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Verdict on Liu Xiaobo has sufficient legal, factual grounds
"Some of these people you mentioned violated our country's Criminal Law, so they were held accountable in accordance with related provisions in the Criminal Law and related legal procedures," the legislator Li Fei told a press conference on the
Updated: 03/10/2011 05:17A

Verdict on Liu Xiaobo has sufficient legal, factual grounds: legislator
"The verdict by the Chinese court has sufficient legal and factual grounds," said the legislator in answering an question about the legal basis of the cases of Liu and others. The question was raised by a reporter from the USA Today.
Updated: 03/10/2011 05:00A

How to remove your pictures from porn websites
A third person may get access to such pictures by hacking into the email account of the victim or by browsing through the victim's Facebook/Orkut profile which is quite easy if the privacy settings are weak enough. The Internet is not the only medium
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:48A

Duma approves 100-fold fines for large bribes
The draft law also punishes persons who mediate in the process of bribing. It amends the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Offences “with the view to perfecting state governance in counteracting corruption”. The document amends the Criminal
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:36A

1st Ld-Writethru: China to focus on revising, improving laws: top legislator
As a measure to establish a sound insurance-law system, the NPC Standing Committee held three times of reading of and made major revisions to the draft of the Social Insurance Law last year, he said. The draft law clearly states in legal terms that the
Updated: 03/10/2011 12:58A

Highlights of NPC Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo's work report
Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), delivers a work report of the Standing Committee of the NPC during the second plenary meeting of the Fourth Session of the 11th NPC at the Great Hall of the People
Updated: 03/09/2011 10:59P

China to Focus on Revising, Improving Laws: Top Legislator
The NPC Standing Committee passed several revisions to the Criminal Law, and one of them abolished 13 non-violent economic crimes punishable by death, or 19.1 percent of all capital crimes, he said. These revisions also outlawed as criminal offenses
Updated: 03/09/2011 10:50P

NGOs Want Legal Provisions Targeting Women's Killings in Mexico
In addition to modifications to the federal Criminal Code, the NGOs said legal changes should be made to the Federal Code for Criminal Procedures and the General Law on Women's Access to a Life Free of Violence to specify procedures regarding
Updated: 03/09/2011 10:29P

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY BACK IN THE COURTROOM WITH 'THE LINCOLN LAWYER'
McConaughey, who also played a lawyer years ago in A Time To Kill, actually had designs on criminal law while he was a college student at the University of Texas. Click on the media bar and listen to McConaughey talk about his character in the movie,
Updated: 03/09/2011 10:22P

Law Society slams criminal procedures Bill
Mr Temm appeared before Parliament's justice and electoral committee to make a submission on the Criminal Procedure (Reform and Modernisation) Bill, which proposed a swathe of law changes. It would cast the criminal justice system in cement boots for
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:55P

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