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Rep. Ramsey: Legislature to focus on pro-business issues
It's getting closer to January, when the Georgia Legislature convenes for its annual session of adding, subtracting, amending and deleting Georgia law. The upcoming session will of course be dominated by the budget again, but Rep.
Updated: 11/23/2011 05:33P
Delays used as tactic to get leniency: DPP
More than one in eight unresolved criminal cases on the Supreme Court's books are more than two years old. The ACT Government published a discussion paper in August exploring ways of tackling the backlog in the system, written by a Supreme Court judge
Updated: 11/23/2011 05:23P
Malaysia: Bush, Blair found guilty of War Crimes against Iraq
Therefore, whenever Bush or Blair appear within their shores there is an obligation on the international law to commit these international war criminals through the justice system,” Gurdial Singh Nijar, a prosecutor, told Press TV.
Updated: 11/23/2011 05:18P
Chris Selley on the polygamy ruling: Clarity counts
Nobody's rights were being trampled upon by Section 293 of the Criminal Code, which prohibits “any kind of conjugal union with more than one person at the same time,” except polygamists. And people don't like polygamists. A 2007 Angus Reid poll found
Updated: 11/23/2011 05:18P
Assault charged dropped against SPD officer
Holmes saidr an independent expert determined that the officer's use of force against a suspect in Belltown "was reasonable and within the teachings of the Criminal Justice Training Commission (albeit not the best tactic available)." On Oct. 18, 2010,
Updated: 11/23/2011 05:09P
Trust Will Bust Crime Cycle: KCPD Chief
For what may be the first time, criminals will be asked to lend their expertise. Law abiding residents are getting what's designed to be simpler access to protection. But there is still fear of retribution for turning in a criminal.
Updated: 11/23/2011 05:04P
Calif. bills to target child abuse reporting laws
Nancy Jacobs said Wednesday that while Maryland has a mandated-reporter law, she is working on legislation that would create a criminal penalty if there is a conspiracy or a cover-up to prevent reporting. She also said she is working on protections for
Updated: 11/23/2011 05:01P
LATIN AMERICA: HOW TO PREVENT 'FEMICIDE'
Even today, justice officials regard jealousy as a valid mitigating factor in femicide cases, and concepts such as "crimes of passion," "provocation" on the part of the woman, or "violent emotion" are still used to justify the murders, they said.
Updated: 11/23/2011 04:59P
USDOJ: California Youth Counselor Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Pornography
WASHINGTON – A Pleasant Hill, Calif ., youth counselor pleaded guilty today in federal court in Oakland, Calif ., to producing child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department's Criminal Division and
Updated: 11/23/2011 04:58P
Justice Dept. rebukes Seattle Police over immunity policy
In a letter to Mayor Mike McGinn, the US Justice Department is sharply criticizing the Seattle Police Department's policy of offering blanket protection from criminal prosecution to officers who provide statements on their use of force.
Updated: 11/23/2011 04:54P
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