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NEW INFO: Mason County Sheriff Arrested and Charged with Wanton Endangerment
Our justice system and law enforcement is flawed im not saying all law enforcement is ba dbut most shrugg off many violations and the system itself isnt too good either. I studied criminal law and its as backwards as our political system.
Updated: 11/11/2011 09:29P
Punished, Debarred--But Still Members of the Bar
Even though Udell pled guilty to a crime, the state bar of Connecticut has no public record of disciplinary action against him. And he still practices law. Today he operates a solo legal office in Westport, Connecticut, while his appeal is pending
Updated: 11/11/2011 09:25P
Occupy Movement Challenges Law Enforcement Methodology
The Occupy movement that started in Wall Street and has since spread across the globe shows no signs of slowing, and what law enforcement officials may have once thought was a passing fad must now contend with the
Updated: 11/11/2011 09:23P
More firms breach software laws
HA NOI — The Inspectorate of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, in collaboration with the Hi-tech Crime Police Bureau (Ministry of Public Security), raided scores of firms in cities across the country last month.
Updated: 11/11/2011 08:43P
Int'l crime court welcomes PHL as state party to Rome Statute
Morales added the Philippines has a full range of domestic laws that complement the Rome Statute, with Republic Act 9851 or the Philippine Act on Crimes against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide and other Crimes against Humanity being the most
Updated: 11/11/2011 08:31P
Need to review outdated laws to tackle crimes by modern-day children
The police are there only to interpret the law, and take action within the framework of the law; and this will be insufficient in view of the aforesaid limitations. The inability of the law to deal with such a heinous crime by those of very tender age
Updated: 11/11/2011 07:02P
Penn State Has Exemption From Disclosure Law
The criminal allegations against Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach accused of sexually abusing young boys, have prompted questions about what officials at Penn State knew and when.
Updated: 11/11/2011 06:55P
Cannabis grower will keep house
A convicted drug cultivator will keep his home - formerly a cannabis grow house - after agreeing to pay out law-enforcers trying to seize the property under criminal assets laws. The settlement, negotiated late last
Updated: 11/11/2011 06:48P
Even suspicion of sex abuse must be reported, Florida experts say in wake of
But the law, which specifies teachers, doctors, child care workers and other professionals must report abuse, has let to few penalties for those who don't follow it in Palm Beach County, according to records from the State Attorney's Office.
Updated: 11/11/2011 06:15P
Unthinkable? Voluntary poppies
That irony may not (yet) be enforced through the criminal law, but is imposed through aggressive media policing. Just look at the bile stirred when Ken Clarke, one of our last politicians to have lived through a serious war, failed to attend to his
Updated: 11/11/2011 05:56P