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Abortion law reform is still unfinished business
Instead, the law places the decision in the hands of one or even two doctors. In all places but Victoria and the ACT, all or part of the law governing abortion is found in the crimes act or criminal code. In Queensland and NSW it appears in a near
Updated: 03/07/2011 02:53P
Child advocates urge Ottawa to back off changing youth justice laws
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, BC representative for children and youth, told a House of Commons committee on Monday that there is no proof that putting more young people in jail will increase public
Updated: 03/07/2011 02:03P
Wonders Of America Standing at the Intersection Of Church and State
What takes the cake, though, is the long-standing governmental practice of overseeing the kosher food industry, a phenomenon that dates back nearly a century. By now, we've come to take this intervention for granted — so much so that the recent
Updated: 03/07/2011 01:51P
Are dictatorship's hideous acts to be whitewashed by OSCE experts again?
Thus, in 2009 a German criminal and procedural criminal law expert Martin Finke issued an expert's opinion on the case of Vaukavysk entrepreneurs Mikalai Autukhovich, Uladzimir Asipenka and Yury Lyavonau. He arrived at the invitation of the OSCE.
Updated: 03/07/2011 01:37P
Judge Would Have No Say…
But a bill that would mandate a two-year prison sentence for any felon caught with a gun – thus taking that decision out of the judge's hands – has passed the Illinois Senate Criminal Law committee. “If a felon isn't even eligible for a FOID card,
Updated: 03/07/2011 12:23P
Judge Would Have No Say when a Felon is Caught with Gun
But a bill that would mandate a two-year prison sentence for any felon caught with a gun – thus taking that decision out of the judge's hands – has passed the Illinois Senate Criminal Law committee. “If a felon isn't even eligible for a FOID card,
Updated: 03/07/2011 12:23P
Canada's child advocates urge government to back off proposed changes to youth
Canada's child advocates urged the federal government today to back off proposed changes to the youth criminal justice law. The Canadian Council of Child and Youth Advocates said there is no
Updated: 03/07/2011 12:20P
Wisconsin Dem Political Stunt: Seek Probe Of Walker With Koch Connection
A Class I [Capital letter not Roman numeral] Felony under Wisconsin state law is subject to up to 18 months in the penitentiary. And it does apply to members of the legislature, as 946.18 of the Criminal Code is “946.10-946.17 apply to all public
Updated: 03/07/2011 11:41A
Getting rid of the pipes
Detachment Commander Rick Derus has indicated that it's difficult to lay charges with the current criminal code. He says it would be much easier on law enforcement if the feds change the code to ban the pipes. Currently, police have to be able to prove
Updated: 03/07/2011 10:51A
Debates on bill on penalizing genocide denial resume in the Dutch Parliament
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 10:08A
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