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Neal Peirce: Why filibuster a proposed study of prison overcrowding?
Jim Webb, D-Va. takes part in a meeting with national law enforcement and criminal justice reform groups, to discuss his National Criminal Justice Commission Act , Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Webb announced Wednesday that he
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:34A
Crime bill back in Commons
"At the report stage, we can't create new law but we can eliminate aspects of the law we find distasteful," NDP justice critic Jack Harris said, noting the amendments largely deal with the "principles" behind the bill. "Our proposals at the report
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:30A
Crime bill returns for final showdown
"At the report stage, we can't create new law but we can eliminate aspects of the law we find distasteful," NDP justice critic Jack Harris said, noting the amendments largely deal with the "principles" behind the bill. "Our proposals at the report
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:25A
It's time for Scots law to help victims of sex trafficking, claims human
Recommendation: Review legislation to consider tougher sentences where human trafficking is background to crimes. 6 Law enforcement bodies have disrupted organised crime through asset recovery but there have been few operations against traffickers.
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:13A
Baroness Helena Kennedy believes sex-trafficking victims are being let down by
Recommendation: Review legislation to consider tougher sentences where human trafficking is background to crimes. 6 Law enforcement bodies have disrupted organised crime through asset recovery but there have been few operations against traffickers.
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:13A
Letter from New York: No outsourcing for Libyan justice
I am sure that we all agree that the most important aspect to consider is that justice is served and seen to be served, regardless of the trial's location, be it Tripoli or The Hague. Needless to say that there are many international human rights
Updated: 11/28/2011 02:04A
Meth gets more emphasis in Alabama
Those drugs in up in the US The Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center reports there were 13172 drug arrests reported in 2010 in the state. Of those, 15% were for sale of drugs and 85% were for possession.
Updated: 11/28/2011 01:25A
Changes to justice system in the works
The changes recommended by the Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform range from big-ticket items to low-hanging fruit that would require tweaks to current law. If lawmakers do nothing to change sentencing rules, the state will have to pump another
Updated: 11/28/2011 12:22A
Did You Know..."
Law-abiding Canadians should not be the target of the criminal justice system. For more information: http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/news-nouv/nr-cp/2011/doc_32671.html Did You Know That… The Honourable John Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and
Updated: 11/28/2011 12:16A
Sandusky criminal case raises questions of ?rape?
Gary Asteak, a criminal defense lawyer in Easton, prefers the term rape to involuntary deviate sexual intercourse for clarity's sake. "Let's call it what it is," Asteak said. "IDSI is kind of a long term. ... It's a whole lot easier to say rape.
Updated: 11/28/2011 12:15A
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