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Minnesota's role in national crime database debated
The Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Task Force wrapped up its recommendation for the state's involvement in the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange (N-DEx), a national database run by the FBI and accessible by local and federal law
Updated: 11/18/2011 05:47P
Minnesota's role in FBI crime database debated; task force recommends sending
The Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information Task Force wrapped up its recommendation for the state's involvement in the Law Enforcement National Data Exchange (N-DEx), a database run by the FBI and accessible to local and federal law enforcement.
Updated: 11/18/2011 05:47P
DeWine Creates New Unit To Focus On Crimes Against Children
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is creating a new investigative unit that will specialize in crimes against children. The new "Crimes Against Children Initiative" will also include more training for local law enforcement and a public awareness
Updated: 11/18/2011 05:33P
The end of a life: Assisted suicide and the law...
“Pulling the plug” is not a criminal offence because it is simply letting nature takes its course. Euthanasia (or “assisted suicide”), on the other hand, is an active intervention that ends the person's life. For example, where a doctor gives a lethal
Updated: 11/18/2011 05:32P
Expanded Ohio Task Force on Criminal Justice and Mental Illness Announced
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton and Attorney General Mike DeWine today announced that the Advisory Committee on Mental Illness and the Courts will evolve into the Attorney General's Task
Updated: 11/18/2011 05:26P
Repeal controversial hate speech law, minister urges
In 2008, when far-right webmaster Marc Lemire brought a constitutional challenge against the hate-speech law he was charged under, Rob Nicholson, the Minister of Justice, dispatched a lawyer to argue that Mr. Lemire was simply “relitigating” settled
Updated: 11/18/2011 05:16P
FAMM Commends Georgia Special Council for Safety Valve Recommendation
WASHINGTON, DC - Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) President Julie Stewart today commended the release of a new report by the Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform for Georgians. The Council was established earlier this year by
Updated: 11/18/2011 05:13P
Seyfarth Shaw | Retail Detail: Retailers With Facilities In MA And NJ: Beware
As such, Retailers with transgender employees will now be subject to discrimination lawsuits under state law. The bill also affords transgender employees and customers protection under existing hate crime laws. The bill, entitled, An Act Relative to
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:50P
Political leadership 'must unify' criminal justice sector stakeholders
"There is currently a lack of political leadership in the criminal justice sector", Kim Workman told 350 Australasian Psychiatrists and Psychologists attending a Conference in Wellington on Saturday. We are in danger of having another three years of
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:50P
Kentucky's US attorneys collect $43M
US Attorney David J. Hale's office in the Western District of Kentucky says it collected more than $23 million in criminal and civil actions and shared $7 million from forfeited assets among other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.
Updated: 11/18/2011 04:40P
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