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Toomey urged to spare funding for Head Start
The crime reduction and workforce preparation benefits of early childhood education are too important to risk by cutting its federal funding, Lehigh Valley law enforcement and industry leaders said Wednesday.
Updated: 11/02/2011 07:55P
• ICC still negotiating surrender terms with Gaddafi 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 07:55P
Family Law Judge Investigated over Beating Video
Tim Jayroe, the police chief in William Adams' hometown of Rockport, a Gulf Coast community about 200 miles south of Houston, said Wednesday that he's asked the Texas Rangers to assist in investigating whether the video shows anything criminal happened
Updated: 11/02/2011 07:45P
New London prosecutor named State's Attorney in Middlesex County
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 07:23P
Widow fears arrest if she wears husband's medals to cenotaph
According to Section 419 of Criminal Code, it is against the law for anyone other than a veteran to wear a military medal. "I knew that it was sort of frowned upon . . . but I didn't realize that one could be arrested for wearing them," she said.
Updated: 11/02/2011 07:16P
Police investigate Texas judge over video beating
He dealt with at least 349 family law cases in the past year, nearly 50 of which involved state caseworkers seeking to determine whether parents were fit to raise their children. Texas' Department of Family and Protective Services is aware of the video
Updated: 11/02/2011 07:03P
Police investigate Texas family law judge over YouTube video of him whipping
He dealt with at least 349 family law cases in the past year, nearly 50 of which involved state caseworkers seeking to determine whether parents were fit to raise their children. Texas' Department of Family and Protective Services is aware of the video
Updated: 11/02/2011 06:59P
Rubashkin: Obama's Double Standard
The ACLU, the Washington Legal Foundation and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed supporting briefs in the appeal. District and appellate courts have repeatedly imposed and approved single digit sentences in higher-dollar-loss
Updated: 11/02/2011 06:54P
The legal landscape for MF Global's Jon Corzine
After MF Global filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday, regulators said a large amount of customer funds were unaccounted for. Reuters also has reported that the FBI is showing preliminary interest in regulatory probes looking into the missing funds
Updated: 11/02/2011 06:50P
Tory crime bill is too tough on the provinces
There are some useful changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act that liberal Quebec says it abhors; these will probably not break the provincial bank. The biggest expected cost is from a law that predates the current omnibus bill, and removes the
Updated: 11/02/2011 06:30P
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