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South Carolina Sherriff Tells Citizens: "Arm Yourselves"
Lance has been charged numerous times over the past decades with crimes against women and with resisting arrest. At the time of his latest alleged attack, he was on parole for a federal gun charge. His rap sheet contains more than 20 criminal charges
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:49A
Romanian eBay hacker and prosecutor both unhappy with appeal ruling
Duiculescu was arrested in April 2008 in Bucharest after a joint investigation by law enforcement authorities in Romania and the US He was charged with several counts of unauthorized access to a computer system, accessing and modifying information
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:45A
JOEY KENNEDY: Ten reasons Alabama's immigration law should be repealed
That's in a state of 4.7 million people. Don't sweat the small stuff. 2. Alabama's immigration law overreaches. As originally passed, the law would make criminals out of people who aided undocumented residents. If somebody rented an apartment to an
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:22A
Cutting legal aid
England and Wales spend about £2.1 billion a year on legal aid, more than half of it on criminal matters. The bill is less than it was in 2003-04; the previous, Labour, government hacked it back repeatedly. But it is still much more per head than in
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:15A
Law changes linked to drug smuggling
Immigration laws that opened the door for more Chinese to move to New Zealand have been a boon for drug smugglers, a customs official says. Illegal drugs smuggled into New Zealand are being intercepted at twice the rate they were 10 years ago.
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:10A
Judge William Adams, seen on tape beating daughter: I was right
Loyola Law School Criminal Law Professor Laurie Levinson told CBS News, "There is no way to justify what happened in this video." Levinson says she believes it would be a hard case to prosecute. "This happened several years ago, and the statute of
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:08A
Hank Skinner, Texas Death Row Inmate, One Week From Execution Despite Untested
The other problem is that Skinner did ask for testing at the time of trial. His court-appointed attorney made a strategic decision to disregard his client's wishes, believing the testing would implicate him. That attorney, Harold Lee Comer,
Updated: 11/03/2011 11:02A
Stetson University College of Law Inducts Seven Into Hall of Fame
He has written extensively on criminal justice, law and literature, and related topics. Since 1995, Professor Batey has been a member of the Families Against Mandatory Minimums organization. Albert Farrah was the inaugural dean of Florida's first law
Updated: 11/03/2011 10:52A
New Brunswick supports federal omnibus justice bill, says cost can't be barrier
OTTAWA - The New Brunswick attorney general backs the sweeping federal justice bill, saying the measures will be worth the price-tag. Marie-Claude Blais said Thursday her province is still studying the cost, but insisted money cannot be a barrier to
Updated: 11/03/2011 10:51A
Housing Justice welcomes Westminster climb-down on soup runs
By staff writers Housing Justice has welcomed the news that Westminster Council is dropping its proposal to introduce a new by law making it a criminal offence to feed homeless people on the streets. The development follows weeks of campaigning and
Updated: 11/03/2011 10:51A
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