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Reforming the A-G's Office
This is easier said than done when there are politicians in the Cabinet who place politics first and law second. Usually the AG will relent in such situation. However as a Public Prosecutor, the AG works not for the government but for the public at
Updated: 11/01/2011 10:11P
Bill shifts way home invasions handled
Under current law, if a resident uses deadly or severe force against an intruder and claims self-defense against criminal prosecution, the burden of proof falls to the resident to prove the force was needed to prevent imminent death or substantial harm
Updated: 11/01/2011 09:59P
Commissary switch better deal for Winnebago County Jail
Winnebago County Corrections Officer Bobby Kibodeaux counts commissary items Thursday, April 15, 2010, at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center in Rockford. 50% Off 2 Large One-Topping Pizza's from Slice of Italy!
Updated: 11/01/2011 09:47P
Commentary: 'Castle' bill a bad idea
The State Bar Criminal Law Section is a professional organization of prosecutors, defense counsel, judges and professors. The section directors unanimously oppose this law. For the prosecutors, it is a law to allow people to get away with murder.
Updated: 11/01/2011 09:01P
High court case on GPS surveillance could break new ground
The federal Justice Department, appealing the warrant requirement, argues that drivers do not expect their movements to be kept private. "Officers do not conduct a 'search' when they observe matters conducted in the open, which anyone could see," US
Updated: 11/01/2011 09:01P
Keep thugs in jail and murder rates will drop 0
Winnipeg police Chief Keith McCaskill says Winnipeg's violent crime problem will not be solved by law enforcement alone. He says there are social problems that need to be addressed by various levels of government in order
Updated: 11/01/2011 08:55P
PPP, PML-N exchange barbs in Senate
The house referred the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2011 as passed by the National Assembly to amend the Pakistan Penal Code, 1860 and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 to the its Standing Committee on Law for further recommendations.
Updated: 11/01/2011 08:51P
Provinces tell Ottawa they won't pay for Harper's crime bill
Quebec's Justice Minister Jean-Marc Fournier has told the House of Commons Justice Committee that Quebec will not pay for the additional costs associated with the Conservative's crime omnibus bill. And in the process, he may have inadvertently started
Updated: 11/01/2011 08:44P
Can Citizens Record Cops on Cell Phones? Joining 1st Circuit in Boston, Oregon
Can Citizens Record Cops on Cell Phones? Joining 1st Circuit in Boston, Oregon Court Says Yes By Martha Neil Arrests of individuals who record police as they are being questioned have been much in the news lately. Among the latest to be criminally
Updated: 11/01/2011 08:29P
Stanford law professors submit proposed initiative to limit three strikes law
Jerry Brown's recent realignment of the criminal justice system. Some law enforcement officials have predicted that realignment, which shifts responsibility for certain lower-level offenders from the state prison system to the counties,
Updated: 11/01/2011 08:12P
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