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European Commission drafts to reform the EU data protection framework enter
competent authorities for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and the free movement of such data (Police and Criminal Justice Data Protection Directive).
Updated: 12/07/2011 01:53P
US Charges New Zealand Fishing Company Alleging Environmental Crimes and
The case is being prosecuted by the US Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia and by the Environmental Crimes Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the Department of Justice.
Updated: 12/07/2011 01:48P
LG asks cops to register FIR against offenders
STF has now been granted powers under the relevant section of the Criminal Procedure Code and the Indian Penal Code to register an FIR. When contacted over the new diktat issued by the Lt Governor over the issue of illegal building activities in the
Updated: 12/07/2011 01:33P
Kentucky should suspend death penalty, ABA panel recommends
Those include include the failure of police departments to follow nationally recommened eyewitness identification procedures; the failure to retain evidence for subsequent DNA testing; and the absence of a system for ensuring that the state's 57
Updated: 12/07/2011 01:25P
Legal skills can boost economy, says Clarke
Ken Clarke is not sure whether he will get around to seeing the new film about Margaret Thatcher. Uniquely in today's cabinet, he knows the plot intimately. He also has rare first-hand experience of what it is like
Updated: 12/07/2011 01:23P
How Many Experts Does it Take to Admit DNA Evidence?
How Many DNA Techs Does it Take to Admit DNA Evidence? By Garrett Epps "What Justice Scalia wants to know," said that scamp Samuel Alito last term during oral argument in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, "is what James Madison thought
Updated: 12/07/2011 01:16P
No We Gusta
According to Edge, the revised “codigo penal de Puerto Rico” eliminates protections for LGBT folk from its hate crimes law. The whole thing sounds generalmente estupido, seeing as ethnicity and religious beliefs would no longer qualify as
Updated: 12/07/2011 01:06P
First time cash crooks get jail-out option
Russia's fraud and tax evasion laws have been reformed, following a decree signed by President Medvedev. Primarily, the changes to the Criminal Code amend a series of articles on economic crimes. Namely, people who have committed an economic crime for
Updated: 12/07/2011 12:53P
Blagojevich tells judge he's sorry for crimes
The jury deadlocked in his first trial, agreeing on just one of 24 counts — that Blagojevich lied to the FBI. Jurors at his retrial convicted him on 17 of 20 counts, including bribery. Among the court attendees in court Tuesday were more than a dozen
Updated: 12/07/2011 12:49P
The Mob Goes Green - Organized Crime Profits With New Jersey Recycling
It finds state rules aren't well enforced, state regulators don't share information that could stop criminals and the law's exceptions are so broad you could drive a garbage truck through them. The bulk of the report is filled with example characters
Updated: 12/07/2011 12:44P
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