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Penn State Schuylkill has 2nd-highest crime rate in university
According to 2010 statistics by the US Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education, Penn State Schuylkill had 22 incidents in 2010, including 21 burglaries and one forcible sexual offense. The campus, however, is ranked 14th in campus
Updated: 12/08/2011 04:09A
From Workers Comp to Cyber-Crime, WA Lawyers Get the Latest
In the meantime, she says, attorneys can use state laws to fight cyber-crimes. "Washington actually has about five statutes that are sort of a hybrid of criminal harassment, malicious harassment, cyber-stalking, computer trespass, all of those - but
Updated: 12/08/2011 04:05A
Crackdown on election gambling to intensify: police official
8 (CNA) Law enforcement authorities have intensified investigations into suspected election betting to prevent gambling from affecting public order or voting behavior, a senior police officer said Thursday. Yang Yuan-ming, deputy director of the
Updated: 12/08/2011 03:51A
Former CHRAJ Boss Launches Parties Code Of Conduct
Three top Kenyan politicians are presently before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague accused of crimes against humanity and other international crimes. Mr Short reminded Ghanaians that only a week ago the former President Laurent
Updated: 12/08/2011 03:49A
Why do we have statutes of limitations?
said Robert Loeb, former chairman of the criminal justice section of the Illinois Bar Association. "The efficiency of the whole system goes downhill. Who can describe what happened 15 years ago?" However, many states have ways to extend the statute of
Updated: 12/08/2011 03:28A
Solicitors to protest over legal aid cuts
Criminal law cases at the Courts of Criminal Justice could face disruption today, as lawyers protest over cuts to the legal aid system. Around 100 solicitors and barristers are to formally abstain from handling cases in the six district courts.
Updated: 12/08/2011 03:14A
Stockton attorney, professor praised by students, peers
STOCKTON - John C. Schick, a respected criminal defense attorney and beloved law professor at Humphreys College Laurence Drivon School of Law, died unexpectedly at home of apparent natural causes. He was 65. Patrick Piggott, dean of the
Updated: 12/08/2011 03:11A
FOX Carolina 21Holder calls Fast and Furious tactic inexcusable
In prepared testimony for what is expected to be a rancorous hearing Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee, Holder says the Justice Department has been fully cooperative with Congress on the question of how ATF managed to lose track of hundreds
Updated: 12/08/2011 02:48A
Attorney General Holder calls 'gun-walking' tactic in Operation Fast and
In prepared testimony for what is expected to be a rancorous hearing Thursday before the House Judiciary Committee, Holder says the Justice Department has been fully cooperative with Congress on the question of how ATF managed to lose track of hundreds
Updated: 12/08/2011 02:47A
Ex-top NSW cop jailed over drugs plot
The 54-year-old former assistant director of investigations for the NSW Crime Commission showed no emotion on Thursday when Justice Bruce James set a maximum term of 22 years. "The anticipated profit from the criminal enterprise was many millions of
Updated: 12/08/2011 02:47A
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