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Anti-crime initiative succeeds in getting criminals off streets
The anti-crime campaign has been a literal life saver in some parts of the cities of Youngstown and Warren. Fast forward to Nov. 29, when Dettelbach was back in the Valley to close out the crime-fighting campaign. “Every single federal and state law
Updated: 12/11/2011 12:47A
Supreme Court may weigh in on Arizona immigration law
It would be the second hot political issue, after Obama's healthcare law, the justices could rule on during a presidential election year. By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau The Supreme Court, already poised to decide one hot-button political issue
Updated: 12/11/2011 12:18A
Letter on gun law changes wildly off the mark
She should be more wary of arguing with a criminal non-permit gun carrier if she gets into a fender bender. Even those in law enforcement and others initially opposed to the law admitted that their fears were overblown in the Times-News at the 10-year
Updated: 12/11/2011 12:09A
Experts: Former SC politician Lindemann likely to get jail time for federal
"There is no question he could get jail time - and probably will," said Kenneth W. Gaines, law professor at the University of South Carolina and an expert in criminal law. "The crime is one thing. It was a lot of money. Almost a million dollars - that
Updated: 12/11/2011 12:03A
Readers' Comments From the Past Week
At worst she's poking at people in the UK like me who do not currently enjoy the same protection under the law. Meanwhile here in Canada we're 'gearing up' to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code by means of Bill C-279 to include
Updated: 12/11/2011 12:00A
Law must evolve for greater justice
Are our law students being merely taught to accept the tenet of "beyond reasonable doubt", which is often grossly in favour of the criminal, who may be 99 per cent guilty, and not to consider the option of punishment to suit the degree of guilt?
Updated: 12/11/2011 12:00A
Loopholes make environment law enforcement weak
This means that the law's provisions could not be respected in the five years of waiting for the decree to come out. The 1999 Criminal Code included a chapter stipulating 10 counts of environmental criminals. However, until 2009, the competent agencies
Updated: 12/10/2011 11:53P
Laws won't make adults more responsible
We all want to protect children from molestation, and we all would prefer that adults who believe they have witnessed such abuse report it to law enforcement authorities. But adding a new crime with which to charge and incarcerate witnesses creates
Updated: 12/10/2011 11:22P
Thailand right groups accuse gov't of absuing law
Experts believe that the firm stance on the law is designed to prove to royalists that the Yingluck Shinawatra government is still loyal to the monarchy. Thailand's 103-year-old lese majeste law, also known as Article 112 in the Criminal Code,
Updated: 12/10/2011 09:33P
Despite gains in Cuyahoga County justice reform efforts, standard protocol
By Mark Gillispie, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Four years of pilot projects and countless meetings have produced measurable successes in reforming Cuyahoga County's criminal justice system but have failed to produce a standard protocol for how
Updated: 12/10/2011 09:02P
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