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Cop-killer executed after praying, singing – but not apologizing
This photo provided Oct. 25, 2011, by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Frank Garcia. Garcia is set for lethal injection Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, for death of police Sgt. Hector Garza more than a decade ago during a
Updated: 10/27/2011 09:49P
Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay move toward justice for tortured, killed
"It gives me happiness and peace to know that justice has been served," said Pedro Sandoval, 33, who five years ago learned that he was the child of "disappeared" leftists. Captive pregnant mothers were sometimes kept alive only until they gave birth
Updated: 10/27/2011 09:46P
Socialist democracy milestone
To improve criminal laws, the legislature revised the Criminal Law, making it unified and complete, and revised the Criminal Procedure Law, improving criminal procedure. To regulate and supervise the use of power, the legislature enacted the Law on
Updated: 10/27/2011 09:39P
Meet the candidates for San Francisco District Attorney
KALW's Ben Trefny spoke with criminal justice editor, Rina Palta to discuss the candidates. BEN TREFNY: So Rina, why is this race so important? RINA PALTA: People have a vague idea of what a district attorney does: prosecuting crimes.
Updated: 10/27/2011 09:34P
Budget cuts create criminal justice system crisis Short on crime?
Statewide, more than 250 people have been laid off from Alabama's trial courts. In California, attorneys with the Sacramento County district attorney's office are taking on heavier caseloads while the office scales back popular services such as its
Updated: 10/27/2011 09:19P
G.O.P. Pushes Military Custody for Terror Suspects
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans increasingly reject any use of the civilian criminal justice system for handling cases involving Al Qaeda, hardening their stance in a dispute with the Obama administration over whether such suspects should be
Updated: 10/27/2011 09:15P
Law must change
“The law says nothing can be done, I am upset and angry and fear for my childen. I know lots of other mothers agree with me,” she said. “I reported this to the police and they said under the 1987 NSW Children's Criminal Act nothing can be done.
Updated: 10/27/2011 08:47P
California Marijuana Dispensary Crackdown Faces Legal Challenge
Oakland-based Americans for Safe Access argued that the Justice Department has "instituted a policy to dismantle the medical marijuana laws of the state of California and to coerce its municipalities to pass bans on medical marijuana dispensaries" by
Updated: 10/27/2011 08:06P
Human rights in China still matter
China's implementation of the one-child-per-couple policy remains one of the most brutal and barbaric attacks against women and children ever. Through coercion, financial penalties and the use of forced abortion and sterilization,
Updated: 10/27/2011 08:05P
Civilians Wearing War Medals in Tribute of Fallen Relatives Are Breaking the Law
Article 419 of the Criminal Code of Canada prohibits anyone other than the recipient from wearing medals. The President of Our Duty explains, “Clearly, this section of the Code is intended to target fraud and those who might impersonate a veteran.
Updated: 10/27/2011 07:58P
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