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Chinese Legislature Reviews Draft Laws, Amendments
The draft amendment to the Criminal Procedural Law stipulates that prosecutors and police are allowed to check and freeze criminal suspects' bonds, shares and funds. The draft amendment, submitted for its second reading, also stipulates that protective
Updated: 12/26/2011 01:02P
Chinese legislature reviews draft laws, amendments
The draft amendment to the Criminal Procedural Law stipulates that prosecutors and police are allowed to check and freeze criminal suspects' bonds, shares and funds. The draft amendment, submitted for its second reading, also stipulates that protective
Updated: 12/26/2011 01:02P
Officials fear for juvenile offenders in light of budget cuts
By Marisa Lagos SAN FRANCISCO — 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
Updated: 12/26/2011 12:48P
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 12:41P
Legislators consider Caylee's Law, crime bills
Florida House Bill 49 and Senate bills 84, 86 and 146 are among similar "Caylee's Law" legislation that have sprung up in more than a dozen states since the controversial July verdict and are among several new crime laws legislators will consider
Updated: 12/26/2011 12:07P
Colombia ERPAC Handover Exposes Holes in Process
The controversial law was adopted in 2004 and was designed to open the door for paramilitaries to submit to justice, but it has been used by large criminal groups to shield themselves from prosecution for criminal acts ranging from extortion to drug
Updated: 12/26/2011 11:14A
Vermont defense lawyers challenging DNA collection law
AP - Published: December 26, 2011 Some Vermont defense attorneys are challenging the expansion of state law that allows DNA samples to be taken from more criminal suspects. In the last decade, Vermont's DNA collection law, which was initially set up
Updated: 12/26/2011 10:47A
Talbot deputy graduates from training
Deputy Taylor Leeson of the Talbot County Sheriff's Office, second from left, recently graduated from police training at the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy at Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury. From left: Scott Mergenthaler, Leeson,
Updated: 12/26/2011 10:05A
Most frequent users of Legal Aid are under 18: study
''Not surprisingly, our high service users were concentrated almost entirely in our criminal law practice,'' the report said. Three-quarters of the young people in frequent use of Legal Aid had been victims of neglect or had experienced violence in the
Updated: 12/26/2011 08:18A
Fla. Legislature to consider Caylee's Law, other crime, drug bills when
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 08:02A
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