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Monday Morning Reads: Pill Mills, heroin and open meetings
Bills and presentations on criminal justice reform will be heard in both House and Senate committee meetings this week and Gov. Scott's economic plan will also be presented to a committee. Here are five stories you should be reading this morning.
Updated: 10/17/2011 10:29A
Prosecutors report first Bribery Act conviction
His conduct has brought into disrepute the criminal justice system as he sought to undermine the very laws which he was employed to uphold. The public rightly expects criminal cases to be dealt with fairly and professionally, and the police,
Updated: 10/17/2011 10:21A
High Court to Decide if Lying About Military Service is Criminal
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the constitutionality of 2006 law making it a criminal offense to lie about being decorated for military service. The Stolen Valor Act makes it unlawful to falsely represent, verbally or in
Updated: 10/17/2011 10:11A
High Court to Decide Legality of Lying About Military Service
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide the constitutionality of a 2006 law making it a criminal offense to lie about being decorated for military service. The Stolen Valor Act makes it unlawful to falsely represent, verbally or in
Updated: 10/17/2011 10:11A
Girls use law to protect themselves from other girls
Licking County Juvenile Court Magistrate Chris Strefelt told the newspaper — a criminal offense isn't required. Licking County Juvenile Court received 16 requests since the law took effect June 17, 2010. None of them related to dating violence,
Updated: 10/17/2011 10:10A
Concealed-carry effects unkown
"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: 10/17/2011 10:09A
Prime Minister Stephen Harper named two new justices from Ontario to the
Karakatsanis has a long background in politics in addition to her judicial career. She was a senior public servant in Ontario holding a variety of positions while Conservative premiers Mike Harris and Ernie Eves were in power, including secretary of
Updated: 10/17/2011 10:08A
Even state immigration laws have to face reality
To do that, lawmakers need to combine enforcement with fixes to the legal immigration system -- providing enough visas for immigrants who contribute to the economy, create jobs and keep our cities vital while also protecting US workers.
Updated: 10/17/2011 10:00A
Bikies target: Anti-gang law 'won't collar Mr Bigs'
"The criminal law already has more than sufficient powers to prosecute crime," he said. Michael Cope, president of the Queensland Council of Civil Liberties, said the UK House of Lords had severely criticised "control orders" introduced to fight
Updated: 10/17/2011 09:59A
Anti-gang bikies law won't collar Mr Bigs, says State Opposition
Source: The Courier-Mail A PLAN to target bikies with controversial anti-gang laws would let the "Mr Bigs" off the hook, the State Opposition says. Laws preventing people associating with each other were the wrong way to target organised crime and the
Updated: 10/17/2011 09:59A
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