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U of M Announces Creation of New Institute
The U of M Law School announced the creation of the Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice this week. The institute works with policy makers, practitioners, and leading scholars to improve criminal justice systems that are inefficient.
Updated: 11/01/2011 02:11P
Local law enforcement granted over $49430 for body armor from Division of
The Body Armor Replacement Fund was established by legislation in 1998 and is funded through a $1 surcharge on traffic tickets and forfeitures of bail. Grants were provided to all 544 state, county and local law enforcement agencies that applied for
Updated: 11/01/2011 02:10P
Gloucester County police departments get $81,00 for body armor, vests
By Jessica Beym/Gloucester County Times The Division of Criminal Justice is distributing nearly $3.6 million to more than 500 New Jersey law enforcement agencies to purchase or replace body armor vests for their officers.
Updated: 11/01/2011 02:06P
No criminal charges filed after judge's death
No criminal charges will be filed in the death of County Court at Law Judge Larry "Rusty" Ladd, according to Lubbock police. Judge Ladd died Sept. 30 after a 17-year-old driver in a Jeep SUV collided with his motorcycle.
Updated: 11/01/2011 01:50P
Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer Blames Second Amendment For ATF/DOJ
Also during testimony, Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein pushed for more gun control and Breuer expressed his agreement with her statements that American gun laws are too “lax” and therefore result it more violent crime. Feinstein asked Breuer if he
Updated: 11/01/2011 01:43P
Controversial Sofia Judge Prone to Delegate Wiretapping to Deputy
Photo by BGNES A judge who has not specialized in criminal law has been said to approve around 3/4 of the requests for the deployment of special surveillance devices submitted with the Sofia City Court (SCC). An inquiry of Bulgarian news portal
Updated: 11/01/2011 01:30P
White House Responds to Online Marijuana Petitions
We also recognize that legalizing marijuana would not provide the answer to any of the health, social, youth education, criminal justice, and community quality of life challenges associated with drug use. That is why the President's National Drug
Updated: 11/01/2011 01:25P
Turkish politicians blast courts on reduced sentence for rapists
According to earlier version of the Turkish Penal Code, when the crime was committed, the legal age of consent to sexual activity was 15 and the courts applied the minimum sentence for such abusers. elik harshly criticized the approval of Supreme
Updated: 11/01/2011 01:23P
Chance at Freedom: Retroactive Crack Sentence Reductions For Up to 12000 May
Last year, Congress took a major step toward ensuring fairness in the criminal justice system by passing the Fair Sentencing Act (FSA), which reduced racial disparities caused by draconian crack cocaine sentencing laws. The FSA made two major changes
Updated: 11/01/2011 01:16P
Breuer: Wiretap no way to control Operation Fast & Furious
The Justice Department's reviews of requests for wiretaps in Operation Fast & Furious could not have been expected to prompt senior department officials to shut down the controversial 'gunwalking' aspect of that operation, the head of DOJ's Criminal
Updated: 11/01/2011 12:57P
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