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Towns see crime and 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 08:09P
In Omar Khadr's legal saga, a new chapter begins
They believe Mr. Khadr could challenge the US war crimes conviction and the sentence, claiming both were illegal under international law. In Canada, the Supreme Court has already ruled that the government failed to properly protect Mr. Khadr's rights.
Updated: 10/26/2011 08:07P
John Edwards' lawyers ask judge to dismiss charges
"Criminal laws are meant to be written on the desks of members of Congress," Lowell said. "They're not supposed to be written on the desks of prosecutors." Prosecutor David Harbach said the law was clear, and it would be up to a jury to decide whether
Updated: 10/26/2011 08:04P
2 to plead guilty in abortion-doctor case | Philadelphia Daily News | 2011-10-26
That's the number of defendants who will remain to be tried in the abortion-doctor horror case after two more defendants plead guilty, which is expected to happen Thursday at the Philadelphia Criminal Justice Center.
Updated: 10/26/2011 07:55P
Gas-drilling boom brings more crime, carousing to some towns
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 07:52P
Criminal-case mediation 'by 2020'
He also suggested mediation could take over the process of restorative justice, in which defendants meet the victims of their crimes. He said victims often feel marginalised or excluded by the criminal justice system and mediation would bring them and
Updated: 10/26/2011 07:52P
WANTED: job in law enforcement
Le Bel is in the National Guard and taking college courses at Rogue Community College, majoring in criminal justice. All of his hard work is to land his dream job in law enforcement. "I like working with people, I like helping people," he said.
Updated: 10/26/2011 07:48P
Call for tougher data abuse laws
Courts should have the power to punish people breaching the Data Protection Act with prison sentences, MPs on the justice select committee have said. They say fines - usually about £150 per breach - are an "inadequate" deterrent when the financial
Updated: 10/26/2011 07:45P
Raj Deserved It
No doubt they hope that Chief Justice John Roberts's court someday will adopt the position put forth by Cato Institute senior fellow Doug Bandow—that insider trading should not be a crime because it makes markets more efficient and no one gets hurt.
Updated: 10/26/2011 07:44P
MPs call for tougher personal data abuse laws
Courts should have the power to punish people breaching the Data Protection Act with prison sentences, MPs on the justice select committee have said. They say fines - usually about £150 per breach - are an "inadequate" deterrent when the financial
Updated: 10/26/2011 07:43P
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