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Draft law allows police to freeze criminal suspects' bonds, shares
26 (Xinhua) -- Prosecutors and police are allowed to check and freeze criminal suspects' bonds, shares and funds, according to the draft amendment to the Criminal Procedural Law. The draft amendment to the Criminal Procedural Law was submitted to the
Updated: 12/26/2011 06:58A
Tenn. prosecutors indicting with DNA to circumvent statute of limitations
Police used the skin to develop a DNA profile, but at the time it didn't match anyone who had been entered in a national criminal justice database. In 2000, as the statute of limitations neared, Nashville prosecutors filed an aggravated rape complaint
Updated: 12/26/2011 06:00A
Los Angeles Holiday DUI Arrests Up, Criminal Attorneys Busy
Law enforcement's DUI crackdown will continue through New Years Eve – a night notorious for substantial DUI arrests. According to Mr. Weinrieb, “The start of each year is a very busy time for our firm with a large number DUI cases ranging from
Updated: 12/26/2011 05:36A
Circuit judge reflects on 35 years on bench in Calhoun County
“It's going to be almost impossible to replace him as a judge,” criminal defense lawyer Randy Brooks said. As for Street, he does have one plan for his last year in office: preside over his 800th jury trial. “There's nothing I enjoy more than a jury
Updated: 12/26/2011 04:05A
Legislators consider Caylee's Law, crime bills
That verdict has some legislators pushing a law that would make it a felony if a parent or guardian doesn't tell authorities a child is missing or dead within a certain period. Some legal experts and law enforcement officials say the law as written
Updated: 12/26/2011 03:36A
Canadian elites pursue Police State on Crime and Terrorism pretext
Crimes Act; Bill C-51 Investigative Powers for the 21st Century Act; and Bill C-52, Investigating and Preventing Criminal Electronic Communications Act. Looking at the bigger picture, the government was presenting each new item of Internet law as a
Updated: 12/26/2011 03:32A
Draft Law Allows Police to Freeze Criminal Suspects' Bonds, Shares
Prosecutors and police are allowed to check and freeze criminal suspects' bonds, shares and funds, according to the draft amendment to the Criminal Procedural Law. The draft amendment to the Criminal Procedural Law was submitted to the Standing
Updated: 12/26/2011 03:12A
Draft law allows police to freeze criminal suspects' bonds, shares
26 (Xinhua) -- Prosecutors and police are allowed to check and freeze criminal suspects' bonds, shares and funds, according to the draft amendment to the Criminal Procedural Law. The draft amendment to the Criminal Procedural Law was submitted to the
Updated: 12/26/2011 03:07A
Juvenile offenders: Cuts put counties on the spot
Prosecutors and prisoner advocates are warning that an impending change in the way California handles juvenile offenders could threaten the success of criminal justice statewide. At issue is a midyear cut that will essentially gut the Department of
Updated: 12/26/2011 02:28A
Last chance for change?
If we have a law that says “you are not equally valuable”, then that law is toxic. We can't afford those beliefs because otherwise we get what I call “preventable violence” in our society.” The Sodomy Law is Section 208 of the Criminal Code,
Updated: 12/25/2011 10:48P
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