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Did Nero Pass Laws Against Maple Syrup Knockoffs as Rome Burned?
This bipartisan phlegmatic duo has gone so far to introduce a new felony into the US criminal code. They even worked up a clever acronym for their proposed legislation: The bill is called the Maple Agriculture Protection and Law Enforcement or MAPLE
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:25A
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMTowns see crime, carousing surge amid gas boom
Authorities in Pennsylvania and other states are quick to point out that the vast majority of workers streaming in are law-abiding. But they also say the drilling industry has brought with it a hard-working, hard-drinking, rough-and-tumble element that
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:23A
Towns see crime, carousing surge amid gas boom
Authorities in Pennsylvania and other states are quick to point out that the vast majority of workers streaming in are law-abiding. But they also say the drilling industry has brought with it a hard-working, hard-drinking, rough-and-tumble element that
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:21A
Small towns see increase in crime amid gas drilling boom
Authorities in Pennsylvania and other states are quick to point out that the vast majority of workers streaming in are law-abiding. But they also say the drilling industry has brought with it a hard-working, hard-drinking, rough-and-tumble element that
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:19A
Glenn Langohr, Ex-Prisoner, Releases the Books
Having served 10 years in California's most violent jails and prisons for drug charges, Langohr's Drug War and Prison books, Roll Call & A California Pelican Bay Prison Story, shed light on flaws within the criminal justice and prison system in regards
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:18A
Canadian Robert Petit on shortlist to lead International Criminal Court
Robert Petit, the Canadian Justice Department's top specialist on war crimes, has been shortlisted as one of four candidates to replace Luis Moreno-Ocampo as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court — the top war-crimes tribunal.
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:13A
Canadian lawyer shortlisted for international court's top job
Robert Petit, the Canadian Justice Department's top specialist on war crimes, has been shortlisted as one of four candidates to replace Luis Moreno-Ocampo as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court - the top war-crimes tribunal.
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:04A
RIA Novosti: Tymoshenko's colleague says case against her father-in-law could
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office is pushing for a closed criminal case against the father-in-law of embattled ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko to be reopened, Tymoshenko's colleague Oleksandr Turchynov said on Wednesday. Hennadiy Tymoshenko was a
Updated: 10/26/2011 10:01A
Kremlin - Excerpts from transcript of meeting with the Interior Ministry's
Clearly, the range of regulations applied by police officers, Ministry of the Interior employees, is quite significant, ranging from the Criminal Code to regional legislation, including administrative laws. Since the Criminal Procedure Code came into
Updated: 10/26/2011 09:55A
Yeates jury verdict due
Mr Justice Field told the jury of six men and six women they should decide whether Dutchman Vincent Tabak, was guilty of Miss Yeates's murder on the evidence alone. At Bristol Crown Court, the judge told the panel: "It is your responsibility and your
Updated: 10/26/2011 09:53A
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