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Thousands of serial offenders handed a caution
The trends last night fuelled concern that little is being done to combat the most serious and persistent offenders and a revolving door in the criminal justice system. It will increase pressure on Kenneth Clarke, the Justice Secretary,
Updated: 11/25/2011 02:01A
Merck reaches settlement in Vioxx suit
Merck & Co have reached a settlement agreement with the US Department of Justice (DOJ), agreeing to pay $950m in criminal and civil penalties, says a Jurist report. The agreement includes $321m in criminal fines and $628m in civil fines as well as
Updated: 11/25/2011 01:26A
Drunk deterrent or cash grab?
Calgary Police Chief Rick Hanson believes Alberta's new impaired driving law will give police more options when they nab an impaired driver. By the numbers 518: BC police laid 518 more Criminal Code charges in instances not involving injury or fatality
Updated: 11/25/2011 12:45A
Kansas Criminal Defense Attorney Carl Folsom III Named “Rising Star”
Bell Folsom PA, a Kansas-based law practice specializing in criminal defense, has announced the inclusion of partner Attorney Carl Folsom III in the "Rising Stars'' list of the 2011 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers publication.
Updated: 11/25/2011 12:42A
Barry Rascovar: A case where O'Malley was right to speak out
As mayor of Baltimore, O'Malley excoriated the city's black state's attorney for blocking criminal justice reform. He even sent her a letter with hand-drawn stick figures to illustrate how easy it would be to support constructive change.
Updated: 11/25/2011 12:26A
Criminal illegal residents deported
That program, called 287g, allows local law enforcement officials to be trained so that they can enforce federal immigration laws. In the Midlands, the Lexington County Detention Center has two correctional officers trained through the 287g program.
Updated: 11/25/2011 12:07A
Showdown at Neocon Central
It's a long way to Election Day, 2012 – and in politics, a year might as well be a century. A lot can happen: for example, Israel could strike at Iran and drag us into a war that all the GOP candidates but one would reflexively support.
Updated: 11/25/2011 12:04A
Certain criminal histories should be considered by courts
By repeatedly making deals with someone who has a history of violent crimes, the criminal justice system failed to keep this 13 year-old girl safe. If someone makes a couple mistakes, I don't think they should be punished for the rest of their life for
Updated: 11/24/2011 11:05P
Federal agents charge seven Amish men with 'hate crimes'
The five men, along with reputed Amish breakaway sect leader Sam Mullet and Emanuel Shrock, were arrested by the FBI and local sheriff's deputies early Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011 on federal hate crime charges. By Lee Morrison Seven members of a breakaway
Updated: 11/24/2011 10:52P
Opinion: Settling Collective Guilt for Historic Crimes - The Hungarian
In 1991, attempts were made for the criminal prosecution of acts committed during Communist times in the form of a similar law (known as the Ztnyi-Takcs law), but the Hungarian Constitutional Court found it unconstitutional to establish legal
Updated: 11/24/2011 10:35P
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