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Stone Cold Justice
It is always difficult to read about how any criminal justice system treats prisoners, especially these days of punitive excesses, but Israel's contempt for the rights of child prisoners particularly, leaves one despairing of humanity and the law.
Updated: 11/28/2011 05:59P
Careful Where You Are Shopping Online for Cyber Monday and Christmas
“For most, the holidays represent a season of good will and giving, but for these criminals, it's the season to lure in unsuspecting holiday shoppers,” said ICE Director John Morton. “More and more Americans are doing their holiday shopping online,
Updated: 11/28/2011 05:57P
In Md., revised crack law sets some convicts free
Dent, who is 38, also attached paperwork in a separate court filing showing that he had earned a GED and taken college-level accounting, business law and English classes. Of his 12 co-defendants who were convicted, at least eight others have applied
Updated: 11/28/2011 05:56P
The Question of Militarizing Police in the Americas
It is obviously clear to the nations of the Americas that this vague but prolific threat surpasses and never just fits one piece of real estate. It is worldwide and jurisdictional. By virtually every measure of definitions of the word "terrorism," this
Updated: 11/28/2011 05:52P
John Bradley files for re-election
Bradley has been recognized by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization as board certified in criminal law since 1991 and recently achieved board certification in appellate law as well. He is a national and statewide speaker on criminal justice issues
Updated: 11/28/2011 05:45P
President signs oil and gas theft bill
ISLAMABAD - Following a presidential approval to the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2011, people involved in the theft of oil and gas and disrupting petroleum supply will now face a maximum imprisonment of 14 years and a fine of Rs 10 million.
Updated: 11/28/2011 05:40P
Criminal tracking network project to be ready by 2012
Other CID officials said the CCTNS would create a national databank of crime and criminals and their biometric profiles. This database will have details of the criminal justice system including courts, jails, immigration, passport authorities,
Updated: 11/28/2011 05:32P
The Just-Say-No Crime-Busters
By all means, bring the full weight of the criminal justice system down on the most violent and incorrigible wrong-doers. The others? Tell them to stop. By DANIEL HORAN One night in 1986, I was driving through one of the grittier areas of the city
Updated: 11/28/2011 05:31P
Task force seizes 14 Texas websites for selling counterfeit goods
The operation was spearheaded by the IPR Center in coordination with the FBI's Washington Field Office, the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Justice Department's Criminal Division and eight US Attorneys' Offices, including the
Updated: 11/28/2011 05:30P
Cyber Monday crack down Feds shut down 150 websites domains
28 are one of many efforts being undertaken by the Department of Justice Task Force on Intellectual Property (IP Task Force). Attorney General Eric Holder created the IP Task Force to combat the growing number of domestic and international intellectual
Updated: 11/28/2011 05:23P
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