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Over 60 Rada lawmakers demand release of Yury Lutsenko from custody
“We've searched the Criminal Code and Constitution high and low and didn't find any provision or article allowing the authorities to detain a person for giving interviews and refusing to testify against himself,” Hrymchak said. “In the same way, no law
Updated: 04/21/2011 02:56A
SC upholds LHC verdict in Mukhtaran Mai case
A three-member SC bench with Justice Shakirullah heading it, delivered the verdict. The SC reserved the judgment on January 23, which was delivered today after six years after suo motu case was picked up.
Updated: 04/21/2011 02:54A
Passaic County freeholder is stepping down
Hannigan said he wants to practice criminal law in Passaic County, but state ethics laws bar him from doing that while he is serving as a freeholder. Instead, he's been doing defense work in child custody cases brought by the state Division of Youth
Updated: 04/21/2011 01:38A
Grateful for help from senator
Getty's support and efforts helped with the passage of a law, "Criminal Law-Manslaughter by Vehicle or Vessel-Criminal Negligence" section 2-210. Violators, if convicted, can face imprisonment not to exceed three years, a fine not exceeding $5000,
Updated: 04/21/2011 01:14A
Considered Opinion: The Yao Jiaxin Case
Yao, a junior at the Xi'an Conservatory of Music, knocked down twenty-six year-old mother Zhang Miao with his Chevrolet in October, 2010. Yao proceeded to stab the woman 6 times in the chest because, Zhang had looked at his license
Updated: 04/21/2011 12:28A
Revised Penal Code up for major revision
The Revised Penal Code took effect on Jan. 1, 1932. It supplanted the Spanish Penal Code, which was in force in the Philippines from 1886 to 1930. While the law underwent several amendments, not all criminal acts are penalized under the code.
Updated: 04/20/2011 11:51P
Florida trio face Petters charges
When the Ponzi scheme imploded in 2008, the Palm Beach funds held Petters investments totaling about $1 billion. Harrold and Prevost allegedly grossed more than $58 million in fees from investors, while Vennes received $60 million in commissions from
Updated: 04/20/2011 11:23P
Calmar briefs
The total number of criminal code violations in the town hit 43 for the time spanning October 2010 to December of the same year, as compared to 39 for the same period in 2009. DaMaere, who leads a team out of the Leduc detachment that looks after
Updated: 04/20/2011 09:28P
Justice sector to study amendments to Revised Penal Code
To keep up with the times, representatives from institutions in the justice sector are set to form a committee that will review the Revised Penal Code, the country's general criminal code. In a statement issued late on Wednesday, Justice Sec.
Updated: 04/20/2011 09:19P
Absenteeism costs Bapco BD4 million
The official said these actions represented a violation of the penal law. "Bapco employees offer a public service according to this law, and that this service is essential for each citizen because it secures oil and gas supplies.
Updated: 04/20/2011 08:53P
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