Any more Proof needed to prove Law is an ASS?
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“The online conversations in this case, as they were not written with pen or pencil, cannot be considered `handwritten’ materials,’’ Justice Francis X. Spina wrote on behalf of the Supreme Judicial Court, in a ruling that illustrates how evolving technology outpaces changes in legal language.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/02/06/sjc_says_lewd_ims_to_minors_not_illegal/
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A Bill to Decriminalize Pot Is Popular with Voters—So Why Won’t the Legislature Pass It?
If legalizing marijuana is because of the running cost for law enforcement so is enforcement of Law and Order for murder and heists.Shall we dispense with them as well? Marijuana is harmful, however one may try to justify it.This proposed measure shall prove harmful to the society in the long run and wrec
Stoners get caricatured as layabouts who talk in circles, shrug off their responsibilities, and leave hard work to other people. But when it comes to reforming pot laws in Washington, it’s not stoners embodying this stereotype.As this year’s legislative session begins, one of the bills still kicking around from last year’s session—after it stalled in the state house without a hearing—is a measure that would decriminalize marijuana. The bill would replace the existing penalty for possessing pot (up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine) with just a $100 citation, like a parking ticket. A fiscal report by the state’s Office of Financial Management shows the measure would save $11,283,360 a year in prosecution and jail costs. And relaxing pot penalties is plenty popular with voters. Polling data conducted in 2006 shows that 67 percent of state voters want marijuana possession to be decriminalized or legalized completely; national polls show a steady climb in support for removing all penalties for marijuana.
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Pakistan court orders ears and noses to be cut off
Any more doubts on Pakistan slipping into middle ages and civilian government has no hold on the governance?
A Pakistani court has ordered that two men have their ears and noses cut off, as punishment for doing the same to a woman who refused to marry one of them.
The two brothers were found guilty of kidnapping 20-year-old Fazeelat Bibi, one of their cousins, in September.
The judge in Lahore also sentenced them to life in prison.
Sentence was passed on Monday under a rarely invoked Islamic law dating from the 1980s. In the past similar sentences have been revoked on appeal.
‘Eye for an eye’
Government prosecutor Ehtisham Qadir said the punishment had been awarded in accordance with the Islamic principle of “an eye for an eye”.
Sher Mohammad and Amanat abducted Fazeelat Bibi as she returned home from work at a brick kiln in the Raiwind area of Lahore, the court heard.
“They put a noose around her neck, and then cut off her ears and nose,” Mr Qadir told the BBC.
Three alleged accomplices are still being sought by police.
The crime was committed after Fazeelat Bibi’s parents refused to give her hand in marriage to Sher Mohammad, Mr Qadir said.
Islamic laws were introduced in Pakistan during the military regime of General Ziaul Haq in the 1980s.
The BBC’s M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says punishments prescribed under the laws have rarely been awarded, and never carried out.
Pakistani human rights activists have long campaigned for more to be done to stop attacks against women, which often include facial disfigurement.
However, they also disagree with the type of punishment handed out in Lahore, correspondents say.
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Have money, buy parole: Rich India gets away
Rich are always above the Law.
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The controversy surrounding murder convict Manu Sharma’s parole ended with his dramatic surrender on Tuesday. The 34-year-old businessman, who is convicted of murdering former model Jessica Lal, was granted a two-month parole on September 22 on the grounds that his mother was seriously ill. However, Manu and his friends were found partying and allegedly misbehaving with girls at clubs in the Capital.Manu’s misuse of his parole has reopened the debate over whether the rich and powerful can fool the system and get away with violating laws. The question that was being asked on CNN-IBN’s Face The Nation was: Manu Sharma case: Are India’s rich accountable to no one?
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/have-money-buy-parole-rich-india-gets-away/105080-3.html?from=tn?from=rssfeed
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