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FBI launches nationwide photo recognition service for law enforcement
Sunita Patel, a staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, told the website Nextgov.com that NGIS is bound to have errors that could lead to innocent people being mistaken for a criminal suspect. “Any database of personal identity
Updated: 10/11/2011 08:54P
Casey Anthony spurs W.Va. missing child proposal
(AP) — Casey Anthony's July acquittal has West Virginia lawmakers considering a new criminal charge for failing to report missing children. The draft bill endorsed by a joint interim study committee Tuesday would target parents and other custodians who
Updated: 10/11/2011 08:42P
14-year term, Rs10m fine for damaging main oil, gas pipelines
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources on Tuesday approved recommendations for the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2011. The committee met under the chairmanship of Talib Hassan Nakai and proposed that oil
Updated: 10/11/2011 08:35P
Securities law review bill finally introduced to Parliament
Modifying the liability framework for breaches of securities law. The bill proposes a system of escalating liability from infringement notices for minor breaches through to criminal penalties of up to 10 years' imprisonment and fines of up to $1
Updated: 10/11/2011 08:21P
New law could create higher fees for gun owners
Leno said he believes the law addresses what he called a "troubling threat to public safety." "Thousands of gun owners who once obtained their weapons legally still possess firearms despite subsequent issues, including criminal activities,
Updated: 10/11/2011 08:19P
Last-minute hitch hits pro-women bill
On a day it also saw the introduction of another landmark private bill seeking to facilitate access to information, the house was about to pass the fifth and last clause of the Prevention of Anti-Women Practices (Criminal Law Amendment) Bill when
Updated: 10/11/2011 08:13P
Should Lawyers Worry About Virginia State Bar Crackdown on Firm's Law Blog?
based criminal defense attorney Horace Hunter, who blogs about cases he's worked on (and national and local criminal justice issues) at Richmond Criminal Defense News, has been charged with misconduct by the Virginia State Bar.
Updated: 10/11/2011 08:07P
Law Enforcement Blotter 10/11
According to police, Crawford was taken to Brownwood Regional Medical Center for a blood specimen which he refused. A warrant was signed ordering the collection of a sample of the driver's blood as evidence, which was obtained according to the report.
Updated: 10/11/2011 07:36P
Ecuador's leftist president enacts antitrust law, drawing objections from
Ecuador's business community criticized the law, saying it further empowered Correa by making his government the arbiter of what is considered monopolistic behavior. Correa is already at war with much of the news media over his use of a criminal libel
Updated: 10/11/2011 07:23P
SLO Chief behind open carrying legislation
Her liberal socialist attitude towards the second amendment and lack of respect for the general wellfare the law-abiding public is criminal. LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL DISORDER. stopagenda21 says: Her liberal socialist attitude…….criminal.
Updated: 10/11/2011 07:23P
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