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Nearly Half Of Hate Crimes In 2010 Racially Motivated
The data indicates that 6628 criminal incidents involving 7699 offenses were reported in 2010 as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical or mental disability.
Updated: 11/14/2011 12:06P
Controlling Crime: How To Do More With Less
We might do even better still by focusing on human capital investments in the highest-risk subset of the population–namely, trying to address social-cognitive skill deficits of young people already involved in the criminal justice system.
Updated: 11/14/2011 12:05P
Anonymous tips have helped Bluegrass Crime Stoppers solve thousands of cases
Law enforcement agencies around central Kentucky have been able to get information on felony crimes, wanted persons, and other criminal activity through Crime Stoppers, that they would not be able to obtain otherwise. The program has reawakened public
Updated: 11/14/2011 11:51A
Assisted suicide laws challenged in BC Supreme Court
This past summer, the Farewell Foundation for the Right to Die attempted to challenge the law in BC Supreme Court, arguing the Criminal Code section prohibiting assisted suicide is unconstitutional. But the judge dismissed the case because the
Updated: 11/14/2011 11:34A
Text of IG's Memo on Major Management and Performance Issues Facing DOJ
Attached to this memorandum is the Office of the Inspector General's (OIG) 2011 list of top management and performance challenges facing the Department of Justice (Department). We have prepared similar
Updated: 11/14/2011 11:01A
Hate Crime Rates Remain Steady, Race Hate Crimes Are Majority Reported
These data indicate that 6628 criminal incidents involving 7699 offenses were reported in 2010 as a result of bias toward a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical or mental disability.
Updated: 11/14/2011 10:54A
The Supreme Court: A Prosecutor's Best Friend
During the course of the armed robbery, the assailant was cut and stained a swatch of the victim's pants with blood. The swatch was sent to the laboratory a week before the trial; the lab determined that the blood that stained the pant leg came from an
Updated: 11/14/2011 10:47A
FBI releases hate crime 2010 data
During 2010, law enforcement agencies reported 6628 criminal hate crime incidents involving 7699 offenses across the United States, the FBI says in a Nov. 14 release of annual crime statistics. Of the 6624 incidents involving an incident with a single
Updated: 11/14/2011 10:38A
Government expected to overhaul Family Law Act
The BC government is expected to introduce sweeping legislation this week that will overhaul provincial laws for divorce, separation and child custody. As promised in the throne speech, the new Family Law Act is an effort to reduce costly legal battles
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:58A
Speaker's Corner: Lawyer hoping for conservative new SCC judges
Certainly, the first few years saw an expansion of rights within the criminal law context that circumscribed the powers of prosecutors and police. This was a good thing given that the fundamental objective of a criminal justice system is to avoid
Updated: 11/14/2011 09:43A
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