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Savannah-Chatham school board approves $451 million budget, raises millage rate
The millage rate, which is used to calculate property taxes for public school revenue, is now 14.631 mills. "It does not provide a balanced approach," Gerbsch said. "I expected it would include at least two furlough days." During this year's budgeting
Updated: 06/30/2011 12:46A
Police awaiting coroner's recommendations
A police spokeswoman says the coronial inquest into the infants' deaths is a judicial proceeding. She says after recommendations are issued, police will be in a position to consider the coroner's finding in context with the criminal law.
Updated: 06/29/2011 11:35P
Amnesty demands information on jailed NZ journalist
this year has caused authorities to pass an emergency law in March, “giving them the power to suspend, seize and confiscate 'all media…and means of expression' as well as extensive powers of detention without being bound by the Criminal Procedure Law”.
Updated: 06/29/2011 10:31P
Fears for safety of New Zealand journalist detained in Yemen
country in recent months has been to pass an emergency law in March giving them the power to suspend, seize and confiscate "all media?and means of expression" as well as extensive powers of detention without being bound by the Criminal Procedure Law.
Updated: 06/29/2011 09:43P
The cost of corruption
Unlike its counterpart laws in many other countries, including the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the relevant anti-bribery provisions of the Australian criminal law, the UK legislation is not confined to the bribery of public officials,
Updated: 06/29/2011 09:22P
Online bullies could face prison sentence
Detective Senior-Sergeant Lindsay Garratt, of the Online Child Exploitation Squad, said it was an offence under the Commonwealth Criminal Code to use a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence.
Updated: 06/29/2011 08:42P
Law enforcement just got easier
Keeping up with criminals, including their whereabouts and records, just got easier for law enforcement officers and court officials. Phase 2 of Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Automated Date Services (CJLEADS) was demonstrated for Craven, Pamlico,
Updated: 06/29/2011 07:25P
CJLEADS to help gather information faster, safer
NEW BERN, NC - A new program aimed at helping law enforcement organize and access information is on-line across the state, including here in the east. It's called CJLEADS and stands for Criminal Justice Law Enforcement Automated Data
Updated: 06/29/2011 07:04P
Momin Khawaja, First Person Charged Under Canada Anti-Terror Laws Takes Case
Lawyers for Suresh Sriskandarajah and Piratheepan Nadarajah have argued that because the Criminal Code definition required the terrorist conduct to be performed for a political, religious or ideological reason, it infringed the charter right to express
Updated: 06/29/2011 06:50P
There are fraudulent practices now than when we joined the bar – Oshilaja
When you focus your mind on the criminal justice system, all the three arms are involved. It is the legislature that will make the Criminal Law, it is the court that will interpret and it is the executive that will enforce.
Updated: 06/29/2011 05:35P
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