or incites, conspires or assists any
Updated: 03/07/2011 03:56A
Assisted suicide shrouded in secrecy
Nevertheless, Rodriguez ended her life in the compassionate presence of Member of Parliament Svend Robinson and with the assistance of an anonymous physician who broke the criminal law prohibiting assisted suicide. It's time to ask the question again:
Updated: 03/07/2011 03:51A
Ruling gives journalists a ray of hope
A Harare magistrate says journalists who are challenging the constitutionality of Section 31 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, which has been widely used to arrest media practitioners have a strong case.
Updated: 03/07/2011 03:49A
Domestic workers left out in sexual harass at workplace bill
Domestic workers have been specifically left out of the ambit of the 'Protection of Women against Sexual Harassment at workplace Bill' which seeks to provide protection to all women at their places of work. Domestic workers have been specifically
Updated: 03/07/2011 03:44A
Debates on bill on penalizing genocide denial resume in Dutch parliament
emphasized the need for criminalization of genocide denial based on the text and the objectives of the EU Framework Decision of November 28, 2008 on “Combating certain forms and manifestations of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law”.
Updated: 03/07/2011 02:04A
Timor- Leste: Security Council Extends UN Integrated Mission
By the text, the Council also reaffirmed the importance of UNMIT support to the Government of Timor-Leste in further building and reforming the justice sector, coordinating international assistance, reducing poverty, improving education and other areas
Updated: 03/06/2011 05:20P
How China law interprets 'misappropriation' of funds
This draws attention to Article 272 of China's criminal law, which provides the benchmarks to determine the offence. Unlike the Singapore penal code that requires proof of dishonesty and self-use or benefit, the China law suggests that if the funds
Updated: 03/06/2011 03:10P
Flag falls on altered taxi plates
"Of course, taxis with doctored licence plates may be used to commit crimes and violate traffic rules but some do it for aesthetic reasons. For example, one attached reflective stickers. Others do it for good luck. They attached gold leaves on the
Updated: 03/06/2011 02:45P
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