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The Champion Within
However, Sgt. Don Gulla of the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center in Burien has managed to hold onto his championship status for well over three decades, and counting. Since 1985, the 53-year-old King County deputy has won five gold
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:30P
Law professors shocked by police brutality against Occupy Oakland
Scott Campbell's injury from a non-lethal projtecile (Laura A. Oda/SJ Mercury News) Geoffrey Alpert, a University of South Carolina criminal justice professor who's an expert in police decision-making and use of force, said the video left him
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:27P
El Paso sex offender arrested for allegedly violating parole on Halloween
Belisario Domingo Martinez, 27, was arrested as part of Operation Safe Halloween, a joint operation between the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Parole Division, local law enforcement officials and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's Fugitive Unit
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:23P
Gov't backs bill to crack down on war monument vandalism
Veterans Affairs Minister Steven Blaney now backs a Conservative private member's bill that recommends adding a law to the Criminal Code that specifically targets people who deface war monuments.
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:23P
Law Society should investigate Michael Hulley - DA
Hulley specialises in criminal law. Why does the President need a criminal lawyer as a legal advisor? The Democratic Alliance understands that there are two outstanding investigations into Michael Hulley: one for his role in the Aurora Mining debacle,
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:17P
Solicitor: SC "Two Strikes, Three Strikes" Law Needs To Be Stronger
7th Circuit Solicitor Barry Barnette says more crimes should be added to the list, including common law robbery, 2nd-degree burglary (non-violent), assault with intent to kill, aggravated criminal domestic violence, and carbreaking.
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:11P
Secure Communities' Flawed Justifications
In essence, the program requires that local law enforcement submit fingerprint information from individuals arrested by federal immigration agencies that determine their immigration status. In theory, such collaboration allows the Department of
Updated: 11/08/2011 05:06P
Cracking the Penal Code
1, according to an Oct. 31 letter sent to US District judges by Maryland Assistant US Attorney Barbara Sale, the criminal-division chief. The reduced sentences are the result of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which reformed a long-criticized 1986 law
Updated: 11/08/2011 04:45P
New FCPA Guidance..Coming Right Up!
It's not like they have any case law to lean on. Bribery cases against companies settle. That's a fact. If you want to know where the line between legitimate business expense and bribe falls, good luck finding it. What's a facilitation payment?
Updated: 11/08/2011 04:44P
Breuer Teases FCPA Guidance To Come In 2012
Moyer added that the tease of the guidance amounted to only about two sentences of Breuer's remarks, and that there were few details about what would be in it, let alone whether it would address changes to the law sought by business groups,
Updated: 11/08/2011 04:39P
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