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Cold cases yield results
But if justice has an enemy, it is time. And now, officials are conceding that the spectacle of juries passing judgment on such aging killers is just about past. The Department of Justice, under its 5-year-old "Cold Case Initiative" and the 2007 Emmett
Updated: 11/06/2011 03:56A
Father of 'Sealed Envelope' in Hague Breathes His Last [opinion]
Nov 06, 2011 (The Nation/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- The death of Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, a fugitive of international criminal law, overshadowed the death of Antonio Cassese, an Italian professor of international law and a jurist who
Updated: 11/06/2011 03:40A
Wright urges people to take responsibility for their own safety
Wright expressed his disappointment that the criminal justice system had allowed this man to be free to attack someone. “Our form of justice is not making it,” he announced. Wright went further, urging women to arm themselves and obtain concealed
Updated: 11/06/2011 03:37A
A little pot means big trouble in New York: 50K busts a year
Last year, there were 50377 arrests citywide, up from 46492 in 2009, according to statistics from the state Division of Criminal Justice Services. That represents about 616 arrests per 100000 city residents. Police officials say the studies done by the
Updated: 11/06/2011 03:13A
Occupy Nashville protesters find their legal hero
In 1989, he left a job as the administrative affairs director at the Davidson County Sheriff's Office and started a solo law practice that focused primarily on criminal defense work. The practice struggled at times, and Nelson declared bankruptcy twice
Updated: 11/06/2011 03:11A
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Funny thing, the very “unions” and public employees to whom they refer are the only ones who have already actually done something. At the state level, they have $600 million to show for it. As a result of concessions made at the bargaining table over
Updated: 11/06/2011 02:54A
Kenya: Father of 'Sealed Envelope' in Hague Breathes His Last
The death of Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, a fugitive of international criminal law, overshadowed the death of Antonio Cassese, an Italian professor of international law and a jurist who was regarded as the chief architect of modern international
Updated: 11/06/2011 02:33A
19-year ordeal ends for dead woman's kin
Family members of murder victim Gladys Wakabayashi, who say they have waited 19 years for justice, were gratified to see a jury render a guilty verdict Friday.
Updated: 11/06/2011 02:32A
Texas Removes Sex Offender Designation From 176 Parolees
The change in state policy came as a result of court battles over the constitutionality of Special Condition X and state legislators questioning the Department of Criminal Justice's use of taxpayer funds. In the latest of a decade-long series of court
Updated: 11/06/2011 02:26A
No to lowering of age of children criminally liable --DSWD
DSWD 6 Social Welfare Officer IV Rosario Sanagustin disclosed in a PIA-Cable Television program that within the framework of RA 9344, otherwise known as the Juvenile Justice Welfare Act of 2006, the children in conflict with the law are given an
Updated: 11/06/2011 02:03A
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