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Indiana: State To Study Sentencing Reforms For Marijuana
Members of the interim study committee on Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy will review the issue and make policy recommendations. The committee's first scheduled meeting on the issue is slated for late-July. To date, sixteen states and the District
Updated: 07/15/2011 11:25A
Local trooper graduates from academy
“I congratulate the men and women of the 2011 Texas Department of Public Safety recruitment class. This group of highly-educated and professionally-prepared individuals has endured special training which will prepare them to serve one of the finest
Updated: 07/15/2011 11:16A
Law & Order: Just when you thought it was over
The nation cringed in December 2010 when the Tel Aviv District Court convicted Katsav of rape, sexual harassment, forcefully committing an indecent act, harassing a witness and obstruction of justice. Some asked how the system had allowed such a man to
Updated: 07/15/2011 10:08A
Sovereignty revisited as interventions grow
'The world has moved forward in pursuit of global justice. Or has it? Human rights have matured ... but are too often subordinated to the realities of geopolitics' This was accompanied by a refusal to extend the Westphalian writ of mutual respect for
Updated: 07/15/2011 10:03A
Push to change Queensland's Jury Act to allow criminals to be jurors
The recommendations provide a graduated scheme of temporary exclusion based on the different "rehabilitation periods" that apply under the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986. • A person convicted of an offence as a child,
Updated: 07/15/2011 09:08A
Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds Hearing on Safeguarding American Indian
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held an Oversight Hearing entitled “Native Women: Protecting, Shielding, and Safeguarding Our Sisters, Mothers, and Daughters” on Thursday, July 14 to address this and other issues affecting American Indian women.
Updated: 07/15/2011 08:32A
IN RE JOSE
ANN. art. 11.07 (Vernon Supp. 2010) to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. He seeks an order from this court compelling respondent to do so. We dismiss for want of jurisdiction. Article 11.07 vests complete jurisdiction over postconviction relief from
Updated: 07/15/2011 08:12A
Embattled News Intl CEO Rebekah Brooks resigns
In the US, meanwhile, the FBI opened a review into allegations the Murdoch media empire sought to hack into the phones of Sept. 11 victims in its quest for sensational scoops. Those developments - and the arrest of another former editor of a Murdoch
Updated: 07/15/2011 05:45A
News Int. journalists: Rebekah Brooks has resigned
MUMBAI, India - Investigators were examining forensic evidence and footage from closed circuit cameras Friday for clues about who orchestrated the triple bomb blasts that shook India's business hub of Mumbai and killed 17.
Updated: 07/15/2011 05:18A
Rebekah Brooks resigns amid hacking scandal
The former Sun and News of the World editor announced she was standing down in an internal email to staff at the company, which also publishes The Times and Sunday Times. Ms Brooks, 43, said she quit to avoid distracting attention from News
Updated: 07/15/2011 05:17A
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