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SA urged to set up DNA database of crime suspects
SA does not have legislation authorising law enforcement authorities to take and store DNA samples of people who are arrested. Such legislation was supposed to be part of the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Bill of 2009 and to encompass
Updated: 10/31/2011 12:37A
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The war of words between Tehran and Washington intensified Sunday, with Iran's supreme leader crediting the "unified resistance" of the Iraqi people with having forced the US military out of Iraq. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the US withdrawal would
Updated: 10/31/2011 12:34A
The revolving door of 311 Jarvis
April 7: Faced with 16-year-old David Weathers, a repeat offender arrested again, this time on a charge of dealing crack at Queen and Sherbourne streets, prosecutor Scott Graham urged the court not to release him from pre-trial custody.
Updated: 10/31/2011 12:08A
Questions and answers on Wisconsin's new law, going into effect Tuesday
The state Department of Justice has not determined whether, or what kind of, online training would be sufficient. Q: I have a concealed-carry license in another state. Does that allow me to carry concealed in Wisconsin? A: Not if you are a Wisconsin
Updated: 10/31/2011 12:07A
Highways are high-traffic crime scenes
What's covered: The state law, which went into effect in August, applies to copper and most other nonferrous metals. Catalytic converters, which contain platinum, and stainless steel beer kegs are included. Aluminum cans are not.
Updated: 10/31/2011 12:01A
John Edwards' Last Desperate Gamble
The case carries peril to all parties involved: not only for Edwards, but for the Justice Department and the Democratic Party. For Edwards, a conviction would mean not just the final, humiliating tumble in his precipitous fall from grace,
Updated: 10/30/2011 11:51P
CRIME AFTER CRIME (OWN Documentary Club) Premieres Thursday, November 3 at 9
Twenty years later, as she languishes in prison, a California law allowing incarcerated domestic-violence survivors to reopen their cases is passed. Debbie finds her only hope for freedom when two rookie attorneys with no background in criminal law
Updated: 10/30/2011 08:59P
'Unverified SIMs major cause of criminal activities'
The advisory board members stressed the need to approach the federal government for amendment in the laws pertaining to the evidence and the witness protection law which, in majority of cases, tends to protect the criminals at present.
Updated: 10/30/2011 08:42P
Cut-price legal aid could cost practice of justice dearly
This development, as well as section 19A of the Criminal Justice Act 1984, as amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2007, whereby inferences can be drawn from the failure of the accused person to mention a particular fact following their arrest,
Updated: 10/30/2011 08:25P
Legal aid warning over disabled
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has argued that the legal aid bill has spiralled in recent years and, with resources being squeezed across Whitehall, only cases where life or liberty are at stake should be routinely funded out of the public purse.
Updated: 10/30/2011 08:14P
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