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KGB Searching for Most Probable Perpetrator of Terror Act in Minsk
By the fact of explosion in Minsk subway, Attorney General's Office initiated criminal proceedings under Article 289 Part 3 of the Criminal Code of Belarus ("Terrorism"). As reported by the Centre of Information and Public Relations Committee of State
Updated: 04/12/2011 03:44A
Law & Order Briefs
Prosecutors have asked a federal judge to order doctors who have treated the man charged in the Tucson shooting rampage to turn over all his medical records. Psychiatrists trying to determine whether Jared Lee Loughner is competent to stand trial have
Updated: 04/12/2011 03:30A
Full Story
Man is supposed to know that headache or pain is a signal of a state of unhealthiness or disease. In the same vein, recurring problems are sure signs that all has not been right abinito. Thus, it is human beings, through their activities, attitudes and
Updated: 04/12/2011 02:55A
Criminal Law - Dangerous hypotheticals
I criticised that sort of reasoning a while ago: "Shaheed balancing: three propositions" [2004] New Zealand Law Journal 475. So did the Chief Justice last month, when with Blanchard, Tipping and McGrath JJ she delivered the reasons for granting leave
Updated: 04/12/2011 02:49A
Students check out campus life
Sixteen-year-old Sonia Carrillo-Astorga knows she wants to go to college and study criminal law. What the Denver Abraham Lincoln High School student doesn't yet know is which university to attend. "I want to learn more about what opportunities are out
Updated: 04/12/2011 02:30A
Criminal Law Expert Hopes to Brief Parliament Soon
He's Peter Foster (46), a criminal defence barrister, who lives at Waikanae Beach and has a law practice at Raumati. Mr Foster, who is of New Zealand/Samoan descent, has wide experience dealing with young people. He is a Court-appointed youth advocate
Updated: 04/12/2011 02:05A
Personal injury lawyer deals Webster Groves 4BD
His practice focuses on personal injury, workers' compensation and criminal law. He is a former associate at the law firm of Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard PC He received his BA in economics from Tulane University in 1988 and his JD from Washington
Updated: 04/12/2011 01:55A
Column: Heed is a spent force in politics
The 14 charges under the Elections Act and the Criminal Code relate to a trio of Chinese-language pamphlets, produced anonymously and distributed during the campaign in a significantly Chinese-Canadian riding, that together accused the New Democrats of
Updated: 04/12/2011 12:36A
Ba'asyir lawyers' judicial review set to begin
The Constitutional Court is scheduled on Tuesday to hold a session as a part of a judicial review process under the 1981 Law on the Criminal Code. The review was requested by a team of lawyers representing firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir,
Updated: 04/12/2011 12:21A
Absolute power
Yet the failure to notify does not clearly violate the Criminal Procedure Law, which makes an exception for cases in which the police believe - in their own discretion - that notification "might hinder the investigation". Without such a notice,
Updated: 04/11/2011 11:30P
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