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Feds accept Supreme Court's safe-injection site ruling
It will be even more difficult to argue that the province has the right to provide health care services in a way that violates criminal law. Criminal law is a clear and exclusive federal power, and it would set a destructive precedent to allow the
Updated: 09/30/2011 12:24P
Carlsbad attorney accused of stealing client money
and practicing law without a license. Charges were filed Thursday, two weeks after the San Diego Union-Tribune ( http://bit.ly/rfHMLW) included Gregory in a story about lawyers whose cases in State Bar Court fail to result in criminal prosecution.
Updated: 09/30/2011 12:24P
FBI: Expand definition of rape
Critics have maintained that the current definition is archaic, too narrow, and leaves crimes uncounted in police statistics, resulting in fewer resources for victims and law enforcement. A subcommittee of the Criminal Justice Information Service of
Updated: 09/30/2011 12:22P
Nathan Brock, Attorney at Law
"We focus on providing exceptional legal counsel, timely results and simplifying for the legal process for our clients," provided Mr. Brock. Nathan Brock's practice areas include: wills, trusts, estate planning and probate law; divorce, child custody
Updated: 09/30/2011 12:10P
Prosecutors say Carlsbad attorney stole money from clients and practiced
and practicing law without a license. Charges were filed Thursday, two weeks after the San Diego Union-Tribune (http://bit.ly/rfHMLW ) included Gregory in a story about lawyers whose cases in State Bar Court fail to result in criminal prosecution.
Updated: 09/30/2011 12:10P
Jones law license suspended, reinstated
Jones and her spokeswoman were not immediately available for comment except to say that the councilwoman's license was reinstated. Jones, a criminal defense attorney, attended the University of Houston Law Center and has been licensed in Texas since
Updated: 09/30/2011 11:48A
Keep Insite open, top court rules
Insite, which opened in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside in 2003 under a special federal exemption under the Controlled Drug and Substances Act, provides a haven for addicts to inject drugs using sterile needles under a nurse's supervision.
Updated: 09/30/2011 11:48A
SCC rules BC safe-injection site can stay open
So these unelected judges have decided that the federal parliament no longer has the power to create and enforce criminal law. No wonder voter turnout in this country is at an all-time low. Our democratically elected representatives have less and less
Updated: 09/30/2011 11:10A
ICE: Local arrests were part of national sweep
Local law enforcement and ICE were criticized after the Sept. 17 arrests took place by the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC), claiming the three were targeted for speaking out at a meeting on Sept. 12. TIRRC claimed in a report
Updated: 09/30/2011 11:02A
Supreme Court ruling opens doors to drug injection clinics across Canada
In its 9-0 decision, it said the federal government has the jurisdictional right to use criminal law to restrict illicit-drug use – but that the concerns it cited in an attempt to close Insite were “grossly disproportionate” to the benefits for drug
Updated: 09/30/2011 11:01A
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