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DAs want Racial Justice Act gone
"If you do not address this issue quickly, the criminal justice system will be saddled with litigation that will crush an already under-funded and overburdened system," wrote Susan Doyle, the Johnston County District Attorney and president of the NC
Updated: 11/16/2011 02:16A
DAs want to end Racial Justice Act
"If you do not address this issue quickly, the criminal justice system will be saddled with litigation that will crush an already under-funded and overburdened system," wrote Susan Doyle, the Johnston County District Attorney and president of the NC
Updated: 11/16/2011 02:16A
PENN FOOTBALL CHILD RAPE SCANDAL OPENS DOOR TO ELITISTS
Sexual assault and rape are usually portrayed as a female issue; that women are the only ones who are and can be victimized; and that it's up to women to end sexual assault. Unfortunately, men are victims and survivors of sexual assault and rape, too.
Updated: 11/16/2011 02:09A
Pakistan passes pro-women bill
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday congratulated all parliamentarians, particularly women parliamentarians, for the unanimous passage of the Anti-Women Practices Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2008, reported Associated Press of Pakistan.
Updated: 11/16/2011 01:48A
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Updated: 11/16/2011 01:37A
Synergies between international justice, development
ICC President wants more synergies between nternational justice, development - The President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Judge Sang-Hyun Song, Tuesday called for more synergies between the spheres of international justice and development
Updated: 11/16/2011 01:27A
Helen Zille and the case of the bad law
This proposed law by Zille fits the definition of bad law. Bad law isn't defined by its intended outcomes, but by its actual outcomes. Having such a law on the books could only clog up the machinery of the criminal justice system with very little
Updated: 11/16/2011 01:10A
Jonathan Threatens Sudden Justice to Terrorists, Sponsors
My administration will not rest on its oars until the spirit of the law runs across the land. We promise to deliver swift and certain justice for criminal elements. “While we intend to always provide a window of opportunity for those who have seen the
Updated: 11/16/2011 01:09A
Chart local crime online
Union County residents now have an easy but powerful tool to check out crime and sex offender locations in their neighborhood and across the county. It's a new mapping service called MapNimbus, a program that also has proven useful for law enforcement,
Updated: 11/16/2011 12:56A
Justice Musdapher Declares Plea Bargain Illegal, Dubious
Plea bargain — a prosecution strategy deployed to make suspects accept guilt and forfeit their loot in exchange for light sentences — has been declared illegal and dubious by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Dahiru
Updated: 11/16/2011 12:50A
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