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House committee okays new voyeurism law
Members of the House Committee on Courts and Criminal Code voted unanimously in favor of sending the measure - crafted by State Sen. Tom Wyss (R-Fort Wayne) - to the full House of Representatives for further consideration. Currently, state law
Updated: 04/13/2011 09:49P
Legal Services Commission cuts 100 jobs
Rodney Warren, director of the Criminal Law Solicitors Association, said that the departure of people who had 'without exception' worked hard to deliver to the profession was a 'very considerable loss'.
Updated: 04/13/2011 09:35P
Singapore arrests alleged human-smuggling kingpin
He is being detained without trial under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act, which is used mainly as a last resort in cases where witnesses refused to testify openly for fear of retaliation, according to the daily.
Updated: 04/13/2011 08:55P
Don't punish polygamists of Bountiful, BC, for the sins of a few: lawyer
Wickett said if the law is upheld, those families would have two choices: they could either voluntarily end their marriages, in some cases separating children from their parents, or face criminal charges. "I urge you to consider the impact of those
Updated: 04/13/2011 08:40P
Marijuana should not be criminalized
Make it illegal, sure – subject to a fine, as is wearing a face veil in France – but where is the high degree of harm, to others or self, that requires criminal sanction, including jail? The criminal law is not meant to be used where a finger wag might
Updated: 04/13/2011 07:41P
Fundamentalist Mormons seek clear statement on the polygamy law
However, Wickett argued that one reason the law ought to be struck down because it doesn't criminalize the conjugal relationship, it criminalizes the specific intent to agree to a multi-partner, conjugal relationship. Section 293 of the Criminal Code
Updated: 04/13/2011 07:18P
Jonathan deserves votes, says Kayode
That is the difference between developing strong institutional structures and the use of criminal laws. The structure that President Jonathan inherited was one whereby we use criminal law to fight institutional corruption. It is not enough to do that.
Updated: 04/13/2011 07:09P
Court must clearly define polygamy if law upheld: lawyer
A Bountiful man who has two wives and their children in separate houses is guilty because he treats it as a lifelong commitment and proclaims it to be a marriage. But, he said, a man who is not lawfully married could live with two women, have children,
Updated: 04/13/2011 07:08P
Immigration: Hispanic Republican Legislators' New Approach to
House Concurrent Resolution 88 (HCR 88) calls on Congress to fix the broken immigration system and address immigration not only as a criminal law issue, but also as an economic issue. This resolution is joint and co-authored by eight (8) members of the
Updated: 04/13/2011 07:00P
Hispanic Republican Legislators' New Approach to Immigration
All enforcement efforts must respect the civil rights of US Citizens and the US Citizen children of immigrants. “I cannot support any legislation which would result in Hispanic American citizens being treated as a “suspect class” or attempt to remove
Updated: 04/13/2011 07:00P
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