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Minors may face justice system
PLANS by President Sarkozy's UMP party for 12-year-olds to be brought into the criminal justice system have been criticised as a step too far by several of his own supporters. Bernard Accoyer, the UMP president of the National Assembly, said that young
Updated: 11/30/2011 04:12A
High Court rules spouses have no right to privacy
The court was deciding a case where the Australian Crime Commission was trying to force a Gold Coast woman to cooperate with a tax fraud investigation into her husband. But civil libertarians say the decision will have a much broader effect.
Updated: 11/30/2011 04:04A
Phone hacking: 31-year-old woman arrested
According to a statement from the Metropolitan police, the woman was arrested at 6:35am "on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages, contrary to Section1 (1) Criminal Law Act 1977". She is now in custody at a Northumbria police station.
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:54A
Phone Hacking: Police Arrest 31-Year-Old Woman In Northumbria
"At 06:35hrs officers arrested the woman on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages, contrary to Section1 (1) Criminal Law Act 1977. "The woman is now in custody at a police station in Northumbria."
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:28A
San Francisco DUI Attorney of the Fitch Law Offices Announces They're Offering
San Francisco personal injury attorney of the Fitch Law Office serves the entire Bay Area. Areas of expertise are in the fields of Marijuana Law and Defense Litigation, Personal Injury Civil Litigation, Criminal Defense Litigation and Financial Elder
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:22A
Northwest College to Utilize VirTra's Force Training Simulator
VirTra Systems, a leading provider of firearms training systems to Military, Law Enforcement agencies and accredited criminal justice programs, today announced a contract award for a VirTra 300 use of force training simulator from Northwest College
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:19A
Laurent Gbagbo in custody of the ICC
Keppler said: "The ICC is playing its part to show that even those at the highest levels of power cannot escape justice when implicated in grave crimes." HRW also called on the ICC prosecutor to move swiftly on investigations for grave crimes committed
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:17A
REGION: Probation chief wins panel's 'law enforcement official of year' award
Overall, Jenkins has worked in criminal justice for more than 33 years. The San Diego County Crime Commission hands out the law enforcement award annually. Its former chairman said Jenkins' selection gained strong support. "We don't go by politics.
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:15A
Phone hacking: Woman held in News of the World probe
She is being questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to intercept voicemail messages, contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977. The Metropolitan Police's Operation Weeting is investigating illegal hacking of the mobile phone voicemails of public figures by
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:11A
Gbagbo on his way to the International Criminal Court
Although Human Rights Watch praises "efforts by both the ICC and the Ivorian government to ensure accountability for the post-election crimes are important in returning the rule of law to Cte d'Ivoire," the organisation said "investigations with a
Updated: 11/30/2011 03:10A