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Report: Organized criminals infiltrating NJ garbage, recycling industry due to
Chris Christie improve the law by expanding the use of background checks for employees involved in the garbage industry, and to require them for those working in the recycling industry. It also suggests that more money be put toward enforcement
Updated: 12/06/2011 10:28A
Corona defenders speak up
He also said it was not right for Aquino to attack the justices and judges in an occasion aimed at launching reforms in the criminal justice system. "In this country, there are two political entities: the Executive and Legislative.
Updated: 12/06/2011 10:26A
NJ Attorney General's 23 Double-Dippers Pocket Millions
Hess is one of 23 double-dipping investigators and supervisors who work for Attorney General Paula T. Dow and her Division of Criminal Justice, a New Jersey Watchdog investigation revealed. In addition to their salaries, they draw pensions as retired
Updated: 12/06/2011 10:15A
Arizona Sheriff Apologizes for Botched Cases
"The picture emerging — no follow-up, no investigation, no prosecution, no justice and a shield of silence after the fact — is not how we conduct law enforcement in this country," Grijalva said. "Enforcing laws against violent crime,
Updated: 12/06/2011 10:09A
22 men convicted in prostitution inquiry
All 22 entered a guilty plea to a breach of Section 7 of the Criminal Law Sexual offences Act 1993. The court heard that on dates between 11 November and 3 December last, at a number of locations in Limerick, including Mallow Street, Barrington Street,
Updated: 12/06/2011 09:52A
Arpaio apologizes for botched cases
"The picture emerging — no follow-up, no investigation, no prosecution, no justice and a shield of silence after the fact — is not how we conduct law enforcement in this country," Grijalva said. "Enforcing laws against violent crime,
Updated: 12/06/2011 09:50A
MPs should get free vote on murder law reform, says lord chief justice
Mitchell, from Coventry University, and Oxford University's Roberts said they wanted to test the assumption that anything less than automatic indefinite jail terms would undermine public confidence in the criminal justice system.
Updated: 12/06/2011 09:44A
Laws on deferred prosecution agreements to be consulted on next year
"We will ask the judiciary to ensure that any new arrangements will work in the interests of justice. DPAs here will be part of the criminal justice system and will be policed and controlled by the judiciary. We will also need to consider carefully the
Updated: 12/06/2011 09:42A
Political Interference and Judicial Misconduct Impede Justice in Cambodia
This issue also has important implications for the work of other courts in the international criminal justice system and is therefore not isolated to the future of the ECCC. It must be resolved in full accordance with the rule of law and principles set
Updated: 12/06/2011 09:42A
An Ex-FBI Agent Explains Lack of Convictions Tied to Financial Crisis
“A lot” of the Justice Department's criminal investigations “hinge on disclosure. . . . What does adequate disclosure mean? And those are really technical arguments that sometimes get lost with a jury,” Cardona told The Wall Street Journal's Jean
Updated: 12/06/2011 09:38A
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