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Quebec, Ontario won't pay costs of federal crime bill
Courts in those provinces would be obliged to obey changes to the Criminal Code. Fournier noted that Quebec has the lowest crime rates in the country and a criminal justice system that has been studied by other countries. He said measures in C-10 on
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:49P
We won't pay for crime bill: Quebec, Ontario
Courts in those provinces would be obliged to obey changes to the Criminal Code. Fournier noted that Quebec has the lowest crime rates in the country and a criminal justice system that has been studied by other countries. He said measures in C-10 on
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:47P
Money comes from $1 surcharge on traffic tickets
The money is being provided to state, county and local law enforcement and corrections agencies from the state's Body Armor Replacement Fund, which was established by legislation in 1998 and is funded through a $1 surcharge on traffic tickets and
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:45P
BNA Books' "The Law Officer's Pocket Manual, 2012 Edition" -- Updated with
and security patrols nationwide have used The Law Officer's Pocket Manual on the beat, in daily briefings, and in training, because it is written in plain English and updated annually by the experienced editors of BNA's Criminal Law Reporter.
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:43P
BNA Books' "The Law Officer's Pocket Manual, 2012 Edition" ? Updated with
1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, today announces the publication of the 2012 EDITION of The Law Officer's Pocket Manual giving law enforcement quick, reliable guidance based on
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:40P
Quebec and Ontario refuse to pay costs of federal crime bill
Both Ontario and Quebec are balking at paying the costs associated with the federal government's new crime bill, joining other provincial and opposition politicians worried about the tab for expanding the prison system. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:35P
Can restorative justice balance the scales for African American youth?
Restorative justice is a way of responding to crime that focuses more on people and relationships, and less on the law that has been broken. Whereas the criminal justice system typically asks, “What law has been broken?” “Who broke it?
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:33P
ATF Gunwalking docs show Justice Dept. feared bad press
An e-mail exchange among Justice Department officials in 2010 shows some in the Department worried about bad press if reporters knew the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives let guns "walk" into the hands of drug cartels.
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:31P
BNA Books' "The Law Officer's Pocket Manual, 2012 Edition" — Updated with
1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, today announces the publication of the 2012 EDITION of The Law Officer's Pocket Manual giving law enforcement quick, reliable guidance based on
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:27P
Woman Serving Unfair Sentence for Non-Violent Crime Applies for Sentence Reduction
“Hamedah's case demonstrates the sad reality that, for too long, our nation's crack sentencing laws has produced racially skewed and needlessly harsh sentences,” said Jason Williamson, staff attorney with the ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project.
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:26P
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