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Crime and Courts: Turnover of prosecutors reaching crisis proportions, report says
The state could be heading into a crisis in the criminal justice system if it doesn't do something to quell the exodus of prosecutors, a new report says. "A 75 percent turnover rate presents challenges for any organization," the authors of the report
Updated: 10/26/2011 03:26P
Kenneth Clarke forced to accept jail sentences for knife crime teenagers
Clarke is reported to have repeatedly clashed with the home secretary, Theresa May, over this issue behind the scenes. It is believed to have only been settled on Wednesday by the intervention of David Cameron. Clarke appears to have won a concession
Updated: 10/26/2011 03:25P
OFAH Refutes Claim That Scrapping of Long Gun Registry will Eliminate Access
PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/26/11 -- In the aftermath of the introduction of Bill C-19, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code and Firearms Act, spokespersons for the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, anti-gun groups and opposition
Updated: 10/26/2011 03:25P
John Edwards Criminal Case To Be Considered In Federal Court Hearing
But even if Edwards did know, Lowell told US District Court Judge Catherine C. Eagles, no laws were broken. "Criminal laws are supposed to be written in Congress," Lowell said. "They should not be written on the desks of prosecutors who decide after
Updated: 10/26/2011 03:21P
Cops: Port Charlotte man uses pit bull to threaten deputy
Phillip James Tenk, 48, of the 2300 block of Sunninglow Street, is charged with aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and criminal mischief. A deputy suspected Tenk slashed tires on a pickup, cut lanai screens and threw a beach chair threw a
Updated: 10/26/2011 03:14P
Federal Judge Blocks Unconstitutional Mandatory Drug Testing Policy at
“Forcing students to submit to a drug test absent any suggestion of any sort of criminal activity is clearly unconstitutional,” said Jason Williamson, staff attorney with the ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project. “This policy is an unprecedented intrusion
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:56P
Jobs Available Now
The university held its annual Criminal Justice Career Fair at the student union. On hand for the event were nearly two dozen agencies from the Secret Service to the military, prisons and law enforcement. Sandy Maharaj, the director of the Office of
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:43P
Libya faces weapons proliferation, war crimes charges
Both have been indicted by the International Criminal Court. Martin called for a 'modern nation-state' in Libya where the ideals of democracy, rule of law, accountability and respect of human rights demanded by the popular uprisings will prevail.
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:39P
Port Charlotte man arrested for allegedly siccing pit bull on deputy
Tenk is charged with Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer, and Criminal Mischief. The neighbor who called CCSO was driven to the Tenk home and positively identified him as the man he saw at the home who walked away from the pickup with the
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:37P
John Edwards' lawyers argue federal campaign finance charges should be dismissed
In Edwards' case, the money was provided by his national campaign finance chairman, wealthy Texas lawyer Fred Baron, and campaign donor Bunny Mellon, a millionaire socialite who at the time was 98 years old. Both had already given Edward's campaign the
Updated: 10/26/2011 02:36P
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