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Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights
And yet, our criminal justice system has failed on every count: public safety, fairness and cost-effectiveness. Across the country, the criminal justice reform conversation is heating up. Each week, we feature our some of the most exciting and relevant
Updated: 10/25/2011 12:12A
Law Office of John M. Manley | New Immigration Bill: Buy House, Get a Visa
“If you wanted to change your immigration policy so that you let 500000 families in but they have to have a significant net worth and everything, you'd solve things very quickly,” Mr. Buffett said in an August interview with PBS's Charlie Rose.
Updated: 10/25/2011 12:11A
Children Detained in Somaliland Failed by Juvenile Justice Law
Officials in the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland say that there is an average of 200 children detained each month by police for minor offences and are not charged properly under the juvenile justice law. Khadar Nour, a child protection
Updated: 10/25/2011 12:11A
U.S. spies crack Mexico gangs
By The New York Times US law enforcement agencies have significantly built up networks of Mexican informants that allow them to infiltrate some of that country's most powerful and dangerous criminal organizations, according to security officials on
Updated: 10/25/2011 12:05A
Lawyer Who Fled Criminal Charges 3 Years Ago Found in Wyoming
The indictment, she said, alleges that Mr. Christensen, who maintained a law office at 127 South St. in Oyster Bay, was counsel for a corporation that was liquidating its assets and was acting as an escrow agent on Nov. 27, 2007, when he accepted $1
Updated: 10/24/2011 11:44P
FBI: 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment Issued
The FBI, along with its federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners, strives to disrupt and prevent their criminal activities and seek justice for innocent victims of their crimes,” said Assistant Director Kevin Perkins, FBI Criminal
Updated: 10/24/2011 11:42P
Experts: Ballot Tampering Suspect Could Face Felony Charges
BUFFALO, NY - The person suspected of possible ballot tampering in the race for Erie County Executive could face serious criminal charges, according to two of the region's leading election law experts. "This is very serious," Buffalo elections attorney
Updated: 10/24/2011 11:41P
New state system alerts will protect missing seniors with dementia
“The Coalition of New York State Alzheimer's Association Chapters is thrilled that the Missing Vulnerable Adult Alert system has been established within the Division of Criminal Justice Services, and would like to thank Governor Cuomo and the Division
Updated: 10/24/2011 11:25P
Violations of occupational illness law to be punished
their actions violate the law and constitute crimes, according to the draft amendment to the Law on Occupational Illness Prevention and Control, which was submitted to the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee for its second reading.
Updated: 10/24/2011 11:10P
Las Vegas Attorney David Amesbury, Pleads Guilty to Charges Relating to Scheme
Amesbury also pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to submit false information to a bank with the intention of obtaining a bank loan for a caf in downtown Las Vegas of which he was an owner. Amesbury admitted that from approximately March 2008
Updated: 10/24/2011 11:01P
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