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Digital divide narrowing fast
'The nature of computer-related crimes has changed since the introduction of transistor-based computers in the 1960s. The distribution of child pornography morphed from a physical exchange of books and audiovisual materials to online distribution
Updated: 12/07/2011 02:23A
Big Bend Crime Stoppers
People wanted by local law-enforcement agencies and Big Bend Crime Stoppers will be featured here on a daily basis. If you know how to locate one of these people, call the Crime Stoppers hot line at 574-TIPS or (888) 876-TIPS.
Updated: 12/07/2011 02:09A
Another Woman Charged With "Self Abortion"
'Prosecutors exercise a certain discretion in terms of whether to charge crimes like this because it usually arises out of some desperate circumstances,' said Jim Cohen, a professor of criminal law at Fordham Law School.” So why have prosecutors
Updated: 12/07/2011 02:03A
Savaging the Supreme Court
I was shocked when I saw, on television, President Benigno Aquino III demonizing not only the Supreme Court but Chief Justice Renato Corona himself, who sat a few feet away from the speaker's rostrum during a criminal justice summit early this week.
Updated: 12/07/2011 01:55A
Brandon man sentenced as career criminal
Given that the federal criminal justice system does not have parole, offenders serve virtually their entire sentence behind bars. This case was the result of an investigation by the West Central Minnesota Narcotics Task Force, Pope County Sheriff's
Updated: 12/07/2011 01:22A
Police board's blind eye
A Herald-Tribune investigative series raised troubling questions this week about a powerful state board involved in disciplining law enforcement officers. If this board — Florida's Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission — cannot carry out
Updated: 12/07/2011 01:19A
Organized crime turns to recycling in New Jersey
TRENTON, NJ -- Mobsters have a long history of making a killing in the garbage-hauling business, but a New Jersey commission says they have gone green by infiltrating the commercial recycling business.
Updated: 12/07/2011 12:55A
Why the Court Issued a Warrant of Arrest Against Al Bashir
The court went further to state that in the realm of International Law, under the principle of universality, any State is empowered to bring to trial persons accused of international crimes regardless of the place of the commission of the crime,
Updated: 12/07/2011 12:48A
Women's rights advocates hail the FBI's new definition of rape
The FBI's Criminal Justice Advisory Policy Board voted to change it on Tuesday in its Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Summary Reporting System, the Huffington Post reports. At a meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the board changed the definition of rape
Updated: 12/07/2011 12:36A
Tories to delay implementing part of drunk driving law
Bill 26, the Alberta Traffic Safety Amendment Act, passed through its third and final reading last night. During question period Tuesday, Transportation Minister Ray Danyluk said administrative penalties aimed at repeat offenders with a blood-alcohol
Updated: 12/07/2011 12:34A
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