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Selected Worldwide Criminal Law News and Blog Alerts September 6-7, 2009

By David Badertscher, PLL

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Source: Google News Alert Service, September 6-7. 2009.

NEWS:

Thailand judiciary further discredits itself with harsh lese ...
JURIST
The Bangkok criminal court convicted Daranee Chanchoengsilapakul on three counts of lese majesty arising from statements she made in a rally to support the ...
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Cayman Net News

Commentary: Released without charge
Cayman Net News
A quick search of the criminal procedure code [2005 revision] reveals that ?carrying an offensive weapon is a category C offense, it is arrestable and ...
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What our Esme's death has taught us
Cincinnati.com
From our perspective, we'd like to see a common-sense approach to crafting an integrated set of criminal justice policies, perhaps based on the common ...
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BLOGS:

Standoff ends without injury | CJOnline.com
By Kevin Elliott
"Try Houston, then you will really find out what crime is all about. What happens here nightly is what happens down there hourly. By the way, down there don't leave your garage doors open after dark. They will come in and steal stuff as you sit on .... If this how we run our judicial system we will never get the dangerous criminal off the street.This man diffently needs some PRISON time. not trying to say my son didnt do wrong, cause he did and he is paying for his wrong, ..."
Topeka Capital-Journal - Local - http://cjonline.com/RSS/local.xml

My Hate Speech's - Torn Messages: It's a great day for freedom of ...
By My Hate Speech
"It was one thing for Justice Minister Rob Nicholson to defend the constitutionality of a government law that was under attack -- that's standard operating procedure. But now that the law has been found to be illegal, it would be quite another thing for ..... Government and law enforcement should focus on criminal acts, not words or motivations, in a nation where someone is murdered every 22 minutes, raped every 5, robbed every 49 seconds and burgled every 10 seconds. ..."
My Hate Speech's - Torn Messages - http://myhatespeech3.blogspot.com/

L'Effort Camerounais (English Version): Catholic Prison Apostolate ...
By L'Effort MACACOS
"It is an apostolate in the Church which assists those involved and affected by crime. This involves the victim, offender and the community at large. We are involved in crime prevention and also help those who have been to prison not to ... The Criminal Procedure Code is not respected. Detainees go to court everyday and their cases are adjourned. The court is supposed to send a copy of each judgement to the prison so that prison officials should know how a prisoner's case ..."
L'Effort Camerounais (English Version) - http://www.leffortcamerounais.com/

The Indiana Law Blog: Ind. Gov't. - More on "Lights Out at the ...
By Marcia Oddi
"Reporting from Denver - After decades of pursuing lock-'em-up policies, states are scrambling to reduce their prison populations in the face of tight budgets, making fundamental changes to their criminal justice systems as they try to save money. ... Others have made legal tweaks, such as raising the minimum amount of damage required for a property crime to be a felony. Some, like New York, have overhauled long-criticized mandatory sentencing laws that sent nonviolent, ..."
The Indiana Law Blog - http://indianalawblog.com/

China targets bribers in fight against corruption | The Gov Monitor
By admin
"The blacklist database, covering the country's all bribers convicted by Chinese court since 1997 when an amendment to the Criminal Law took effect, was opened for public scrutiny earlier this month. Individuals or organizations can refer to the blacklist of ... Chinese law rules that government employees who take bribes of more than 100000 yuan would be sentenced to over 10 years in prison and those who commit more serious crimes might face life imprisonment or execution. ...:
The Gov Monitor - http://thegovmonitor.com/

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on September 08, 2009 (boomark / email).