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Caught Red-Thumbed
Under the UK's Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, that assistance could include giving law enforcement traffic data without a warrant—the time messages were sent, where they were sent from, and the name of the sender. If law enforcement asks for
Updated: 08/12/2011 11:10P
More local biz grads looking to law school
San Joaquin College of Law in Clovis reports a hefty jump in the number of students with business-related college degrees entering law school for the 2011 autumn semester. Dean Jan Pearson reports that in fall 2010, those with business degrees
Updated: 08/12/2011 05:32P
UK riots: Judges warned by Law Society not to hand down 'rushed justice'
But the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) denied justice was being compromised, saying the public wanted to see the law deal with the "really quite extraordinary levels of offending." Ian Kelcey, who chairs the Law Society's criminal law committee,
Updated: 08/12/2011 04:55P
Courts cannot order HIV test: Judge
But Ncube's trial has exposed deficiencies in the drafting of Section 79 of the Criminal Law and Codification and Reform Act which, while criminalising “deliberate transmission of HIV”, does not provide the courts with tools to enforce the law.
Updated: 08/12/2011 03:58P
Severe Punishment Averted In Palisades Park School Brawl
“It may, at least in part, reflect this recognition that this is a lot of ado about a relatively minor incident,” says Seton Hall criminal law professor Jenny Carroll. She sees a trend in handling juvenile cases now “with a more formalized response,
Updated: 08/12/2011 02:57P
Ask A Trooper: Gun Safety, Transporting Weapons
"Ask A Trooper" offers citizens a chance to get the scoop on law enforcement, straight from local police. The program's goal is to offer citizens an easy way to ask questions about criminal law, traffic law, search and seizure, law enforcement
Updated: 08/12/2011 02:36P
The Patriot Act and the End of the Rule of Law
Our societal goal must always remain the pursuit of the rule of law, for rule by law invites totalitarianism and denies truth and justice. I define the "rule of law" as government by laws that people are willing to obey because the laws are inherently
Updated: 08/12/2011 01:00P
Dover PD to Host Citizen's Police Academy
Topics covered will include criminal investigations, radar/lidar procedures, traffic and criminal law and community policing. If you would like to attend the academy, contact Sgt. Glenn Virdin of the DPD's Planning and Training Unit at (302) 736-7116.
Updated: 08/12/2011 11:53A
Azerbaijani Officials May Be Denied Visas to United States
“This proclamation fills this gap by expanding the grounds for denial of entry into the United States to cover a broader array of recognized violations of international humanitarian law and international criminal law, such as war crimes and crimes
Updated: 08/12/2011 10:57A
Back and forth, on legal and moral grounds
But the legitimacy of his subsequent, and completely separate, criminal-law plea bargain, trial and sentence by a US military commission for terrorist offences remains fiercely contested internationally. Peter van Onselen is not alone in believing,
Updated: 08/12/2011 10:08A
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