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State asked to look at CSB
A letter Wednesday from Watkins to Cliff Evans with Ohio's Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation seeks a probe into any possible criminal acts. ''It is my view that an independent law enforcement investigation of the facts of this matter
Updated: 10/21/2011 01:03A
Law professor publishes paper on 'crimmigration'
Law professor Yolanda Vazquez recently published a paper which found that the combination of criminal and immigration law, which Vazquez calls “crimmigration,” has increasingly been used to exclude, discriminate and deport immigrants,
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:53A
Panel votes to expand death
The state capital murder law would expand to include many first-degree murders under a bill recommended yesterday by a House committee. The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted 11-6 to make a person
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:53A
Speaker has a hand in redirecting panel votes
The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted yesterday to recommend referring for further study a bill that would include fetuses as victims in state murder laws. They also recommended killing a bill that would make it a sexual assault
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:53A
Death penalty option for all murder cases?
The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted 11-6 to recommend that the House pass the measure, HB 162, when it meets in January. The most recent change to state capital murder laws came earlier this year, when it added home invasion cases to
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:27A
No-permit gun bill is pushed
By a vote of 12-5, the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee recommended passage of House Bill 536, which allows anyone but convicted felons and the mentally ill to carry pistols openly or concealed, loaded or unloaded, without a permit.
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:26A
Ashley Campbell Presents Civil Litigation at NC Bar Association
She handles a variety of litigation matters including business litigation, appellate advocacy and insurance defense and has extensive experience practicing in both state and federal courts. Ashley also represents client interests before the North
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:14A
Make legal English a priority says S. Sudan minister
October 20, 2011 (JUBA) - Donor and development partners supporting South Sudan's judicial system should develop training modules based on the English language, Paulion Wanawila, the country's deputy minister for justice and constitutional affairs has
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:13A
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Updated: 10/21/2011 12:12A
Law Office of John M. Manley | Untangling DHS' Record High Deportation Numbers
While the raw number is not in doubt, its meaning is far from clear, according to the American Immigration Council. The article notes: According to DHS, 55% of those removed (approximately 218000) were “criminal aliens,” but the definition of
Updated: 10/21/2011 12:10A
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