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Judge strikes down portion of Alabama immigration law
alien registration documents will now be guilty of a state crime, a provision that in effect “criminalizes undocumented status,” Spiro said, since being in the country illegally is a violation of civil law, not criminal law, on the federal level.
Updated: 09/29/2011 03:04A
Ai Weiwei's wife urges China to reject draft on detentions
has urged lawmakers to reject draft legislation that would cement in law police powers to hold dissidents in secret locations without telling their families. Human rights advocates have decried China's proposed amendments to its Criminal Procedure
Updated: 09/29/2011 02:37A
Brian Storseth's good idea
That is the provision in federal law that gives the Canadian Human Rights Commission authority to hear complaints of hate speech on the Internet. We wish Mr. Storseth, the MP from Westlock-St. Paul in Alberta, well in this campaign.
Updated: 09/29/2011 02:31A
EULEX: Joint Rule of Law Coordination Board held its 23rd meeting in Pristina
The meeting was co-chaired by Xavier de Marnhac, Head of EULEX, Hajredin Kui, Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo and Minister of Justice, and Khaldoun Sinno, Acting Head of European Commission Liaison Office to Kosovo. The participants discussed two
Updated: 09/29/2011 02:19A
Wisc. County Clerk Likely Violated Law
Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus touched off a firestorm in April when she revealed she hadn't reported 14000 votes in the race between conservative Justice David Prosser and challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg. The contest evolved from a sleepy race
Updated: 09/29/2011 02:18A
Anti-bullying legislation in effect in local school districts
There is no requirement for schools to report all HIB investigations to police, but HIB acts that may be criminal must be reported. When there's a joint investigation, law enforcement agencies can request that a victim or witness not provide
Updated: 09/29/2011 02:13A
Colorado Springs Criminal Defense Attorney Timothy R. Bussey Presents at
At the Bussey Law Firm, PC, Mr. Bussey handles a variety of Colorado Springs criminal defense cases, including DUI, violent crimes, drug crimes, traffic violations, sex crimes, and white collar crimes, and is committed to obtaining the best result for
Updated: 09/29/2011 02:09A
California's New Prison Policy Has Some Skeptics
It shifts certain functions from the state to the counties, says Barry Krisberg, who teaches criminal justice at the University of California, Berkeley, law school. "It covers not only criminal justice, but it covers child welfare, mental health,
Updated: 09/29/2011 01:47A
ICE criminal immigrant roundup, 56 arrested
by KTAR.com (September 28th, 2011 @ 1:07pm) PHOENIX -- In response to pledges by the Obama administration to deport criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Wednesday they have
Updated: 09/29/2011 01:35A
ICE arrest 186 criminal aliens in Northern California
Arrests were made in all Bay Area counties except for San Francisco, which has a sanctuary city law and whose sheriff announced in June that he would not fulfill requests by ICE to detain undocumented immigrants suspected of low-level misdemeanors
Updated: 09/29/2011 01:31A
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