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Obama Slaps Intimidation Lawsuit on South Carolina Over Illegals
Other costs include criminal justice and jail. The Center for Immigration Studies reports that South Carolina has suffered a 337% spike in illegal immigration since 1990. In Alabama, illegal immigration has skyrocketed 287% over that period.
Updated: 11/07/2011 02:06A
Harper defends contentious anti-crime bill
"And this is a fundamental responsibility of government to make sure there's a criminal justice system that does what it can to protect people. And all the data I've seen has suggested that whether it's Quebec, Ontario or anywhere else in the country,
Updated: 11/07/2011 01:25A
Crime bill too expensive for some provinces
The answer lies in the attitude of the federal government, which has traditionally exercised its authority over criminal law with restraint. The feds worked with the provinces. They consulted. They did not pass laws dramatically out of line with what
Updated: 11/07/2011 01:25A
Harper to premiers: 'Pay up' for new crime bill
"And this is a fundamental responsibility of government to make sure there's a criminal justice system that does what it can to protect people. And all the data I've seen has suggested that whether it's Quebec, Ontario or anywhere else in the country,
Updated: 11/07/2011 01:21A
Analysis: Justice court judge misconduct continues
Justice courts have jurisdiction over small-claims civil cases involving amounts of $3500 or less, misdemeanor criminal cases and any traffic offense that occurs outside a municipality. Justice court judges may conduct bond hearings and preliminary
Updated: 11/07/2011 12:49A
FBI says end near in civil-rights era prosecutions
The Department of Justice, under its 5-year-old “Cold Case Initiative” and the 2007 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act, has combed through that dark period of American history, seeking any cases that still could be prosecuted.
Updated: 11/07/2011 12:42A
Immunity of State Officials Remains at Issue as Legal Committee Ends Review of
It was important that the relationship between that obligation and related areas of international criminal law, including universal jurisdiction, be established. As it was unlikely that there was any such obligation under customary international law,
Updated: 11/07/2011 12:09A
Analysis: Officials say new training, exam requirements to improve Mississippi
Gone are the days when a Mississippi motorist had to call down to the local body shop to get the justice of the peace off an oil change to find out the cost of a speeding ticket. Recent events have put justice court judges — as they have been known
Updated: 11/07/2011 12:07A
Criminals use social media in choosing their victims
According to 2011 Pew Research Center data, 65 percent of adult Internet users say they use social networking sites and 9 percent have opted into the Facebook and Twitter functions that automatically tag their posts with a location.
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:42P
Police say money laundering harder to trace
A national conference has been told more sophisticated technology has made money laundering more difficult to detect. Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Andrew Colvin says organised crime groups are no longer personally dealing with a bank,
Updated: 11/06/2011 11:32P
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