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NCAI: Congress deals setback to tribal justice
Signed into law in 2010 with bipartisan support, the Tribal Law & Order Act sets out to reduce crime in Indian Country by making improvements to the way criminal justice is administered on tribal lands and reauthorizing critical tribal justice programs
Updated: 11/21/2011 05:19P
Hate crime charges possible in abuse case
The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act expanded hate-crimes law to include victims' sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. Mark Kappelhoff, chief of the criminal section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights
Updated: 11/21/2011 05:14P
Governor Patrick signs Massachusetts anti-human trafficking law
Deval Patrick on Monday moved Massachusetts into the nearly full column of states with anti-human trafficking laws on the books. “It has been many, many years trying to bring a more modern, more focused, more effective element to our criminal justice
Updated: 11/21/2011 05:09P
Anti-human trafficking law signed by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick
“It has been many, many years trying to bring a more modern, more focused, more effective element to our criminal justice laws to be able to deal with a devastating issue, one that disrupts families, turns lives upside down, affects communities and has
Updated: 11/21/2011 05:05P
Federal probe of Sen. Jim Norman halted
“A diligent investigation by federal investigators failed to uncover evidence of a violation of federal criminal law by State Senator Norman,” he said. The prosecution of a case is undertaken only after the most careful review and analysis of the
Updated: 11/21/2011 04:55P
Jim Norman investigation brings no charges
TAMPA - The Deptartment of Justice is closing the investigation into State Senator Jim Norman. US Attorney Robert E. O'Neill said they found no evidence of federal criminal law. Norman, a former Hillsborough County Commissioner, was under federal
Updated: 11/21/2011 04:48P
State's BOE Members Told to Comply with Law --- Or Else
As of today, the notice states, the state Department of Education will send out letters to non-compliant trustees and board members. They will have to “immediately cease serving on their school boards,” the notice also states.
Updated: 11/21/2011 04:47P
Massachusetts cracks down on pimps
Approved earlier today, the same bill will also treat children and others forced into prostitution as victims – not as criminal offenders. Patrick's approval of this law comes after Massachusetts lawmakers gave their go-ahead last week.
Updated: 11/21/2011 04:42P
'Career criminal' sentenced to 15 years behind bars
Removing criminals who possess guns from our streets remains a priority of this office," Beck said. The district court judge found that McCaa qualified as an Armed Career Criminal under federal law since at least three of these convictions were for
Updated: 11/21/2011 04:34P
India: Armed Robbery By Police in West Bengal
The provision of law is self explanatory and the officers involved in the case must be punished for committing an offence under Section 390 of the penal code. Please write to the authorities listed below asking for their urgent intervention in this
Updated: 11/21/2011 04:34P
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