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UF law professor suspended over shoving incident
Kenneth Nunn, who teaches criminal law, received a week's suspension with pay for the Dec. 10 incident. An investigation by UF's Office of Human Resource Services found that Nunn shoved the student after a dispute over the use of a
Updated: 04/18/2011 10:46P
Gov't to abolish law imposing heavier punishment on parricide
SEOUL, April 19 (Yonhap) -- The government plans to abolish an article that imposes heavier punishment on those who kill their parents from the criminal law, justice ministry officials said Tuesday, a move expected to spark controversy over enhancing
Updated: 04/18/2011 10:37P
Under-trial prisoners to get statutory bail
Chairperson National Assembly Standing Committee on Law and Justice Begum Nasim Akhter Chaudhry, Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi, former Law Minister Babar Awan, Advisor to the Prime Minster for Law and Justice Ghulam Farooq Awan,
Updated: 04/18/2011 09:58P
Sr Frances Stibi: Perth's church has fascinating history
South Australia's Criminal Law Consolidation (Medical Defences – End of Life Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2011 is deceptively simple in both title and content. It proposes to create new legal defences against one person intentionally killing another,
Updated: 04/18/2011 09:52P
Texas rape bill opens door to prior conduct
AUSTIN — In what critics say could be a "seismic change" in state criminal law, the Texas Senate tentatively approved a bill that would allow jurors in sexual assault cases to hear testimony about similar
Updated: 04/18/2011 09:47P
Bill would allow jurors to hear previous sex allegations
AUSTIN ” In what critics say could be a seismic change in state criminal law, the Texas Senate tentatively approved a bill that would allow jurors in sexual assault cases to hear testimony about similar
Updated: 04/18/2011 09:16P
China to crackdown on illegal organ transplants
China's newly revised Criminal Law, which the top legislature adopted in February of this year, is the first to enumerate crimes related to transactions in human organs. Criminals convicted of "forced organ removal, forced organ donation or organ
Updated: 04/18/2011 09:12P
Under-trial prisoners to get bail after prescribed time
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday signed the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2011 to make a law that seeks to grant statutory bail both to under-trial prisoners and the convicts whose trials and appeals have not been disposed
Updated: 04/18/2011 08:38P
EU to rethink data retention laws
The EU said that it would be re-examining the law, which provides member states with guidelines for data retention systems maintained by telecommunications providers and used by law enforcement in criminal investigations.
Updated: 04/18/2011 08:03P
Nationwide crackdown launched on illegal organ transplants
China's newly revised Criminal Law, which the top legislature adopted in February of this year, is the first to enumerate crimes related to transactions in human organs. Criminals convicted of "forced organ removal, forced organ donation or organ
Updated: 04/18/2011 07:55P
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