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Kansas sodomy law to remain on the books. Texas law might be removed
A Kansas law that makes sexual contact between persons of the same sex illegal will remain on the books. That law was declared unconstitutional in 2003 in the Lawrence v. Texas decision by the US Supreme Court. A Kansas Republican and Democrat both
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:33P
Kansas sodomy law to remain on the books; Texas law might be removed
In Texas, section 21.06 of the Texas Penal Code, better known as the sodomy law, also remains on the books. Rep. Jessica Farrar, a Houston Democrat, introduced HB 604 to repeal 21.06. The bill has been sent to the Criminal Jurisprudence committee for
Updated: 03/10/2011 03:33P
Edmonton-area MP tables Bregg's Law
Edmonton-St. Albert MP Brent Rathberger tabled “Bregg's Law,” a private member's bill, on Thursday morning. If the bill becomes law, it would introduce a definition of “public transit operator” into the Criminal Code, making assaults on transit workers
Updated: 03/10/2011 02:20P
Kansas Wants To Keep Unconstitutional Laws About Homosexuality on the Books
That is actually what the Kansas Judicial Council was trying to do: resolve inconsistencies in the Kansas criminal code and remove unconstitutional laws. But now the law that was supposed to bring the rest of the Kansas criminal code up to date,
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:51P
Squatting and Vacant Property Act
As a result of the entry into force of the new Act, various items of legislation including the Dutch Criminal Code and the existing Vacant Property Act (Leegstandswet) were amended with effect from 1 October 2010. According to the legislator,
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:08P
The fightback against TSA tyranny begins
These require travellers to adopt surrender-criminal body positions – feet apart, hands in the air, don't move – while potentially carcenogenic radiation generates nude images graphic enough to permit TSA agents to see travellers' genitalia (though not
Updated: 03/10/2011 12:38P
2 lawmakers say ban on gay sex likely will stay Kansas law, despite being
The ranking Republican and Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee say they intend to leave a law criminalizing gay sex in Kansas law books, even though it is unconstitutional. The law limits sex acts between gay and lesbian partners.
Updated: 03/10/2011 11:52A
Bill focuses on reforms of judicial system
Under the current criminal procedural law, the prosecution is the authoritative body in criminal investigations and entitled to supervise police officials even though police independently handle most of the minor criminal cases.
Updated: 03/10/2011 11:00A
Mikhalevich Welcomes International Support, Urges UN response
Private criminal and civil prosecutions agaisnt President Alexander Lukashenko are now being prepared in the UK by H20 Law LLP on behalf of Free Belarus Now. Aliaksei supports all peaceful means of bringing attention to the situation in Belarus: “I am
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:57A
Karachai-Cherkessia begins trial of attempted govt overthrow case
They are accused of several crimes under Russia's Criminal Code, such as attempted government overthrow, the organization of illegal paramilitary formation, banditry, attempted murder of law-enforcement personnel and illegal turnover of weapons and
Updated: 03/10/2011 10:50A
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