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Turkish govt: no probe against Batum over "army paper tiger" remarks
The minister also commented on the recent detentions of journalists as part of a probe into Ergenekon, a clandestine criminal network charged with plotting to overthrow the government, and the ensuing debates about freedom of the press.
Updated: 03/07/2011 10:07A
" Law Prof: 'Throw Clarence Thomas Off the Bench' "
Time for those hoaxed by duplicitious corporate schemes to wake-up and smell what billionaire sociopaths are shoveling... • UPDATED: San Diego paper corrects inaccurate 'pimp' report... 'James did it! Not me!,' she claims in response to former San
Updated: 03/07/2011 10:05A
Justice Makwade to hear gay case
High Court Judge Zibani Makwade has been allocated a case in which a confessed gay, Caine Yougman is suing state over the criminalisation of homosexual relationships. The dates of the case has not been set. In his founding affidavit, Youngman,
Updated: 03/07/2011 09:39A
Zimbabwe: 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 08:55A
Assembly Ends Marijuana Arrests
The Kentucky General Assembly passed and the Governor signed into law, the Criminal Code Reform legislation, HB 463. The new law changes marijuana possession from a class A misdemeanor to a Class B. It further reduces the jail time a person can be
Updated: 03/07/2011 08:23A
Zim's 39 Treason Suspects Freed
They were charged with treason as defined in Section 20 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23 or alternatively contravening Section 22 (2) (a) (i) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, that is subverting a
Updated: 03/07/2011 07:56A
Drunken lawmaker charged in traffic death tried to escape
Dnipropetrovsk regional prosecutor Natalia Marchuk opened a criminal case against the driver. The criminal case was opened under paragraph three of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The Dnipropetrovsk department of the Front of Changes party
Updated: 03/07/2011 06:02A
GUY v. HOLDER
Between 1995 and 2007, Guy was convicted, on three separate occasions, of Criminal Sale of Marijuana in the Fourth Degree in violation of New York Penal Law § 221.40 and, on two separate occasions, of Criminal Possession of Marijuana in the Fifth
Updated: 03/07/2011 05:52A
PEOPLE v. MEDINA
He "became involved in the sale of drugs in an effort to dig himself out of financial difficulties." Defendant and his wife were in danger of losing their home as well as their restaurant business. Although they declared bankruptcy in April 1992,
Updated: 03/07/2011 05:43A
Bill on penalizing genocide denial: Handling in Dutch parliament resumed
the need for explicit criminalisation of genocide denial based on the text and the objectives of the EU Framework Decision of 28 November 2008 on “Combating certain forms and manifestations of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law”.
Updated: 03/07/2011 05:15A
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