A further effect of this Act is to make a digital signature as legally valid and enforceable as a traditional signature. ... Although the Act applies within and outside the country regardless of nationality or citizenship, this power will be limited to the practicalities of enforcement beyond its borders. Under this Act, the authorities have also reclassified credit card fraud as computer crime. ... Other related-cyber laws passed subsequently include the Telemedicine Act 1997, the Copyright (Amendment) Act 1997 and the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998. In the pipeline currently is the...

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Gittany was charged with murder, in violation of The Crimes Act 1900 and sentenced to 26 years' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 18 years according to The Crimes (Sentencing Procedures) Act 1999 (NSW). ... Current bail laws allow for greater protection of the offender's civil liberties, while upholding the protection of victims and society. ... This is seen in the 2011 review of The Bail Act 1978 by The NSW Law Reform Commission. ... As a result of this review, The Bail Act 2013 (NSW) was implemented. ... This is advanced by S 132 of The Criminal Procedure Act 1986, allowing...

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The purpose of this Act would be to enforce the constitutional right to protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, while also enforcing equal protection of the 14th Amendment and constitutional right to interstate travel. Conyer's Traffic Stops Statistics Study Act has already been active in seven states since 1999, including North Carolina. ... The End Racial Profiling Act of 2001 provides a method of enforcing and punishing those who are responsible for racial profiling. ... The Act also states that a list of Policies and Procedures made by the Attorney General will be in...

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The movement of gun control exploits every celebrated act violence and offsetting the hundreds of thousands of cases in which gun! ... Therefore, when a person is going to commit an unlawful act on someone they might hesitate because they have no way of telling if the other person is carrying a weapon or not. ... People learn responsibility when they are young children and what they learn reflects what they do and how they act later on in life. ... Children would also have a better mean of recreation, for example hunting, and for a means of protection from criminal acts. ... Now there are 31 ...

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The most widely cited argument for the death penalty is the claim that it is an effective deterrent against the criminal act of murder. The argument suggests that defending one's life against the threat of potential legal execution would override any inclinations to commit the act of murder, also assuming that the potential murderer is of the condition to make rational decisions. ... Many Americans feel that the act of murder can only be justified with the loss of the life of the murderer. ... The death penalty violates the constitutional guarantee of the equal pro...

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In order to be found guilty of a criminal act is must be proven that the accused intended to commit the crime (Mens rea) and the accused actually committed a crime (Actus reus). The link between both mens rea and actus reus is called causation and this is important as the act must be at least the substantial cause of the crime that is, it must be what actually caused the crime. ... Having regard to s.24 of the Act, the sentences commenced on 2 September 2001, the day of arrest. ... Section 21 of the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999: (1) If by any provision of an Act an offender is made l...

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- Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986. ... Companies Act 1985 - Company information required by DTI. ... Sometimes the bank is under no direct compulsion to disclose information, but statutory protection is given. ... - Drug Trafficking Act 1994... - Criminal Justice Act 1993. ...

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Human Trafficking includes an act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them. ... Governments attempts to fight trafficking through prevention, protection, and prosecution evaluations has boosted greatly over the last five years. ...

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Three consistent ways have been through pre-detention mediation (a chance to be held accountable for their actions by facing their victims), detention mediation (a chance to act out the setting and tone of their crime in all roles for help to understand what they did was wrong), and post-detention mediation (a.k.a. parent-child mediation that helps family communication after they are placed back into their parent's homes). ... They look for protection and ways to make them pay for what they have done. ... Secondly, the Little Hoover COmmission has aspirations that by incorporating ...

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To kill in any circumstance that requires planning implies that motive and intent are necessary in order for this act to occur. ... Therefore, the death penalty is as unrighteous and unjustified as the act of murder itself. ... By substituting the death penalty with a sentence of life without parole, we meet society's needs of punishment and protection without running the risk of an erroneous and irrevocable punishment. ...

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Not only do firearms play a large role in self protection, but also the use of firearms as sport has become very popular and needed. ... Trigger locks make a firearm more difficult to discharge and act as a safety precaution in carrying and owning guns. ... On the subject of self protection, is there really one right answer? ...

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In 1986 the government passed a law called the federal computer fraud and abuse act which meant a felony got put you behind bars for five years (Slatalla). The first to be sentenced under the act was Robert Morris, which crashed 6,000 net linked computers as a result of a worm. ... If passed the act will make small crimes punishable by a penalty of life in prison. ... With this act the trial will be unfair as a hacker is automatically seen as a terrorist. ... Sure creating a team of workers to hunt for terrorist activity could be productive, but it still pushes aside privacy acts and protectio...

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Prosecutors requested this injunction after the arrests were made under Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). ... " For example, a symbol that unequivocally conveys a political message, like a campaign button or the American flag, enjoys constitutional protection. ...

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On June 12, 2000, a 22 year old man named Sandro boards a bus with the intention of robbing the passengers on the bus. However, the attempted robbery soon turned into a hostage situation and therefore, put Sandro at the center of the spotlight where many issues of street children, and their situatio...

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When the decision was being made it was noted that qualities of individuals who are 'mentally retarded' "weaken the strength of procedural protection". ... However, this decision benefits the mentally challenged people, they could be set up easily and not even be aware of it but if they were charged this act will save an innocent helpless persons life. ...

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Parents should understand that one of the main reasons teens choose to join gangs is because it offers them protection, friendship and a sense of belonging. ... The majority of teens involved in gang violence tend to somewhat clan up their act to disguise themselves to impress the most intelligence of parents. ...

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When parents try to strictly enforce curfew without trying to see the teens point of view, the teen will act out and try to show themselves and their parents that they are almost an adult and cannot be controlled by their parents. ... Curfews are set up for the protection and well being of teenagers. ...

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Even though the FBI has numerous acts that enable them to spy on our daily lives, they still are pressing for even more power under the Communication Assistance for Law Enforcement Act by trying to access control of all major corporations online. ... Because the fourth amendment declares it's protection if two things are met, the phone booth seems applicable under this. ...

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