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Ready to fight for abortion rights
"This bill takes us back to a time when just saying 'no' wasn't enough to qualify as rape," says Steph Sterling, a lawyer and senior adviser to the National Women's Law Center. Laurie Levenson, a former assistant US attorney and expert on criminal law
Updated: 03/08/2011 01:30A
Philippines ratifies Rome Statute of the ICC
The Rome Statute adheres to the general principles of criminal law and exclusion of jurisdiction over persons under 18 years old, he added. In a meeting convened by the Presidential Human Rights Commission in September last year, the Departments of
Updated: 03/07/2011 11:41P
Non-Voluntary Passive Euthanasia permissible: SC lays down guidelines
The question for adjudication before the court was, as to whether a person consciously and voluntarily refusing to take life saving medical treatment so as to lead to one's death, commits a crime or not. Also, whether not taking food consciously and
Updated: 03/07/2011 10:05P
Finlayson: New High Court Judge Appointed
He has specialised in civil and commercial litigation, employment, sports and criminal law. He has also accepted numerous appointments as an arbitrator and mediator in employment and other civil disputes.
Updated: 03/07/2011 09:12P
Cases head to Cornwall court
The recent change means those previously remanded in Morrisburg or Alexandria will now have to travel a little further. Doug Grenkie, a defence attorney based in Morrisburg, is squarely in opposition to the change and wrote a letter to Ontario Justice
Updated: 03/07/2011 08:54P
OPP arrest Falls man armed with knife
was Gerry Caza, 42, who faces one count of carrying a concealed weapon contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada and one count of using a disguise with intent to commit an indictable offence contrary to the Criminal Code. Should the Crown elect an
Updated: 03/07/2011 08:38P
New High Court Judge Appointed
Justice Toogood graduated from Victoria University of Wellington in 1972 and was admitted as a barrister and solicitor the following year. After 18 years as a litigation lawyer, he joined the independent bar in 1990 and was appointed Queen's Counsel in
Updated: 03/07/2011 08:23P
Kentucky Passes Law Reducing Sentences for Drug Crimes
“In early 2008, I directed Justice & Public Safety Secretary J. Michael Brown to convene the Criminal Justice Council and report back on recommendations for curbing the rising prison population. That report, and the work of subsequent work groups,
Updated: 03/07/2011 07:44P
Dutch Parliament Resumes Discussion of Bill on Penalizing Genocide Denial
the need for explicit 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 07:36P
No investigation against Batum over 'paper tiger' remarks, minister says
Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin has said he did not approve a prosecutor's application to launch an investigation against Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Sheyl Batum over his remarks referring to the Turkish military as a “paper tiger”
Updated: 03/07/2011 07:10P
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