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"Most Active" Persons, Involved in "Case on December 19," were Charged
"The investigation finds that the fault of the persons in the alleged acts has been completely confirmed by objective evidence, gathered during criminal investigations and based on the testimony of other defendants, witnesses, photos, videos and other
Updated: 04/05/2011 06:32A
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in the constitutional reference case to determine whether the Criminal Code section that prohibits polygamy is valid. Macintosh, who was appointed by the court to argue that the law isn't constitutionally valid, said that the law must fail.
Updated: 04/05/2011 05:01A
Marathon County elects new judge
(WSAU) – Voters will give their verdict about who should be the next circuit court judge in Marathon County. Court commissioner Sandy Marcus and defense attorney Mike Moran survived a three-way primary in February to face off in today's election.
Updated: 04/05/2011 05:00A
Turkey: Release and ongoing judicial harassment of Ms. Vetha Ayd?n
However, charges of “membership to an illegal organisation” pursuant to Article 314.2 of the Criminal Code, with reference to Article 220/6 of the Criminal Code in the Law No. 5237 and Articles 2 and 5 of the Law to Fight Terrorism (Law 3713),
Updated: 04/05/2011 04:48A
Legalizing extremism
And so there is nothing even resembling consistency in the way “incitement,” “hatred” and “social group” are classified under the law. Depending on a subjective opinion, a case could simply be dismissed, or it could result in criminal prosecution and
Updated: 04/05/2011 04:20A
Kremlin - Draft law on amendments to the Criminal Code and Administrative
Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the State Duma draft law on amendments to the Criminal Coder and the Administrative Offences Code. The draft law proposes to supplement the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the Code of Administrative Offences of
Updated: 04/05/2011 03:15A
Pictures worth 1000 words … $10000, a felony
“There are some circumstances where there needs to be some accountability, maybe some criminal charges, but lifetime registration as a sex offender is an awfully harsh punishment if you're going to prosecute them under the child pornography statute,”
Updated: 04/05/2011 03:10A
Polygamy law hurts women and children, lawyer argues
By Keith FraserThe Province, The Province April 4, 2011 10:21 PM Canada's polygamy law causes harms against women and children, rather than protects them, a court-appointed lawyer argued Monday. Proponents of the law have submitted that the legislation
Updated: 04/05/2011 01:23A
Bountiful case can't justify banning polygamy: lawyer
suggestion that striking down the anti-polygamy law would suddenly force polygamous marriage onto society. Macintosh compared the case to the decriminalization of homosexuality in 1969. Even though homosexuality was removed from the Criminal Code,
Updated: 04/04/2011 11:10P
Housewife gets two years' jail for causing grievous hurt to 'madu', stepdaughter
Nor Azmah, who was represented by Rozita Mohamad from the Kedah Legal Aid Department, pleaded for a lenient sentence as she had admitted guilt, had no previous criminal record and had an 11-month-old child. According to Rozita, the accused was
Updated: 04/04/2011 08:14P
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