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Prosecutors in Ohio seek ability to veto having a trial heard by a judge
However, public policy director Barry Wilford with the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys says things may be different this time because the new bill was introduced by Lynn Slaby, the chairman of the House Criminal Justice Committee.
Updated: 11/21/2011 08:42A
N2.860m Fraud: Police Arraign Two
the accused persons, in company of others currently at-large, conspired to obtain 20000 litres of diesel product valued at N2,860000, from their victim, under false pretence and contrary and punishable under section 516 of the state criminal law.
Updated: 11/21/2011 08:40A
Gaddafi's son, spymaster face Libyan justice
World powers, fearful that Seif would not be given a fair trial after his father was felled by a bullet to the head after being captured on October 20, are urging Libya to work with the ICC. "The decision is that he will be tried by Libyan courts.
Updated: 11/21/2011 08:33A
Processing DNA evidence faster: An editorial
By Editorial page staff, The Times-Picayune DNA analysis often provides crucial evidence in criminal cases, mostly to help convict perpetrators but occasionally to demonstrate the innocence of people who were wrongly convicted before the technique was
Updated: 11/21/2011 08:22A
Libyan justice in spotlight over Seif Gaddafi
is wanted by the International Criminal Court, heightening worldwide interest in how he is treated and held to account. “It must be ensured that Seif al-Islam is tried in a court of law and in accordance with international standards,” Christian
Updated: 11/21/2011 07:30A
Retired Homicide Detective Recalls Her Own 'Prime Suspect' Drama
By Murray Weiss Murray Weiss is an award-winning investigative journalist, author, columnist and editor, and is considered an expert on government, law enforcement, criminal justice, organized crime and terrorism. Former NYPD Det.
Updated: 11/21/2011 07:28A
Fighting Inner-City Crime
Marla might have done better to call David Kennedy, the author of a memoir about fighting crime and violence in America's inner cities. Don't Shoot is Kennedy's journey into the bizarre and often counterintuitive world of criminal justice policy.
Updated: 11/21/2011 07:23A
Back to the past for war on drugs strategy
In a nation where taxpayers foot the bill for a prison system influenced more by politics than bringing about justice, the National Criminal Justice Commission Act deserves another look. First introduced in 2009 by Senator Jim Webb, the act calls for a
Updated: 11/21/2011 06:35A
More police departments look to tune out public
The practice of encryption has grown more common from Florida to New York and west to California, with law enforcement officials saying they want to keep criminals from using officers' internal chatter to evade them. But journalists and neighborhood
Updated: 11/21/2011 06:27A
PEOPLE v. CHATTLEY
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of criminal possession of stolen property in the fourth degree (Penal Law § 165.45 [5]) and reckless endangerment in the first degree (§ 120.25), defendant contends that
Updated: 11/21/2011 06:25A
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