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SPECIAL REPORT: Strong unions protect problem officers
The 19-member Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission has the power to end an officer's career. Ernie George, left, the chairman of the commission, and Brian Fernandes, statewide prosecutor and CJSTC general counsel, listen to an officer
Updated: 12/06/2011 12:42P
East Fork Justice announces candidacy for election
In addition to his current justice court service, Perkins has 34 years courtroom experience, as a prosecutor, defense attorney and district judge. He has practiced law as a private attorney and a public lawyer. He has extensive trial and appellate
Updated: 12/06/2011 12:39P
Peters and Peters | Peters & Peters Solicitors Host Inaugural Lecture with
Anand is the co-author of Jones and Doobay on Extradition and authors the extradition section in Blackstone's Criminal Practice. Also on the Panel is Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas, Professor of European Criminal Law at Queen Mary, University of London
Updated: 12/06/2011 12:27P
Tennessee editorial roundup
But Tennessee also is one of eight Southern states with the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses in the US This troubling statistic comes from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveillance data that has been studied by the Duke Center for
Updated: 12/06/2011 12:21P
Speak Out: Character Flaw
On Monday, the 1st National Criminal Justice Summit concluded in Manila Hotel. It was a gathering of judges, prosecutors, justice officials, law enforcers, corrections administrators, legal scholars and other stakeholders to propose solutions to the
Updated: 12/06/2011 12:07P
Cameras In Court: Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge Expresses Concerns About
He said he could also see the argument for considering allowing cameras to film the sentencing remarks at the end of criminal trials. However, the Lord Chief Justice voiced serious concerns about widening the scheme to allow cameras to observe other
Updated: 12/06/2011 12:06P
Criminal brands community service a 'waste of time' and walks free
The court heard that Averis, 20, had recruited Lewis and Anachi Thomas, 27, to help him mete out “justice” over some cash and cannabis which he claimed had been stolen from him. The trio went to the home of the boy's sister, forced their way through
Updated: 12/06/2011 12:05P
District Attorney to ask Board to earmark $968000 to cover expenses
RIVERSIDE - Riverside County District Attorney Paul Zellerbach will ask the Board of Supervisors today to earmark $968000 to cover DA's office expenses incurred from "realignment," which shifted responsibility for a number of criminal justice
Updated: 12/06/2011 12:04P
40 Indicted, Including 6 MVC Clerks, In Illegal Sales Of Driver's Licenses
According to Taylor, the Division of Criminal Justice obtained six state grand jury indictments charging all 40 defendants with conspiracy, official misconduct and computer criminal activity, all in the second degree, and third-degree tampering with
Updated: 12/06/2011 12:00P
Mayor selects Ishmon Burks as Louisville's interim police chief [Opinion: The
He was the first African-American commissioner of the state's premiere law enforcement agency. Burks is currently an assistant professor and academic coordinator of criminal justice at Jefferson Community and Technical College, and has been active in
Updated: 12/06/2011 11:53A
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