The law is interested in whether or not someone at the time that the criminal act occurred understood the difference between right and wrong.
The laws covering abortion in Northern Ireland are the 1861 Offences against the Person Act, and the Criminal Justice act from 1945.
The man who is being held on suspicion of torture was arrested under Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 and the investigation is being led by officers from the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command.
Ackroyd was due to stand trial charged with taking part in a string of cyber-attacks, but today pleaded guilty to one charge of carrying out an unauthorised act to impair the operation of a computer, contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977.
Lord Lloyd of Berwick said that before the 2003 Criminal Justice Act the home secretary would review a whole-life sentence after 25 years had been served.
We will change the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to strengthen the right to trial by jury.
The six were questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept telephone communications contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1997.
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As a member of the Criminal Justice Act panel, Hostin also represented criminal defendants in federal district court in New York.
Metropolitan Police detectives held Col Lama under Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act, a law that defines torture as a "universal jurisdiction" crime.
Police said the man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause misconduct in a public office, contrary to Section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977.
Lord Goldsmith says he will seek parliamentary approval for section 43 of the Criminal Justice Act after the summer recess with a view to implementing it next January.
Detectives with specialist experience of war crimes arrested the officer under Section 134 of the Criminal Justice Act, a law that defines torture as a "universal jurisdiction" crime.
Filming and broadcasting in English and Welsh courts are currently banned under Section 41 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 and Section 9 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981.
The man was arrested at his home in Craughwell, County Galway, on Thursday and held under Section Four of the Criminal Justice Act 1994, which contains provisions for wasting Garda (police) time and making false allegations.
Alison Levitt QC, principal legal advisor to the director of public prosecutions, said in a statement that Mr Webster was charged with "two offences of conspiring to commit misconduct in public office, contrary to section 1(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977".
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To fix these vagabonds, the Raj introduced the 1871 Criminal Tribes Act, under which members of around 150 tribes were forced to register with the police, forbidden to move around freely and, in many cases, herded into barbed-wire camps.
IPPs were introduced under the 2003 Criminal Justice Act and aimed at offenders of a violent or sexual nature deemed to be dangerous to the public.
It tells officers not be deterred if they see a "squatter's rights" notice on the door as "the police have lawful authority under section 17 of PACE (the Police and Criminal Evidence Act) to enter the property to make an arrest".
Libya's Interior Ministry condemned the attack as a "criminal act that serves the enemies of Libya" and portrays a negative image of the internal security situation.
Under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act it is legal for the police to retain body parts and samples during investigations.
Mrs Edwards has organised a petition calling for a review of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) and wants the arrest rules to be more flexible.
MPs, the government pushed through the double-jeopardy reform as part of the 2003 Criminal Justice Act.
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Provision for this had already been included in the 2003 Criminal Justice Act.
She is challenging the constitutionality of the Criminal Law Suicide Act 1993, alleging it discriminates between able-bodied and disabled people.
The reforms - which also allow hearsay evidence to be admissible in court - come under the new Criminal Justice act.
Ms Fleming is challenging the constitutionality of the Criminal Law Suicide Act 1993, alleging it discriminates between able-bodied and disabled people.
The mother of two adult children challenged the constitutionality of the Criminal Law Suicide Act 1993, alleging it discriminates between able-bodied and disabled people.
The mother of two adult children is challenging the constitutionality of the Criminal Law Suicide Act 1993, alleging it discriminates between able-bodied and disabled people.
The latest Criminal Justice Act is a huge step forward.
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Contrary to a great deal of recent discussion by political commentators, there is nothing in the Human Rights Act that sets the criminal above the victim.
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