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New Orleans crime initiative to review and assess killings one by one
The nationally renowned program brings together stakeholders from all across the criminal justice and community arena and has become a model for other cities. Here, several different "action teams" will convene monthly, Landrieu said.
Updated: 11/22/2011 11:43P
Lese majeste offender gets 20 years
The court found him guilty on four counts under two laws - Section 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code, widely known as the lese majeste law, and Section 15 of the Computer Crime Act. He was sentenced to five years in prison on each count.
Updated: 11/22/2011 11:37P
Sparks Fly Over the Patriot Act
GINGRICH: Well, I think that Attorney General Meese has raised a key point, and the key distinction for the American people to recognize is the difference between national security requirements and criminal law requirements. I think it's desperately
Updated: 11/22/2011 11:23P
SAV volunteer is 23 and motivated
Herrera graduated in December 2010 from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice and psychology. She said jobs in criminal justice “are difficult to find right now.” “I knew that it would be difficult to find a
Updated: 11/22/2011 11:20P
Breaking: Attorney General Holder challenges Utah's new immigration law
“The Department will continue to enforce federal immigration laws in Utah in smart, effective ways that focus our resources on criminal aliens, recent border crossers, repeat and egregious immigration law violators and employers who knowingly hire
Updated: 11/22/2011 11:18P
GOP presidential candidates debate liberty vs. security in age of terrorism
When Paul noted that criminal law worked in the prosecution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, Gingrich jumped into say that proved his point. “Timothy McVeigh succeeded” in setting off his truck bomb and killing Americans, Gingrich said.
Updated: 11/22/2011 10:52P
Cornwall Police Blotter November 22
Her name was not released as per provision under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Cornwall, ON- Joshua Deevy, 27 of Peterborough was arrested on the 18th of November, 2011. He was bound by Recognizance with conditions of curfew of 10:00 pm to 600 am at
Updated: 11/22/2011 10:49P
Polygamy decision will have impacts beyond Bountiful
The competing interests underscore the complexities of a case that has tested the boundaries of religious freedom, the definition of marriage and the role of criminal laws in regulating morality. "It (Bountiful) is a very small community,
Updated: 11/22/2011 10:30P
FBI halts pursuit of some crime suspects, leading to dismissal of warrants
The Tribune, in its investigative series "Fugitives from Justice," documented how failures at every level of the US criminal justice system allowed suspects to escape, and then crippled efforts to bring them to justice. The FBI letter reveals how one
Updated: 11/22/2011 10:20P
Law enforcement breakdowns allowed Will County fugitives to live free in Mexico
The Tribune, in its investigative series "Fugitives from Justice," documented how failures at every level of the US criminal justice system allowed suspects to escape and then crippled efforts to bring them to justice. The FBI letter reveals how one
Updated: 11/22/2011 10:17P
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