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Taxpayers Pay Billions for Dysfunctional Criminal Justice but Senator Webb
Mandatory sentencing laws are stark and cold and do not allow judges to consider the facts of each case say LibertyBell Law Group's criminal defense attorneys. In effect, mandatory sentencing shifts power from judges to prosecutors as it gives
Updated: 11/03/2011 06:16A
Online University Partners with National Sheriffs' Association
CalSouthern is an online university that offers accredited online degree and certificate programs in business, psychology, and law. Study areas of particular interest to NSA members include criminal and juvenile justice, criminal law, leadership,
Updated: 11/03/2011 06:16A
DR Congo: Arrest Candidate Wanted for Mass Rape
Congo's electoral law does not prohibit a person charged with a crime from running for office. Electoral law disqualifies individuals for running for office if they have been found guilty under a definitive judgment for serious crimes, including war
Updated: 11/03/2011 06:16A
Election 2011: Hempstead Town Clerk
After briefly retiring, Anchin was licensed as a Five Towns real estate sales agent. He is currently on the Woodmere Merchants Association Board of Directors. Anchin has participated in professional, community and synagogue activities,
Updated: 11/03/2011 06:00A
Yeddyurappa gets bail in one of five private complaints
relating to denotification of land in Geddalahalli on the outskirts of the city, Justice BV Pinto said the status of a person should not be a demerit for him while getting the benefit under criminal law relating to a private complaint.
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:33A
Congo-Kinshasa: Arrest Candidate Wanted for Mass Rape
Congo's electoral law does not prohibit a person charged with a crime from running for office. Electoral law disqualifies individuals for running for office if they have been found guilty under a definitive judgment for serious crimes, including war
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:17A
Editorial: Our picks for Delco DA, Common Pleas Court
Nichols has practiced law for 37 years and currently sits on the county bar association board of directors. He's practiced both civil and criminal law and has a strong background in legal assistance work, in addition to heading Pennsylvania Civil Law
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:11A
Global War Crimes Court Seeks Gaddafi Son's Surrender
He added that it was possible Libya's new government could be given jurisdiction in the case against Saif and Abdullah al-Senussi, the late dictator's brother-in-law and intelligence chief, reports AFP. The ICC issued warrants on June 27 against
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:09A
A negative spin on positive action by law enforcement
In the criminal justice system, we call that burglary, a felony. The editorial refers to the term “top fugitive” approximately four times and suggests we were exaggerating the importance of the sweep. Webster's defines, “top” as relating to or being at
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:08A
ICC still looking for Saif
The International Criminal Court has "received questions from individuals linked to Saif al-Islam about the legal conditions attaching to his potential surrender," chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told the UN Security Council.
Updated: 11/03/2011 05:07A
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