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WTOL.com - Toledo's News Leader | Feds target Calif. pot dispensaries for closure
"Under United States law, a dispensary's operations involving sales and distribution of marijuana are illegal and subject to criminal prosecution and civil enforcement actions," according to the letters signed by US Attorney Laura Duffy in San Diego.
Updated: 10/06/2011 10:25P
WNEM TV 5 Feds target pot dispensaries for closure
"Under United States law, a dispensary's operations involving sales and distribution of marijuana are illegal and subject to criminal prosecution and civil enforcement actions," letters signed by US Attorney Laura Duffy in San Diego read.
Updated: 10/06/2011 10:11P
WNEM TV 5 Feds target Calif. pot dispensaries for closure
"Under United States law, a dispensary's operations involving sales and distribution of marijuana are illegal and subject to criminal prosecution and civil enforcement actions," according to the letters signed by US Attorney Laura Duffy in San Diego.
Updated: 10/06/2011 10:11P
Suspects entitled to lawyer if taken into custody, rules Supreme Court
The test of admissibility of statements made under questioning before this stage will still be determined on the Scots law principles of fairness.” Bill McVicar, convener of the Law Society's Criminal Law Committee, said: “This marks a significant step
Updated: 10/06/2011 10:08P
Feds Set to Crack Down on California Pot Dispensaries
"Under United States law, a dispensary's operations involving sales and distribution of marijuana are illegal and subject to criminal prosecution and civil enforcement actions," according to the letters signed by US Attorney Laura Duffy in San Diego.
Updated: 10/06/2011 10:04P
Jerry Brown signs law eliminating fingerprinting requirements for California
SACRAMENTO -- It will soon be easier to qualify for food stamps but more difficult to bring cell phones into prisons under legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Jerry Brown. The governor also enacted a bill creating the nation's most ambitious recycling
Updated: 10/06/2011 09:49P
Texas seeks to enhance the reliability of convictions
"Over forty years ago, the United States Supreme Court stated that the 'vagaries of eyewitness identification are well-known; the annals of criminal law are rife with instances of mistaken identification.' Since then, eyewitness identification has
Updated: 10/06/2011 08:56P
Surge in demand for civil legal aid services
The board provides civil legal aid and advice in its law centres to those unable to afford a private solicitor. This is separate to the criminal legal aid system, where legal aid is provided by private solicitors when granted by the court to a person
Updated: 10/06/2011 08:44P
Feds Target Pot Dispensaries To Close
In an escalation of the ongoing conflict between the US government and the nation's burgeoning medical marijuana industry, at least 16 pot shops or their landlords received letters this week stating they are violating federal drug laws,
Updated: 10/06/2011 08:29P
Political parties patronising criminal gangs, says SC
It ordered that a committee headed by the Sindh High Court (SHC) chief justice and comprising the Sindh chief secretary and law enforcement agencies' heads be constituted to supervise and ensure strict action against all those involved in creating
Updated: 10/06/2011 08:29P