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Immigration law opponents rally in Birmingham
He's asking the federal government to halt the deportation of immigrants picked up under Alabama's law if they don't have a criminal record. The event was promoted through social media and by a Spanish-language radio station outside Birmingham.
Updated: 10/23/2011 05:10A
Civil rights groups allege White House hypocrisy on immigration
But the groups blasted the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) continued use in Alabama of the Secure Communities program, which transmits the immigration status records of people arrested in the state to federal authorities.
Updated: 10/23/2011 05:09A
Philippines now haven for transnational cyber-crime groups—police
By Dona Z. Pazzibugan MANILA, Philippines—A top Philippine National Police official said the country has become a “haven” for transnational organized crime syndicates involved in cyber pornography, cyber sex dens, illegal online gambling,
Updated: 10/23/2011 04:47A
Ban pays tribute to late jurist Cassese
He was the first President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the first President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He stepped down from the latter post recently due to illness. Also, as independent expert he
Updated: 10/23/2011 04:18A
Law-tax backers prepare educational campaign
Oct. 4 » At an open meeting of the Criminal Justice Funding Task Force, a group of city and county officials in the justice system, a new 1/8-cent law enforcement sales tax is proposed. Monday » Greene County Commissioners Harold Bengsch and Roseann
Updated: 10/23/2011 03:59A
Bill will allow jobseekers to airbrush criminal records
Convicts, including those found guilty of assault and drink-driving offences, will soon be able to airbrush their criminal record when applying for jobs under new Government plans. Justice Minister Alan Shatter plans
Updated: 10/23/2011 03:41A
Antonio Cassese | International-law expert | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-10-23
Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia during its first years of operation, from 1993 to 1997, and led the United Nations' International Commission of Inquiry into Genocide in Darfur in 2004. Dr. Cassese was professor of international law at
Updated: 10/23/2011 03:05A
Editorial: Harris must do more to solve medical pot muddle
as she did Thursday, that supports the "compassionate use" of medical marijuana for the ill, expresses concern about criminal enterprises exploiting the law and urges federal authorities to focus enforcement on significant traffickers.
Updated: 10/23/2011 03:02A
Sharia ber Alles versus Western Justice
These arbitrators try to resolve conflicts according to Islamic law and to sideline German criminal law. We see witness testimony withdrawn (from German courts) and accusations trivialized to the point where an entire case runs aground.
Updated: 10/23/2011 02:22A
Authorities use nuisance laws to combat drug dens
In the county, drug nuisance investigations are initiated after law enforcement is alerted to repeated criminal activity occurring at a property. "It helps when you have complaints from a property manager or concerned neighbors," she said.
Updated: 10/23/2011 02:18A
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