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Officials Under Fire In Hunt For 'Fast And Furious' Blame
few law-abiding citizens are looking to buy semi-automatic weapons, and the lack of a requirement to notify ATF when such weapons are bought is a large part of the problem. “Information is the tool we need to challenge and defeat organized crime.
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:26P
War crimes judge on international law
Judge Patrick Robinson, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Barrister of Law at Middle Temple, gave a public lecture entitled “Building an International Rule of
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:19P
Administration Favors Settling With Banks on Criminal Actions They're STILL
Matt Stoller's piece on the latest in the foreclosure fraud settlement follies makes one very important point that I missed in my writeup: robo-signing is still happening. What makes these discussions so utterly absurd, so ridiculous, and farcical,
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:11P
Abrams Fensterman Opens Brooklyn Office
Esq. With the addition of Seddio and Carone, Abrams Fensterman is expanding the firm's scope of legal services to include franchise law, cemetery law, not-for-profit law, criminal law, government relations and municipality law, and election law.
Updated: 11/01/2011 02:50P
Politics has no place when it comes to crimes against humanity
Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS When General Augusto Pinochet, Chile's iron-fisted ruler for more than seventeen years, was arrested in London in October 1998 no government stood in the way of Spanish investigating judge Baltasar Garzon from obtaining
Updated: 11/01/2011 02:43P
Lucchese Organized Crime Family Member and Associate Among 13 Arrested
The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Lisa C. Page of the Organized Crime and Gang Section in the Justice Department's Criminal Division and Assistant US Attorney Steven D'Aguanno of the New Jersey US Attorney's Office Organized Crime/Gangs
Updated: 11/01/2011 02:35P
Galloway's Nicky Scarfo Jr. Among 13 Charged For Racketeering
The call was intercepted by law enforcement in December of 2007, and during the call, both men expressed relief at the executive's death. As a result of their criminal activitiy, the indictments allege the accused lived a lavish lifestyle,
Updated: 11/01/2011 02:34P
Anyah: Meet victims' lawyer at The Hague
Anyah's vast experience in international criminal law, having handled cases touching on high-ranking personalities as a defence and prosecution lawyer, is of value to his clients. Anyah left his home country, Nigeria, after high school to study
Updated: 11/01/2011 02:19P
Three Steps Forward and a Couple Steps Back for Drug Law Reform in Colorado
Besides being the Executive Director of the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, Christie is also on the Drug Policy Task Force of the Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ). The three bills were generated out of
Updated: 11/01/2011 02:14P
Local Cops Get Grants for Vests
TRENTON — The Office of Attorney General announced that the Division of Criminal Justice is distributing nearly $3.6 million to over 500 New Jersey law enforcement agencies for the purchase of bullet resistant vests.
Updated: 11/01/2011 02:12P