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Judge Refuses to Throw Out Criminal Charges in Edwards Case
During Wednesday morning's session, the defense said the indictment was "bare," and failed to define what type of election law crime was committed. Edwards is accused of using about $1 million in undisclosed payments from campaign donors to cover up an
Updated: 10/27/2011 10:37A
Homeland Security's Napolitano Says Feds Will Not Help Alabama Enforce
However, if the federal government does not actually deport those immigrants they can remain in the US "We have been working with the Department of Justice on its challenge to that law," Napolitano said, when asked by US Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va.,
Updated: 10/27/2011 10:31A
Hove MP's campaign sees squatting criminalised
The proposals from Justice Secretary Ken Clarke are due to be debated in the House of Commons next week. If they are passed after a vote, the measure will be added to a bill currently making its way through Parliament. It should become law by early
Updated: 10/27/2011 10:25A
Lawmakers propose law against terror
Legislator Sui Mingtai said anti-terror clauses do exist in China's criminal law and armed police law. However, they fail to provide enough legal ground for anti-terror operations, Sui said. Sui called for more research on anti-terrorism tasks and
Updated: 10/27/2011 10:14A
Keeping Haiti Safe: Justice Reform
Haiti needs an integrated justice reform plan that takes into account pending key appointments to the Supreme Court, criminal law revisions and institution building to ensure fully operational courts. In order to set standards for and monitor
Updated: 10/27/2011 10:00A
EC steps up the adoption of EU anti-sea pollution rules
Failure by Member States to implement the Directives makes it impossible to have common minimum criminal law rules for serious breaches of EU legislation on the protection of the environment and against ship-source pollution.
Updated: 10/27/2011 09:46A
Lorne Gunter: Topsy-turvy justice; property owner 90 days, robber 30
When this happens — when the courts come to see self-defending property owners as bigger criminals than the real criminals breaking into their homes and outbuildings — the criminal justice system has failed. This puts me in mind of the Tony Martin case
Updated: 10/27/2011 09:32A
Judge Cates will retire on Monday
In 1999, while serving as chif judge, Cates issued the order addressing space and security concerns at the courthouse in Gainesville that led to the Alachua County Board of County Commissioners building the Alachua County Criminal Justice Center that
Updated: 10/27/2011 09:24A
Laughter heard before fire
''She practised in very hard areas, in children's court and in family and criminal law - areas that really touch directly on people's lives in a way that not everyone's practice does. ''She was a very private person but really well regarded,
Updated: 10/27/2011 09:24A
Inquiry into NSW Crime Commission
The Herald understands that Mr Patten's report will recommend significant reform, after years of accusations the Crime Commission operated without effective governance and potentially breached the law during proceedings to confiscate criminal assets.
Updated: 10/27/2011 09:22A
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