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Bikie gangs to face tough new laws
Attorney General Christian Porter hopes to shatter the core of outlaw bikie gangs with the new law. "For a range of prescribed offences which may be committed by members of organised crime, courts would be required to impose at least two years
Updated: 11/12/2011 10:37P
"This law confuses professionals who deal with it all the time"
The Pennsylvania Code contains administrative rules and regulations and penalties for violations. The Child Protective Services law is a state statute that assigns criminal penalties and it supersedes the state code, Jackman said.
Updated: 11/12/2011 10:09P
Better late than never
We are not waking up to the fact that there is a dire education emergency, health situation is deteriorating, solid waste disposal is choking up our sreets and sewerage systems, tourism is dying, and foreign investments are dwindling.
Updated: 11/12/2011 09:48P
Confiscations after crimes pay off for Boynton Beach
Green also said that "typically, most law enforcement agencies use forfeiture as a revenue source." "It's not really making money off criminals. The way the thing was designed was to take criminals out of business. Obviously, the criminal justice
Updated: 11/12/2011 08:25P
Lawyer: Paterno law team may try for loophole
In addition to charges against Sandusky, attorney general Linda Kelly is pursuing criminal charges against former athletic director Tim Curley and university administrator Gary Schultz for their roles in the alleged cover-up. Paterno, who is not facing
Updated: 11/12/2011 06:52P
Inside story of House moves to reform EFCC
Sunday Oguntola considers the political motives behind the exercise The fireworks only started few weeks ago. The battle lines were drawn long before. When the House of Representatives passed an amendment bill to the Economic and Financial Crimes
Updated: 11/12/2011 06:05P
Bid to break WA bikie gangs
Authorities in South Australia and New South Wales have tried to introduce similar anti-association laws, but they were shot down after challenges in the High Court. But Mr Porter said the WA legislation called the Criminal Organisations Control Bill
Updated: 11/12/2011 06:01P
Law-Enforcement Hotties Round 3 Ends With Criminal Minds vs. NCIS, L&O vs
Round 3 of our Ultimate Law-Enforcement Crushes Tournament comes to an end with a showdown between two CBS dreamboats, and a battle starring a couple of gone-but-hardly-forgotten procedural protagonists. The choices in front of you
Updated: 11/12/2011 05:59P
California Marijuana Arrests Skyrocketing, New Report Finds
Arrests in every category of crime are down -- way down: Arrests for rape, murder, and theft have all decreased by two-thirds since 1990, according to a study published last week by the Center for Juvenile and Criminal Justice. Every crime except one,
Updated: 11/12/2011 05:17P
Confronting the Past, Protecting the Future
The Daily News, described this as "a domestic process in pursuing an agenda of restorative justice, to address the human and emotional repercussions of the decades-long conflict and thereby lay the foundations for continued reconciliation".
Updated: 11/12/2011 03:35P
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