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Attorney General announces new crime alert network program
"Time is critical in any criminal investigation, and with this new system, we're giving local law enforcement another resource to protect their communities by sharing appropriate information with local businesses and residents, all of whom have a stake
Updated: 12/06/2011 04:27P
Draconian Crime Bill Passed By Conservative Majority in House of Commons
Bill C-10 now heads to the Senate for approval before it can become Canadian law. The Safe Streets and Communities Act – an omnibus bill composed of nine separate pieces of crime legislation Conservative MPs failed to pass while they had a minority
Updated: 12/06/2011 04:15P
Why No Financial Crisis Prosecutions? 'It's Just too Hard'
However, one question raised by the 60 Minutes segment is why the Justice Department isn't building criminal cases against companies for violating Sarbanes-Oxley -- a landmark corporate reform law enacted after Enron. From the transcript: The Sarbanes
Updated: 12/06/2011 04:14P
The RCFL Program Opens New Laboratory in New Mexico
RCFLs provide objective digital forensics expertise and services to law enforcement and are devoted to the examination of digital evidence in support of federal, state, and local criminal and national security investigations.
Updated: 12/06/2011 04:10P
Anger Grows As Another Media Rights Group Member Detained
The police allege that MMPZ members may have acted in breach of section 31 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, that is, "publishing or communicating false statements prejudicial to the state." "Whilst the police officers indicated that
Updated: 12/06/2011 04:09P
Why no financial crisis prosecutions?
However, one question raised by the 60 Minutes segment is why the Justice Department isn't building criminal cases against companies for violating Sarbanes-Oxley -- a landmark corporate reform law enacted after Enron. From the transcript: The Sarbanes
Updated: 12/06/2011 04:05P
Canada's long-gun laws explained
In 1977, the Criminal Law Amendment Act required businesses to keeps records of firearm sales in order to help police trace firearms back to their original owners. Records such as these enabled police to trace the perpetrator of the Montreal Massacre.
Updated: 12/06/2011 03:53P
FBI - The RCFL Program Opens New Laboratory in New Mexico
RCFLs provide objective digital forensics expertise and services to law enforcement and are devoted to the examination of digital evidence in support of federal, state, and local criminal and national security investigations.
Updated: 12/06/2011 03:51P
A&L Goodbody | Supreme Court refuses discovery of items required for potential
However, after the verdict in the criminal trial or after it has been decided not to prosecute, there is no need for privilege. She stated that it is not unusual that a civil trial awaits the conclusion of a criminal trial.
Updated: 12/06/2011 03:48P
Veteran Tory MLA rebels on drunk driving bill
Bill 26, the Traffic Safety Amendment Act, gives Alberta police new powers to punish alleged drunk drivers, including those below the Criminal Code limit. “People don't look at the unintended consequences of their proposed solutions,” Marz told the
Updated: 12/06/2011 03:24P
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