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Maine State Police blotter
An individual charged with a crime is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at criminal proceedings. Law enforcement officials with Troop D of the Maine State Police responded to the following incidents in Waldo County during the past two
Updated: 09/19/2011 01:09A
Muchdi case review would be against law, says AGO
Basrief cited Criminal Code procedures that grant the authority to file a case review against a Supreme Court ruling only to defendants. "The AGO is not a defendant!" Basrief said. However, the AGO has frequently filed case reviews using a
Updated: 09/19/2011 12:55A
ACLU Endorses Campaign To Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol In Colorado
Yet we are wasting scarce public resources in our criminal justice system by having police, prosecutors and the courts treat marijuana users like violent criminals. It is unconscionable for our state to spend tax dollars to arrest, prosecute and crowd
Updated: 09/19/2011 12:31A
Urgent new law after Urewera case
"This has significant implications for law and order in New Zealand." It could impact on up to 40 current trials underway and 50 poilice operations, including some serious criminal offending. The law change would not affect the outcome of the Ureweras
Updated: 09/19/2011 12:23A
'Follow law during SoE
ECHOING the sentiments expressed by Chief Justice Ivor Archie at the Ceremonial Opening of the 2011-2012 law term on Friday, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) is reminding citizens that their constitutional rights have not been suspended during the
Updated: 09/18/2011 09:50P
Child abduction laws to be strengthened
Parents who abduct their children and take them overseas could lose their child support payments under new measures announced by the federal government. The measures include new criminal offences under the Family Law Act, extending the coverage of
Updated: 09/18/2011 09:32P
"9/11 Good Samaritan Law" In NYC
The law is designed to prevent drug and alcohol overdose fatalities and it encourages people to dial 911 if they experience or see a drug or alcohol overdose without fear of criminal charge and prosecution for possessing small quantities of drugs or
Updated: 09/18/2011 08:09P
The Collapse of American Criminal Justice System
In this passionately argued book, the leading criminal law scholar of his generation looks to history for the roots of these problems — and for their solutions. The Collapse of American Criminal Justice takes us deep into the dramatic history of
Updated: 09/18/2011 08:02P
Israel may tone down emergency laws drafted ahead of Palestinian move at UN
Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein would then determine whether the plans would be accepted in full or whether their more controversial elements would be changed, the Justice Ministry said Sunday. Israeli police forces near Joseph's Tomb after
Updated: 09/18/2011 07:31P
Government tightens child abduction laws
The Federal Government has unveiled measures it hopes will deter parents from fleeing overseas with their children during family law disputes. Laws to be introduced into Parliament next year will make such abductions a criminal offence under the Family
Updated: 09/18/2011 07:31P
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