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Doctor guilty in King of Pop's death
Nick Ut / the associated press Demonstrators rejoice outside the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Monday after it was announced jurors had reached a guilty verdict in the involuntary manslaughter trial of pop star Michael Jackson?s doctor.
Updated: 11/08/2011 11:09A
Senate poised to debate repeat offender bill Thursday
In addition, the area around schools marked for tougher sentences for anyone convicted of selling drugs would shrink from 1000 feet to 500 feet, under the bill. Proponents of shrinking school zones argue that the law disproportionately penalizes
Updated: 11/08/2011 11:01A
Lawmakers pass amendment to beef up corruption law
The legislature yesterday also approved an amendment to the Criminal Code that significantly increases penalties for drunk driving, a move following an incident in Taipei on Oct. 2 in which a young firefighter had her left leg amputated at the knee
Updated: 11/08/2011 11:01A
Holder faces fire from Senate GOP
A particular target of GOP criticism was the chief of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, Lanny Breuer. Grassley faulted Breuer for allowing the department to send a letter to Congress in February denying that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:59A
US Attorney in Brooklyn taps new criminal chief
"Over the past five years, Marshall's leadership of the office's terrorism program has been a principal factor in building the violent crimes and terrorism section into the Department of Justice's premier counter-terrorism unit," Lynch said in a
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:52A
U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn taps new criminal chief
"Over the past five years, Marshall's leadership of the office's terrorism program has been a principal factor in building the violent crimes and terrorism section into the Department of Justice's premier counter-terrorism unit," Lynch said in a
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:50A
NYPD 'Demographics Unit' That Targets Muslims May Face No Legal Recourse
Even in cases where surveillance notes leak out, the chances of winning a lawsuit are "marginal" unless the leaking was done with the clear intent of harming someone, he said. In Ahmad's case, police documents obtained by the AP show officers were
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:42A
The Texas DAs Who Denied Hank Skinner Justice
The saga of Hank Skinner's fight for DNA testing, and for his life, reads like a Russian novel. Yesterday's chapter concluded with a stay of execution by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The Texas high court agreed to decide whether a new state DNA
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:35A
Firms suspected of Bribery Act offences may be investigated, SFO Director says
Barry Vitou, anti-corruption law expert at Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, said that SFO enforcement action under the Bribery Act was inevitable and that businesses should not rely on the SFO not turning words in actions.
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:32A
Are 4 bodies in Wisconsin crime boss case buried in concrete?
Lock expanded his illicit operations, as he outsmarted law enforcement and twisted the criminal justice system to his advantage, a Journal Sentinel investigation found. Lock's enterprise was dismantled by an unorthodox, secretive investigation that
Updated: 11/08/2011 10:21A
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