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Santa Cruz 'Smart on Crime' Panel Looks at Pros and Cons of Adding State
Top officials in the Santa Cruz criminal justice system held a public conference on Monday to discuss, in the words of Sheriff Phil Wowack, “one of the largest changes I have ever seen in my 30 years of Law Enforcement" and one that he said needed many
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:36A
Who Should Bring Gadhafi's Son to Justice?
The International Criminal Court in The Hague and Tripoli's new leaders can't agree on who should put Moammar Gadhafi's son Saif al-Islam on trial -- or even whether the manhunt for the deposed dictator itself can be called off.
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:36A
Holder Thumbs His Nose at Brian Terry's Family, Says We Need More Gun Control
What was that line about repeating the same mistake expecting different results? Tell me another way to avoid a nuclear exchange. I'm all ears. I mean keys . . . Holder is a criminal. Until he is behind bars there is no rule of law in America.
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:30A
SC Most Violent State Over Past Decade
The state reported 744.4 violent crimes per 100000 residents from 2001 to 2010, while the national violent crime rate was 463.7 per 100000. However, a USC criminal justice professor told Upstate news station WSPA 7 that South Carolina's rates could be
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:14A
Texas prosecutors won't stop rush to execution
Hank Skinner, whose scheduled execution in Texas was delayed Monday, is seeking DNA testing of the evidence. Editor's note: Mark Osler, a professor of law at the University of St. Thomas Law School in Minnesota,
Updated: 11/09/2011 09:10A
TAiwan gov't toughens punishment for driving under influence
Previously, the penalty under Criminal Code Article 185-3 was only one year imprisonment or detention, and the fine was set at NT$150000 (US$4950). The number of accidents caused by drunken driving in Taiwan remains high and endangers the safety of
Updated: 11/09/2011 08:33A
Philippine gov't bars Arroyo from travel
Invoking the primacy of national interest over individual rights, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima Tuesday slammed the door on Arroyo's plan to seek medical treatment abroad. "My order is a denial of the request for an allow-departure order (ADO)," De
Updated: 11/09/2011 08:33A
Under Ohio law, ex-offenders banished for life from some jobs
The Ohio Justice and Policy Center in Cincinnati is launching what's considered a first-of-its-kind database that allows the general public, offenders, defense attorneys, prosecutors and judges to see how felony, and even misdemeanor, records affect
Updated: 11/09/2011 08:32A
10 convicts are offered last chance in new police program
It was an intervention of community proportions — with the added muscle of local, state and federal law enforcement and criminal justice agencies — for 10 of the worst repeat violent offenders in Madison. And at least some of those who earned the
Updated: 11/09/2011 08:15A
Texting Ban Possibly Among Useless Wisconsin Laws
The same-sex marriage issue is one that is still being debated in courts, and certainly would be clearer without this criminal law in the way of couples who wanted to leave the state to get married where it is allowed. The fact is that we, as a state,
Updated: 11/09/2011 07:36A
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