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Tragic end to Katie's promising life
So for the past few days, chatter had been circulating about 31-year-old Katie Foreman, after the promising young solicitor expressed fears about a possible prowler near her home. Neighbourhood gossip in the suburb north of Wollongong gave way to grief
Updated: 10/27/2011 06:55P
Law-enforcement educators question actions in fatal shooting
“If he has a felony warrant, the last thing you're going to do is let him back in the car,” said Victor Kappeler, chairman of the criminal justice and police studies department at Eastern Kentucky University. According to a sheriff's spokesman,
Updated: 10/27/2011 06:35P
The sex crimes that shocked Brooklyn
For weeks, news outlets and blogs reported on the Rapist, the Groper, the Monster, the Perv terrorizing the women of south Brooklyn. Police sketches posted throughout the neighborhood showed an array of generically Hispanic men in their 20s and 30s,
Updated: 10/27/2011 06:30P
Two law enforcement educators are questioning the actions Wednesday of a
“If he has a felony warrant, the last thing you're going to do is let him back in the car,” said Victor Kappeler, chairman of the criminal justice and police studies department at Eastern Kentucky University. According to a sheriff's spokesman,
Updated: 10/27/2011 06:30P
The Hague dealt blow on judge applicants
The report by the panel, chaired by Richard Goldstone, the South African justice and international prosecutor, and Patricia Wald, former US judge and Yugoslavia tribunal chief justice, deals a blow to the world's highest criminal court,
Updated: 10/27/2011 06:28P
Law and Order Lake County
Kennedy said witnesses led authorities to Allen in the slaying of Denim, 35, who was pronounced dead at 10:39 pm Sunday at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
Updated: 10/27/2011 06:13P
Seif Al-Islam's surrender to be ICC's tough test
He said a more useful defense would be to argue that crimes were committed upon orders from lower-level commanders. Geert-Jan Knoops, a Dutch-based international criminal law attorney, said Seif Al-Islam could challenge the ICC case on two main fronts,
Updated: 10/27/2011 06:10P
Medical cannabis may get approval
A group of medical and criminal law experts are moving forward with drafting a plan that would clear marijuana for medicinal use. "There is a consensus between parties in the coalition
Updated: 10/27/2011 06:03P
Graft report urges states to act
Despite a 6-million bid from a French firm, a 31.89-million contract was awarded to Anglo Leasing and Finance, an unknown shell company, whose registered address was a post office box in Liverpool, despite the fact that Anglo Leasing proposed to
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:55P
Solicitor 'had drugs delivered while at law dinner'
On his website Ditta says that he is an “expert in criminal law, dealing with all aspects of crime, specialising in serious crime”. On a website forum one client says of him: “He's a top brief. If you get arrested and go to the desk to give your
Updated: 10/27/2011 05:54P
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