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District Court Judge appointed
and jury trial jurisdictions including appeals and sentencings in the High Court and Court of Appeal. Judge Sinclair has served on the Auckland District Law Society Criminal Law Committee for the past three years and is an accredited LEADR mediator.
Updated: 11/13/2011 10:25P
WA lawyers oppose bikie laws
Lawyers have spoken against the West Australian government's plan to adopt the toughest organised crime laws in the country, which could see bikies banned from associating. Groups deemed to organise, plan and facilitate criminal activity, and that pose
Updated: 11/13/2011 10:06P
Penn State Scandal: Governor Wants Tougher Sex Crime Laws
Corbett, who as attorney general launched the investigation into sex crimes at the school, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday that a new state law should be enacted to ensure child sex crimes are reported to the authorities.
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:49P
Police-supply firms give big for museum
13, 2011, under USA Today News The list of the most generous donors to the planned $80 million National Law Enforcement Museum is packed with corporate powerhouses — Motorola, DuPont, Verizon and Panasonic, among others. The companies or their related
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:48P
WA lawyers oppose controversial bikie laws
Once a criminal organisation has been declared by a judge, police could apply to the Supreme Court for control ordersto stop the group associating with other controlled people, going to banned locations, promoting the organisation or transferring funds
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:45P
Campus assaults: Proposal changes how prosecutions are handled
The commission's hearing this Wednesday on the proposal, which could transfer major-crime investigations to local law enforcement agencies, comes as universities are under pressure from the US Department of Education to respond more aggressively to
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:45P
Police-supply firms give big to museum project in D.C.
Estey, now a consultant for iXP, a security services and technology company whose clients include municipal police departments, says dealings between vendors and public safety agencies should be "clear." "You have to be very careful, even when you take
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:36P
Police-supply firms give big to museum project in DC
Estey, now a consultant for iXP, a security services and technology company whose clients include municipal police departments, says dealings between vendors and public safety agencies should be "clear." "You have to be very careful, even when you take
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:32P
Analysis | Records shredding shadows Planned Parenthood criminal case
Kline concluded the clinic had created new copies of the 2003 abortion reports to cover up a failure to maintain them as required by law. He filed his criminal case in Johnson County in October 2007, expecting eventually to compare the set of reports
Updated: 11/13/2011 09:10P
Georgia Couple Charged with Harboring Illegal Aliens
The US Attorney's Office is committed to enforcing all federal criminal laws and criminal immigration laws are no exception. This investigation clearly shows the ability of federal and local law enforcement agencies to work together to achieve justice
Updated: 11/13/2011 08:59P