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District 12: Kent Boles Jr.
Lowering property taxes to rebuild the middle class in Baltimore City; and d. Providing safe schools and a quality education for our children. 3. Do you support Baltimore's current crime-fighting strategy? What changes, if any, would you advocate for
Updated: 11/02/2011 08:13A
Deputies divided as abortion bill moves in Congress
“The main difference between legalizing the abortion and not doing it is that if legalized, all women from the poorest sectors would be able to do the same than those middle or high class women without risking their lives.
Updated: 11/02/2011 08:05A
New Orleans District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro is on the right side
Indeed, it is quite conceivable that judges accused of crimes themselves would merrily continue to lecture defendants on their moral shortcomings. But if all their honors were to be convicted, the criminal justice system would descend into chaos.
Updated: 11/02/2011 08:01A
USA Challenges S. Carolina Immigration Law
CHARLESTON, SC (CN) - The United States sued South Carolina stop enforcement of four sections of the state's new immigration law, which the Justice Department calls a "rigid approach of universal, undifferentiated enforcement" that
Updated: 11/02/2011 07:59A
Allegation against priest too old for criminal charges
An allegation of sexual misconduct against a priest happened too long ago for any potential charges to be brought under state law, according to prosecutors. The Archdiocese of Detroit announced recently that the Rev.
Updated: 11/02/2011 07:59A
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism Hearing
The fight against transnational organized crime is one of the highest enforcement priorities of the Department of Justice and the Administration. Together with the United States Attorneys' Offices and our many law enforcement partners, the Criminal
Updated: 11/02/2011 07:55A
Lawyers condemn migration law amendments
The migration law amendment was rushed through the lower house on Tuesday night in a rare show of bipartisan unity by Labor and Liberal. ''Retrospective legislation in criminal law is an extraordinary step. It is hardly ever taken by parliaments and
Updated: 11/02/2011 07:55A
Committee Against Torture Begins Examination of Report of Morocco
Abdoulaye Gaye , Committee Expert who Served as Rapporteur for the report of Morocco , welcomed the reforms introduced by Morocco , in particular the presumption of innocence, which had now been enshrined, improvements of custody treatment, medical
Updated: 11/02/2011 07:50A
Controversy arises as abortion bill moves in Congress
Deputy Martn Sabatella came on stage to support yesterday's Congressional Criminal Law Committee approval to a preliminary resolution to allow for a 12-week upper-limit abortion bill to move to the next stage, but the controversy is on as other
Updated: 11/02/2011 07:42A
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange loses appeal, will extradited to Sweden on sex charges
Assange also faces possible legal action in the United States, where prosecutors are investigating possible criminal charges against Assange. This is a Thursday , Nov . 4 , 2010 file photo of Wikileaks founder Julian.
Updated: 11/02/2011 07:30A
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