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Advocates call on Perdue to veto Racial Justice Act repeal
Here are letters from People of Faith Against the Death Penalty and the NC NAACP: Thank you for your support of the Racial Justice Act. I write to urge you to veto Senate Bill 9. When you signed the act into law in 2009 you placed North Carolina again
Updated: 11/30/2011 09:02A
Four persons charged with large-scale misappropriation in Krajbanka case
Saulvedis Varpins, attorney for Prieditis and Zalans, told LETA previously that they had now also been charged pursuant to the Criminal Law's Sections 20 and 179. The two Krajbanka board members were previously charged according to the Criminal Law's
Updated: 11/30/2011 08:51A
Office of the CPC - 50 Years of Crafting the Laws of the Land
The Office of the Parliamentary Counsel also sometimes collaborates with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, mainly concerning proposed legislation relating to matters of criminal justice. In 2010, 33 Acts were passed in Parliament,
Updated: 11/30/2011 08:48A
S.C. inmate accused of strangling sex crime convict
The State newspaper reported that a warrant released by the State Law Enforcement Division says 32-year-old John Michael New has been charged with murder. Forty-nine-year-old Ricky Cooper was found dead late Saturday morning in front of a shower at the
Updated: 11/30/2011 08:37A
Real-World Forensic DNA Expert Lists “The Top 10 TV Crime Lab Myths”
The idea that crime laboratories can gather, prepare, test, and have results from DNA and other forensic tests within a few hours. Wrong. “There's is a huge DNA-testing backlog crisis nationwide with delays ranging from several weeks to years.
Updated: 11/30/2011 08:33A
Real-World Forensic DNA Expert Lists "The Top 10 TV Crime Lab Myths"
The spate of popular television crime dramas where high-tech marvels of forensic science quickly solve mysteries have proven both a blessing and a curse for law enforcement, says Sorenson Forensics Executive Director Tim Kupferschmid,
Updated: 11/30/2011 08:30A
High Court has the last word on right to silence for spouses
By a margin of five to one, the court ruled that Australian common law did not give husbands and wives a privilege against giving incriminating evidence against each other. The case before the High Court had been brought by the Australian Crime
Updated: 11/30/2011 08:29A
Letter: Restorative justice still has its place
However, dealing with crime, in particular trying to stop reoffending requires a range of tools, locking people up when necessary, but also using restorative justice, when criminals show some understanding, and remorse, regarding their actions.
Updated: 11/30/2011 08:26A
SC inmate accused of strangling sex crime convict
The State newspaper reported (http://bit.ly/uIk9yx) that a warrant released by the State Law Enforcement Division says 32-year-old John Michael New has been charged with murder. Forty-nine-year-old Ricky Cooper was found dead late Saturday morning in
Updated: 11/30/2011 08:24A
US launches intellectual property campaign
The campaign will run across TV, radio and online to help raise awareness about the ways the public can help law enforces combat these crimes, protect potential victims and bring criminals to justice. The American Apparel and Footwear Association
Updated: 11/30/2011 08:09A
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