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Legal loopholes closed after tough new laws passed
Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Paul Lucas said the passing of the Criminal Code and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 had closed loopholes relating to the partial defence of provocation, the prosecution of graveyard vandals and the use of
Updated: 03/24/2011 08:38P
UK police investigating signs that call Obama a racial epithet
Clark took the sign to his law school class on racism and criminal law, and posted a copy of it on his Facebook page. His law professor, Roberta Harding, said the sign looked juvenile, yet someone had gone to a lot of trouble to make it.
Updated: 03/24/2011 06:56P
Parliament approves Queensland Criminal Code changes
(ABC News: Giulio Saggin, file photo) State Parliament has passed changes to the Queensland Criminal Code limiting the use of provocation as a defence for murder and imposing tougher penalties on people who damage graves. The provocation defence was
Updated: 03/24/2011 06:54P
MLF leaders granted bail but Attorney General is a problem
It is well accepted that this is one of the most abused provisions of our criminal law today. While those charged with treason in Harare were rightfully allowed to pay their bail and walk free (much to our surprise), the little publicized and much
Updated: 03/24/2011 05:26P
Health Minister backs doctor defence bill
He is supporting a private member's bill put forward in State Parliament which would provide a defence if a medical practitioner were charged under the Criminal Law Consolidation Act for administering medicine which may hasten death.
Updated: 03/24/2011 05:24P
Health Minister backs right to die bill
He is supporting a private member's bill put forward in State Parliament which would provide a defence if a medical practitioner were charged under the Criminal Law Consolidation Act for administering medicine which may hasten death.
Updated: 03/24/2011 05:24P
Parliament approves Qld's Criminal Code changes
State Parliament has passed changes to the Queensland Criminal Code limiting the use of provocation as a defence for murder and imposing tougher penalties on people who damage graves. The provocation defence was reviewed after a
Updated: 03/24/2011 05:09P
Criminal Law: Sentencing – Persistent Offender – Misdemeanor
Where the state did not sufficiently show that a defendant's previous convictions were more than a single episode since the crimes occurred within six minutes of each other at the same address, the trial court erred in finding
Updated: 03/24/2011 04:51P
TDRI urges mobile rivals to sue over True-CAT pact
He said the operators could claim the regulators were negligent under Section 157 of the Criminal Code, which deals with actions by government officials that cause damage to the state. The True contract, hastily arranged after the company acquired the
Updated: 03/24/2011 03:36P
A Portrait of the Current High Court Term . . . in March
In eight of the nine cases that rendered a divided vote, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and/or Anthony Kennedy saw things the same way. (Greenhouse did not use Justice Elena Kagan's votes in her analysis,
Updated: 03/24/2011 01:05P
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