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Israel Considers Military Assault on Iran's Nuclear Program
A new Criminal Code of Canada is a new Criminal Code of Canada; it's not like they could opt to use the old one. At least one Bloc Qubcois MP mused Tuesday that Quebec could refuse to enforce the legislation. The omnibus crime bill includes,
Updated: 11/02/2011 03:43P
ICC still negotiating surrender terms with Kadhafi son
It is up to the UN Security Council to ensure that they face justice for the crimes for which they are charged." The ICC, with the UN sanctions committee on Libya and the international police agency, Interpol, were hunting for Seif's assets,
Updated: 11/02/2011 03:19P
Brooklyn Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges 12 Individuals for Participating
WASHINGTON—Twelve individuals, including three medical doctors, a doctor of osteopathy and a chiropractor, were charged today in the Eastern District of New York for their roles in separate health care fraud schemes that resulted in the submission of
Updated: 11/02/2011 03:16P
Young offender charged in Wal-Mart arson
to recognize the suspect in the Range Lake area and arrested the 17-year-old. Law said he's been charged and released with a promise to appear in court on December 12. The name of the accused can not be released under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
Updated: 11/02/2011 03:12P
Long-time police officer succumbs to leukemia
The Charleston community is mourning the loss of a long-time police officer after he succumbed to leukemia Wednesday morning at the age of 60. Captain Gary Louis Tillman spent 38 years with the Charleston City Police Department.
Updated: 11/02/2011 03:11P
'Felon' Is the New N-Word
Michelle Alexander's 'The New Jim Crow' challenges us to confront the shame of our criminal justice system in the pursuit of real justice. For anyone who has read Ohio State University law
Updated: 11/02/2011 03:08P
ICC still negotiating surrender terms with Qaddafi son
The International Criminal Court has "received questions from individuals linked to Seif al-Islam about the legal conditions attaching to his potential surrender," chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told the UN Security Council.
Updated: 11/02/2011 02:59P
Apple's Spanish Android conquest squished
Apple's aggressive attack on a small Spanish Android tablet brand, nt-k, has come unhinged after a local court in Valencia rejected Apple's attempt to have its copying claims heard under criminal law.
Updated: 11/02/2011 02:57P
2 internal investigations involving Surprise police drag on
"As a matter of protocol, we let the criminal investigation unfold first," he said. "We don't want to interfere with or step on the toes of that criminal investigation." Young said federal law also protects government employees from being compelled to
Updated: 11/02/2011 02:56P
Officer cleared in shooting death
Vancouver major-crime detectives concluded Wednesday there were no reasonable grounds to believe the Mountie involved, an 18-year veteran, went beyond the law in shooting Wright in the stomach at his Langley apartment. But lawyer Donald Sorochan,
Updated: 11/02/2011 02:54P