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Drunk driving bill altered amid Conservative split
During question period Tuesday, Transportation Minister Ray Danyluk said administrative penalties aimed at repeat offenders with a blood-alcohol content of above .08, the Criminal Code level, are going to come into force first.
Updated: 12/07/2011 04:23A
Solano saw big increase in homicides during 2010
"The homicide rate drop is both interesting and promising and it parallels the national trends," said Weisberg, director of Stanford's Criminal Justice Center. State figures show more than 80 percent of homicide victims in 2010 were male.
Updated: 12/07/2011 04:22A
Inviting President Bashir to Kenya is an affront to international law
The new school of thought transforms the world society from a system of sovereign states to a world union in which the United Nations protects human rights, punishes international crimes, and enforces its law against states and individuals.
Updated: 12/07/2011 04:21A
Supervisors OK $968000 for DA's realignment costs
RIVERSIDE — Riverside County supervisors, without comment, Tuesday approved District Attorney Paul Zellerbach's request for $968000 to cover office expenses arising from “realignment,” which shifted responsibility for a number of criminal justice
Updated: 12/07/2011 04:18A
Phone hacking: Police arrest 41-year-old man
"At 07:00hrs officers arrested the man at an address in London on suspicion of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages, contrary to Section1 (1) Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of perverting the course of justice contrary to common law.
Updated: 12/07/2011 04:17A
Man, 41, arrested in phone hacking investigation
"At 7am officers arrested the man at an address in London on suspicion of conspiring to intercept voicemail messages, contrary to Section 1 (1) of the Criminal Law Act 1977 and on suspicion of perverting the course of justice contrary to common law.
Updated: 12/07/2011 04:16A
Civil Liberties Pledge 'Abandoned', Experts Say
Writing in Criminal Justice Matters, guest editors professors Lee Bridges and Ed Cape said: "It's as if the Government's commitment to 'fundamental human freedoms' is one that implies its own freedom from due process and the rule of law.
Updated: 12/07/2011 04:08A
Report: Organized crime going green
One example cited in the report is Joseph Lemmo Jr., whom the commission called a “poster boy” for gaps in the state's solid waste licensing law. Despite multiple criminal convictions and ties to the Genovese crime family, Lemmo made more than $1
Updated: 12/07/2011 04:06A
San Francisco Defense Attorney Says Cell Phone Information and Social Media
San Francisco Criminal Defense Attorney Tim Pori warns potential clients that their cell phones and social media posts can be used against them in a court of law. San Francisco criminal defense attorney Tim Pori says people are careless with
Updated: 12/07/2011 03:51A
Board backs Stanislaus grand jury's legal press
County Counsel John Doering said his office thinks George Logan broke the law and should be prosecuted in criminal court, but the district attorney's office refused. County supervisors on Tuesday unanimously agreed to let grand jurors spend up to
Updated: 12/07/2011 03:48A
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