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NYCAASA Announces New ED
She worked at CONNECT and its predecessor the Family Violence Project of the Urban Justice Center from 1994-2006. She has chaired several domestic violence task forces including the citywide Domestic Violence Criminal Justice Committee,
Updated: 11/02/2011 06:27P
Switzerland Supports Criminals & Hurts Your Wallet
What's more, in 2010, 53% of voters voted for a law proposed by the Swiss People's Party that, if passed, will allow automatic deportation of foreign nationals legally residing in the country who commit certain crimes. By now, you must be wondering why
Updated: 11/02/2011 06:23P
Immigration conflict leads to slew of hate crimes
Since Arizona passed immigration law, SB 1070, the level of racial profiling with the goal of catching illegal immigrants has skyrocketed. The law requires state law enforcement officers to determine an individual's immigration status during any lawful
Updated: 11/02/2011 06:19P
<p>Eyewitness Testimony Is Unreliable. So Why Can't the Supreme Court Say So?</p>
Both Chief Justice John Roberts and Kennedy take us on brief reminiscences of the good old days. “I remember in law school, one of the things in criminal law, the professor says, 'All right, everybody be quiet,' ” Roberts says.
Updated: 11/02/2011 06:04P
MF Global undergoing criminal probe by the FBI
A criminal probe by the FBI is seeking to find where MF Global is at fault. It is to the detriment of their clients that they have violated exchange law and have been in gross negligence of regulation. There is no two ways about it; MF Global violated
Updated: 11/02/2011 05:58P
ICC: Mercenaries may try to help Gadhafi son escape
"It is up to the UN Security Council and the states to ensure that they face justice for the crimes for which they are charged." While offering no details of contacts with anyone linked to Saif Al-Islam Gadhafi, Moreno-Ocampo said the ICC had offered
Updated: 11/02/2011 05:53P
Nilofar moves bill in Senate for amendment
The Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention (Amendment) Bill is an amendment in Pakistan Penal Code 1860. It increases the punishment of offenders up to life imprisonment and makes it mandatory for the offender to pay a fine of Rs1 million to the victim
Updated: 11/02/2011 05:49P
McShane appointed sttate's attorney for Middlesex
He earned his BA Degree from St. Michael's College in 1984 and his JD from the Boston University School of Law in 1987. He received the 2011 Oliver Ellsworth Prosecutor of the Year Award from the Connecticut Criminal Justice Educational and Charitable
Updated: 11/02/2011 05:48P
Libya: Nato to be investigated by for war crimes
Mr Moreno-Ocampo said it was possible that Libya's new government could be given jurisdiction in the case against Saif Gaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi, the late dictator's brother-in-law and intelligence chief. In the written text of a speech to the
Updated: 11/02/2011 05:34P
Crack Cocaine Sentences Slahsed Under New Law
"This really has been one of the great stains on our federal criminal justice system for 20 years or more," said Michael Nachmanoff, the federal public defender for the Eastern District of Virginia as quoted by CNN. "This disparity between the
Updated: 11/02/2011 05:17P
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