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Lydia Long: It takes a community to solve community crime problems
Lydia M. Long, PhD., is adjunct professor of criminal justice for Excelsior College and president of the Old Town Abilene Neighborhood Association. October is National Crime Prevention Month and residents across Abilene attended numerous National Night
Updated: 10/16/2011 12:43A
NLRB is an impartial cop
Everyone knows Jesse James was a criminal; he carried a gun and robbed banks. You don't need a law degree to understand that he was breaking the law. We knew it; he knew it; everybody knew it. Workplace law is different,
Updated: 10/16/2011 12:35A
'Brendan's Law' will save lives, says mother
During his trial in November 2010, Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard that the father of two had been drinking since 3pm the previous day, before going on to attend a pub fancy-dress party -- and had consumed 11 cans and bottles of beer, seven pints of
Updated: 10/16/2011 12:09A
After 5 years, effects of conceal-carry unclear
"If memory serves me right, that was kind of specific in the law that that information couldn't be released." Officials with the Nebraska State Patrol and the state Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice say there is no statewide database
Updated: 10/16/2011 12:05A
EU chief wants law change to target rogue bankers
PARIS (AFP) - European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso has proposed the introduction into European law of 'individual responsibility' which would expose financial sector wrong-doers to criminal sanctions. 'This Thursday I am going to propose that
Updated: 10/15/2011 11:55P
Houston NAACP chief focuses on jobs, schools, criminal justice
By CINDY GEORGE, HOUSTON CHRONICLE The Rev. Reginald Lillie, new president of the Houston NAACP, says laws are not always enough for some, and there will always be a need for civil rights organizations. Houston NAACP leaders made news this year
Updated: 10/15/2011 11:38P
Law firm's documents dumped in trash
"She got out of the car and she asked me if she could dump some papers in there, and I said 'well, this is for the newspaper business here and these are for newsprint,'" recalled Montgomery. "She said '... the courthouse sent me down here to dump some
Updated: 10/15/2011 11:06P
Bad Journalism jeopardizes Press Freedom
The internet has widened the scope for news reporting in as much as it has opened up a gateway for public besmirching of law abiding citizens across a medium that is increasingly becoming difficult to control. The ultimate arena for redress is the
Updated: 10/15/2011 11:04P
New NAACP chief focusing on jobs, schools, criminal justice
The NAACP and the Texas conference have challenged Texas redistricting maps and they are working to block the state's new voter ID law. What is the Houston branch's role on those fronts? A: Those two issues will have a tremendous negative impact on
Updated: 10/15/2011 10:35P
Critics push to ease drug laws as Florida prisons fill with prescription addicts
Because of the number of pills in his possession, Hannigan was arrested under Florida's prescription-drug-trafficking law — which carries a range of mandatory-minimum sentences depending on the weight of the narcotic. In Hannigan's case, the total
Updated: 10/15/2011 09:45P
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