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Bobby Unser vs the Feds
Equally as disturbing has been the growth of criminal law in areas typically reserved for civil fines and administrative sanctions. Actions not otherwise morally blameworthy have increasingly become the source of criminal sanction.
Updated: 03/14/2011 03:25P
Maine bill targets deceptive military claims
False claims of military deeds and awards have been the subject of a number of books and a national law, which has been declared unconstitutional. The bill reviewed Monday by the Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee attempts to
Updated: 03/14/2011 01:11P
Crisis Coalition director & more MDC members arrested
On Monday he was told he has being charged with 'behaving in a way that can disrupt peace,' under the Criminal Law Codification Act. Lewanika's arrest is part of a heightened attack by the police on civic groups and political activists opposed to ZANU
Updated: 03/14/2011 01:08P
Maine bill targets gains through deceptive military claims
False claims of military deeds and awards have been the subject of a number of books and a national law, which has been declared unconstitutional. The bill reviewed Monday by the Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee attempts to
Updated: 03/14/2011 01:05P
Idaho Lawyer Gunned Down After Filing Client's Divorce
He recently started his own law practice, focusing on criminal-defense work. “He hadn't had that much experience. But I've done criminal law for 20 years and can tell when someone loves it,” DC Carr, a Boise criminal defense lawyer who knew Corrigan,
Updated: 03/14/2011 01:00P
HMG Indicts Former FRU Member
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT FRAUD, contrary to section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977. POSSESSING AMMUNITION, contrary to section 1(1)(b) of the Firearms Act 1968. PHILIP CAMPBELL SMITH on or around the13th day of May 2009 had in his possession three rounds
Updated: 03/14/2011 12:35P
Unelected EU apparatchik Baroness Ashton lectures America on “human rights”
Europe can't find the money to pay for its fair share of NATO but it can spare a dime to hector its main defense benefactor on criminal law. This is why fewer and fewer Americans take Europe seriously. One of those groups that receives funding is the
Updated: 03/14/2011 12:22P
Unelected EU apparatchik Baroness Ashton lectures America on 'human rights'
Europe can't find the money to pay for its fair share of NATO but it can spare a dime to hector its main defense benefactor on criminal law. This is why fewer and fewer Americans take Europe seriously. One of those US groups that receives EU funding is
Updated: 03/14/2011 12:22P
Cuba's Black Spring: HRF demands amnesty for Oscar Elas Biscet and all
Last Friday, after eight years of imprisonment, Biscet was released under an “extra penitentiary license”—a form of parole established in Cuba's Criminal Code. According to this provision, Biscet will continue to serve his 25-year sentence outside of
Updated: 03/14/2011 12:16P
Frodo has her day in Cabinet
State cabinet yesterday approved to amend the criminal code to create a new serious animal cruelty offence carrying a maximum seven years' jail, increasing the penalty from the current maximum of two years' imprisonment. Premier Anna Bligh said recent
Updated: 03/14/2011 12:07P
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