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Law aims to protect transit workers
Edmonton-St. Albert MP Brent Rathgeber 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: 03/11/2011 06:10A
Group wants tougher laws to protect animals
We believe the law should be amended to create a new crime of negligence that establishes a minimum standard of care that all reasonable people would expect." Tohill said even with amendments made to the Criminal Code a couple of years ago through Bill
Updated: 03/11/2011 06:06A
Swan happy with talks on carjackings, home invasions
MANITOBA Justice Minister Andrew Swan says he's confident Ottawa listened to the province's demand that carjackings and home invasions be made separate criminal offences. Swan and Brandon Police Chief Keith Atkinson, president of the Manitoba
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:28A
Proposed law's changes in criminal sentencing find little local favor
(Anniston Star photo by Stephen Gross) Local law enforcement leaders will be the first to admit Alabama's criminal justice corrections system is as over-burdened and worn down as the clich they often use to describe it. “A vicious circle,” said Lt.
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:02A
New Jersey Supreme Court Rejects Breathalyzer Refusal as Prior DWI Proof
But an attorney must be every bit as adept in confronting the evidence that supports the prosecution's case. Breath test evidence, witness accounts of intoxication and law enforcement officers' administration of field sobriety tests all present
Updated: 03/11/2011 05:00A
MP tables assault bill
Edmonton-St. Albert MP Brent Rathberger tabled "Bregg's Law," a private member's bill, on Thursday that would introduce a definition of "public-transit operator" into the Criminal Code, making assaults on transit workers an aggravating circumstance in
Updated: 03/11/2011 04:54A
Singapore - Speech by SMS Zainul Abidin Rasheed on the Second Reading of the
Such a provision in criminal legislation is not unprecedented. The Internationally Protected Persons Act contains a similar provision. 13 To prevent or prosecute offences against UN workers effectively, early intervention is critical and everyone must
Updated: 03/11/2011 04:40A
MISA-Zimbabwe Monthly Alert Digest February 2011
Lately, the state has been using the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act which deals with publication of false statements prejudicial to the state and publication of false statements that undermines public confidence in the security agencies.
Updated: 03/11/2011 04:08A
Fogerson indefinitely suspended per UW policy
When a student-athlete has been arrested or charged with a violation of criminal law, the student-athlete will be placed on administrative suspension from all team activities pending further investigation. If the alleged criminal activity would
Updated: 03/11/2011 04:08A
Accused Held on 'Secret Evidence' in Turkey
criminal code of Turkey." Precedents set by the European Court of Human Rights allow restriction decisions to be made "only if concrete incidents make it necessary," according to Professor Ersan ?en from the School of Law at Istanbul University.
Updated: 03/11/2011 04:07A
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