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Study will look at best way for Dallas County to release prisoners from jail
If it shows certain types of bonds have greater appearance rates, we would want to move toward more of those bonds.” Dallas County relies more heavily on the commercial bail bond industry to get defendants out of jail pending trial than other large
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:28P
Mexico is Making Some Headway in Fight against Crime Cartels
The "drug cartels," as they are popularly labeled, have clearly demonstrated their diversity in turning a few (billion) dollars. Drug smuggling to supply a voracious appetite for drugs in the USA has been their previous mainstay.
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:16P
'MPs delay changes in CrPC bail clause'
In the words of Justice Iyer, “The subject of bail belongs to the blurred area of criminal justice system and largely hinges on the haunch of the court, otherwise called judicial discretion. The CrPC is cryptic on the topic and the court prefers to be
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:11P
Is GPS tracking same as following person in vehicle?
The US Supreme Court will take up a case Tuesday that could have the kind of long-term impact felt after the landmark Miranda case that forever changed how law enforcement dealt with the rights of criminal suspects to remain silent.
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:10P
Penn State board meets amid news of criminal case against Sandusky
Earlier Sunday, Pittsburgh lawyer Thomas J. Farrell, a lawyer for Schultz, said the Pennsylvania law requiring some school officials and others to report suspected child abuse does not apply to a Penn State administrator. Farrell said he will seek to
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:02P
Seller never told couple about house's crime history
Q: We recently moved to Miami from Chicago and bought a waterfront home at a terrific price. We assumed the great deal was due to the economic slowdown. Shortly after we moved in neighbors told us about a botched robbery where the
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:01P
Justice system: Experts advocate involvement of psychologists, criminologists
Ogun State, Honourable Gbenga Osinowo, in his lecture entitled “Legal, criminological, economic, psycho-social and security implications of Customs Evasion: Nigeria models and paradigm,” supported the idea of involving experts in criminal justice.
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:00P
Exhibit A in 4th Amendment privacy cases: technology
Sunset Strip bookie Charlie Katz suspected the feds had bugged his apartment, so he would amble over to a pay phone outside where Carney's hot dog joint now stands to call in his bets to Boston and Miami.
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:57P
Four candidates vying for three justice seats in 4th Judicial District Supreme
Crowell, a 1992 graduate of Albany Law School, is looking to become the first woman to serve on the 4th Judicial District's Supreme Court. The former president of the Saratoga County Bar Association has worked in the Rensselaer County District
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:54P
Penn State board meets amid news of criminal case
Farrell told The Associated Press that the mandated reporting rules only apply to people who come into direct contact with children. He also said the statute of limitations for the summary offense with which Schultz is charged is two years,
Updated: 11/06/2011 10:54P
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