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Malaysia Sends 66 “Effeminate” Teenaged Boys To Anti-Gay Training
A subsection of the criminal code, also provides additional punishment for persons convicted of, “gross indecency with another male person” In addition to the secular law, Muslim citizens may also be charged in special Islamic courts.
Updated: 04/19/2011 01:18P
Fusco & Clarke Launch an Expanded Online Marketing Campaign for Burbank
The firm has defended numerous clients in all manner of criminal law matters, including divorce, family law, juvenile crime, sex crimes, violent crimes, drug crimes and tax crimes, among others. They are aggressive and committed in fighting for their
Updated: 04/19/2011 01:01P
Charges dropped against blogger
The popular blogger was accused of “abusing democratic freedoms” pursuant to Article 258 of the Vietnamese criminal code. Tra, a freelance reporter, got bail last January after being arrested October 23, 2010 on charges of defamation after describing a
Updated: 04/19/2011 11:50A
Syrian Cabinet moves to lift emergency law while clashes rage
The Syrian Arab News Agency cited an official source who said that on Tuesday, "armed criminal groups" in Homs shot and killed two security officials, Sgt. Maj. Ghassan Mehrez and Col. Mohammad Abdo Khaddour. "The treacherous and criminal armed groups
Updated: 04/19/2011 11:38A
Iran: Parliament mulling bill to criminalize dog ownership
In past years, animal-rights activists in Iran have persuasively argued that sporadic campaigns against dog ownership are politically motivated and unlawful, since the prohibition surfaces in neither the country's civil laws nor its Islamic criminal
Updated: 04/19/2011 11:09A
Parent killers' punishment to be made equal
The panel announced yesterday it has worked out a draft revision focused on abolishing Article 250 of criminal law, which calls for “aggravated” punishment for homicides of a parent. Under the current criminal code, the minimum penalty for parricide is
Updated: 04/19/2011 11:00A
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The panel announced yesterday it has worked out a draft revision focused on abolishing Article 250 of criminal law, which calls for “aggravated” punishment for homicides of a parent. Under the current criminal code, the minimum penalty for parricide is
Updated: 04/19/2011 11:00A
ON THE DEBATE REGARDING THE AGE OF CONSENT FOR HOMOSEXUAL MEN
Morality and law are closely linked, indeed criminal law can and often does protect what the moral law teaches. The Church does not expect that those acts which are morally wrong should, by that fact alone, be made criminal offences.
Updated: 04/19/2011 09:59A
Original Dershowitz letter: Fully referenced
As a professor of criminal law Dershowitz often uses legal argument to justify Israeli misconduct. His commitment to international law is highly questionable. Speaking in Israel on 22 May 2010 (9) he said, "The judges in the international tribunes are
Updated: 04/19/2011 09:15A
Meet "Cris Cummando," Porn Star Who Allegedly Had Sex With a 15-year-old Girl
Of course, in the eyes of the law in Florida, it doesn't matter if the girl misrepresented herself. The state's criminal law decrees that "a minor's misrepresentation of his or her age... may not be raised as a defense" in statutory rape prosecution.
Updated: 04/19/2011 08:42A