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DA: No criminal charges against Jolanda Jones
Houston City Council Member Jolanda Jones is accused of using city resources to support her private law practice. HOUSTON (KTRK) -- Houston City Councilmember Jolanda Jones will not be facing any criminal charges following an Office of Inspector
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:06P
Watchdog shines spotlight on lawmaker ethics in annual “most corrupt” report
“CREW's definition of corruption goes beyond assessing whether someone technically violated a criminal law,” the report states. “It encompasses public officials who fail to act responsibly and ethically, and who instead place personal or special
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:16P
BREAKING: Judge Rejects Petition For Criminal Charges In Dog Shooting Death
Bellingham-based animal law attorney Adam Karp, who filed the petition to bring criminal charges against Officer Michael Graddon and Sgt. Steven Weiland on behalf of Charles and Deirdre Wright, Rosie's owners, said they “are considering their options
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:15P
SEC Ex-Counsel Referred to Justice Dept. Over Madoff Work
20 (Bloomberg) -- The US Justice Department should consider whether a former Securities and Exchange Commission general counsel violated criminal law by working on policy related to Bernard Madoff's fraud when he had a financial interest in the outcome
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:54P
Barry Cohen loses one of his top lawyers
Barry Cohen acknowledged losing Romine and characterized the departures as the natural attrition in law firms, as opposed to a sign of any problem. By MICHAEL SASSO | The Tampa Tribune Criminal defense lion Barry Cohen has lost one of his top legal
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:50P
Small parties question police film law urgency
Labour justice spokesman Charles Chauvel said the bill should face select committee scrutiny. "Unless there is some major problem the Government can demonstrate exists, it seems to me Parliament can deal with this in February or March.
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:35P
'Desert Fox' rebranded Nazi criminal
Defeated by General Bernard Law Montgomery's 7th Armoured Division, the famed "Desert Rats", at the decisive battle of El Alamein in 1942, Field Marshal Rommel wrote that his campaign against the British was a chivalrous affair and the nearest thing to
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:32P
Attorney General Announces Revised Agreement to Protect Students from Bullying
The MOA specifies that law enforcement may request that a school not interview certain witnesses or not seek certain evidence in order to avoid interfering with an ongoing criminal investigation. Law enforcement agencies agree to testify at any
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:18P
Stephen Harper's mission against marijuana: Mandatory minimum sentences will
Mandatory minimum sentences will put the public at further risk, forcing otherwise non violent, law abiding cannabis users to interact with the most unsavory criminal element. The government has also not explained the costs of implementing mandatory
Updated: 09/20/2011 01:14P
Ohio auditor urges update to campaign finance law
State law already makes it illegal for public officials to use tax dollars for political campaigns, though there is no criminal penalty. A bill being introduced Tuesday would make it a first degree misdemeanor to use public dollars for political
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:47P
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