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'Blind Goddess: A Reader on Race and Justice:' A book review
By Star-Ledger Entertainment Desk In her foreword to this collection of writings by experts in and observers of our criminal justice system, Columbia Law School professor Patricia J. Williams notes there are more African Americans incarcerated today
Updated: 11/06/2011 08:27A
NWTC criminal justice workshop targets women
Dawn VanBuren, an instructor with Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, demonstrates tactical handcuffing on Elizabeth Perry, 17, during a criminal justice seminar for women held at NWTC on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2011 in Green Bay.
Updated: 11/06/2011 08:22A
With execution clock ticking, supporters of Texas inmate press for DNA testing
"Executing Mr. Skinner without testing all the relevant evidence would suggest official indifference to the possibility of error in this case and needlessly undermine public confidence in Texas's criminal justice system," said a letter from former
Updated: 11/06/2011 08:10A
Money launderers head crime hit list
CRIMINAL syndicates that exist just to launder other criminals' black cash are an emerging trend to cater for the massive growth of organised crime which needs new ways to hide ill-gotten gains. In a speech to an anti-money laundering conference today,
Updated: 11/06/2011 08:09A
Cash laundering a huge growth industry
A TREND is emerging for criminal syndicates to exist solely to launder black cash, with massive growth of organised crime needing new ways to hide ill-gotten gains. In the keynote speech at a money-laundering conference in Sydney today,
Updated: 11/06/2011 07:41A
Forsyth sheriff: illegal immigrants not a significant criminal threat
WINSTON-SALEM -- The way some people talk, illegal immigrants are inherently more dangerous to society than most law-abiding Americans. "You're dealing with a criminal culture that where they're from, no one ever gets charged,"
Updated: 11/06/2011 07:25A
Guest Viewpoint: America must choose reason, not madness
The reasonable and prudent man who carefully weighs the consequences of his actions in order to achieve the maximum pleasure and avoid the pain of wrongdoing is the model for all civil and criminal law, democracy and government, capitalism and penology
Updated: 11/06/2011 07:00A
The Politics of Campus Sexual Assault
In fact, Warner was never actually charged with a crime in the justice system -- but his accuser, Jessica Murray, was. In May of the same year, the Grand Forks, North Dakota police department formally charged her with filling a false report after
Updated: 11/06/2011 06:44A
Room to breathe in family court
It's the day when Protection from Abuse petitions are heard, forcing men and women who've accused each other of domestic violence to meet face to face as they tell their stories to a judge. For decades, PFA hearings were held on the cramped third floor
Updated: 11/06/2011 06:22A
Legal muscle
“Goldberg was not hired as a criminal-defense attorney for this matter,” according to a spokesman at Goldberg's law office. Rangel is still on the hot seat before the Federal Election Commission, which launched a probe after The Post revealed he
Updated: 11/06/2011 06:18A
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