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New bail laws proposed
Evert Fowle, district attorney for Somerset and Kennebec counties, has submitted proposed legislation to the Criminal Law Advisory Commission that would decrease the likelihood that abusers out on bail would contact or again harm their victims.
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:14A
Tougher bail for abusers proposed
Evert Fowle, district attorney for Somerset and Kennebec counties, has proposed legislation to the Criminal Law Advisory Commission that would decrease the likelihood that abusers who are free on bail would contact or again harm their victims.
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:13A
Justice Dept. details how it gave wrong info
That email marked the start of an internal debate in the Justice Department over how much to say in response to Grassley's allegations. The fact that there was an ongoing criminal investigation into Terry's slaying prompted some at the Justice
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:08A
State proposes tougher bail laws
Evert Fowle, district attorney for Somerset and Kennebec counties, has submitted proposed legislation to the Criminal Law Advisory Commission that would decrease the likelihood that abusers out on bail would contact or again harm their victims.
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:01A
City lawyer named Superior Court judge
He has been a partner in the Owen Sound law firm Kirby Robinson Treslan Conlan, which recently merged with Brian Barrie's law firm, and is now called The Alliance. Conlan's main areas of practice were criminal law and child protection law.
Updated: 12/03/2011 12:01A
Lawyers' strike set to cause chaos for courts
The withdrawal of services at the Criminal Courts of Justice (CCJ) has been called by the Criminal Law Practitioners Organisation (CLPO), a new coalition of barristers and solicitors which has been established to improve the operation of the criminal
Updated: 12/02/2011 11:53P
Emails Show Frenzied Preparations for Now-Repudiated Fast and Furious Response
A Friday afternoon document dump by the Department of Justice about the scandal-ridden gun-walking Operation Fast and Furious exposed divisions within the department about how forcefully to respond to the
Updated: 12/02/2011 11:44P
Justice Department details how it gave senator inaccurate information on Fast
AP WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department provided Congress with documents Friday detailing how department officials gave inaccurate information to a US senator in the controversy surrounding Operation Fast and Furious, the flawed law
Updated: 12/02/2011 11:18P
Justice Dept. Tries to Explain How It Got Its Story Wrong on Fast & Furious
In an email four days later to Justice Department colleagues, then-US Attorney Dennis Burke in Phoenix said that “Grassley's assertions regarding the Arizona investigation and the weapons recovered“ at the ”murder scene are based on categorical
Updated: 12/02/2011 11:16P
Justice Department reveals false statements over flawed Operation Fast And Furious
By AP The Justice Department on Friday provided Congress with documents detailing how it gave inaccurate information to a US senator in the controversy surrounding Operation Fast and Furious, the flawed law enforcement initiative aimed at dismantling
Updated: 12/02/2011 11:11P
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