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Huss charged with theft, fraudulent practices
Sue Huss, the former dispatch supervisor for the Webster County Law Enforcement Telecommunications Center, has been charged with three felonies alleging misconduct while on the job. According to a press release from the Iowa Division of Criminal
Updated: 11/01/2011 04:23P
Rhetoric, conspiracy theories, politics muddle reality of Fast and Furious
Asked via email about this use of Fast and Furious in fundraising, Babeu did not address the issue directly: "As an elected official, citizens are my bosses and I will continue to answer their demands for accountability and justice regarding this
Updated: 11/01/2011 04:16P
Quebec and Ontario say they 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 04:13P
Law enforcement academy registration is announced
Those taking part receive training in Missouri criminal statutes, constitutional law, criminal investigation, patrol techniques, defense tactics training, physical training, firearms training and other skills and abilities deemed necessary by the state
Updated: 11/01/2011 04:06P
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To prosecute them would only engender a cycle of retribution. Political harmony thus trumps the need to enforce the rule of law. Of course, all criminal prosecutions are, by definition, exercises in looking to the past rather than the future.
Updated: 11/01/2011 04:01P
Pleas get review by justices
“It was the defendant's choice, not the lawyers' choice” to plead guilty, Chief Justice John Roberts told one advocate. And the defendant has to live with his decision, he suggested. One case from Missouri involved a lawyer who failed to tell his
Updated: 11/01/2011 04:00P
Legal aid bill threat to abused women
Family legal aid will only be allowed where domestic violence is shown by the existence of an injunction, a criminal conviction, if the victim is subject to a multi-agency risk assessment conference, or where violence has been found as fact in the
Updated: 11/01/2011 04:00P
MSNBC Host: Why Should People Have Guns When We Have Cops
The sheriff of Spartanburg County, SC, turned a news conference about an attempted rape in his community into an extended rant Monday in which he slammed a criminal justice system preferred by "liberals" for failing to keep the repeat-offender suspect
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:57P
Fast & Furious: Evaluation of Investigative Tactics Is Precisely DOJ's Job
As Robert's post indicates, criminal division chief Lanny Breuer is apparently being offered up as the fall-guy on Fast & Furious. He's also the official assigned the unenviable task of explaining such things as why the Justice Department did not put a
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:57P
Iran: Parliament Set To Criminalize More Web Activities
Iran's Parliament is preparing a proposal to widen the scope of computer crime laws to include text messages, weblogs and comments left on websites. The computer crimes laws were established in 2009 and they have their own special special courts
Updated: 11/01/2011 03:52P
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