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Police target gov't website hackers
MANILA, Philippines — The police are planning to create a special unit that will be tasked to protect the websites of government agencies from hackers whom they said are capitalizing on the weak cyber-crime law in the country.
Updated: 11/26/2011 02:56A
Drug abuse treatment law to raise number of patients 2-3 times
Russia's Federal Drug Control Service head Viktor Ivanov earlier said that a law on criminal liability for drug abuse in the places of public resort might be adopted in the spring of 2012. Drug addicts will have to choose either to face criminal
Updated: 11/26/2011 02:20A
Criminal defense lawyer lists Scottsdale 5BD for $1.6M
25, 2011 Dwane Cates and Anna Galewski have listed for sale a five-bedroom, 4.5-bath home at 10755 E. Cholla Lane in Scottsdale for $1.595 million. The 5309-square-foot home in North Scottsdale was built in 1993. It is part of the Preston Hills
Updated: 11/26/2011 01:04A
Law and Order
LOUIS > Two charged in copper theft • Susan C. Smith, 32, of St. Louis, and Vincent J. Spoto, 29, of St. Louis County, were charged in court here Thursday with stealing copper to sell for drugs, charging documents say. Smith was charged with theft of
Updated: 11/26/2011 01:01A
Lawmakers to consider sentencing reforms that could affect courts, prisons
By Greg Bluestein AP ATLANTA | Lawmakers are poised to consider substantial changes to the state's criminal justice system that could reshape the way Georgia courts are run, overhaul the state's expensive prison system and even transform the way
Updated: 11/26/2011 12:52A
Justice Antonin Scalia sides with criminal defendants in strict constitutional
WASHINGTON -- Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court's most outspoken and combative conservative, is not often described as friendly to criminals. But in recent years, Scalia has led an unusual pro-defendant faction at the high court in reversing
Updated: 11/26/2011 12:40A
Middle District to collect $4.3 million in civil and criminal actions
Statistics indicate that the total amount collected in criminal actions totaled $2.66 billion in restitution, criminal fines, and felony assessments. The law requires defendants to pay restitution to victims of certain federal crimes who have suffered
Updated: 11/26/2011 12:38A
SRI LANKA: Concluding observations of the Committee against Torture
It also notes that that enforced disappearance is not a separate offence under Sri Lankan criminal law and that such acts are charged under other crimes in the Penal Code, including kidnapping, abduction and wrongful confinement.
Updated: 11/26/2011 12:31A
Legal experts say fine defaulters should not be jailed without going before Court
Her so called crimes were unpaid fines, mostly for traffic offences, some dating back ten years. Accumulated during a time when she was homeless. She was released from jail only after the prisoners legal service took up her case.
Updated: 11/25/2011 11:48P
2011 TOYM honoree profile: Nekima Levy-Pounds
TOYM honorees reflect the vast diversity of young people making a difference in the community through business, nonprofit and community organizations, education or government service. Started in 1950, past honorees include US Vice President Walter
Updated: 11/25/2011 11:41P
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