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Rothstein Claims Cops, Prostitutes Mingled at Law Firm
He testified he "got a lot of money from organized crime" and claimed the stack of hundred dollar bills he kept at his desk was from "banks, organized crime, clients, law enforcement." He claimed he spent tens of thousands of money on escorts and women
Updated: 12/28/2011 08:40A
Rothstein fretted about drug-dealing at his law firm, transcripts show
“Mob guys, law enforcement, even judges from time to time, not federal judges, would show up,” he said. Rothstein's description of the antics in the now-bankrupt law firm he used as his criminal base came in 950 pages of transcripts made public Tuesday
Updated: 12/28/2011 08:19A
Sometimes laws exist simply for our own good
Criminal-defence lawyers and civil-liberty lobbyists argue that this law encroaches on our rights and freedoms. It certainly does. If, however, it saves even one of those 47 lives, I expect that most right-thinking people feel that it is worth it.
Updated: 12/28/2011 06:40A
Malaysia: Revoke Law Banning Same-Sex Sexual Relations
Anwar is being tried under section 377 of the Malaysian penal code, which prohibits “carnal intercourse against the order of nature.” This so-called sodomy law is a relic of British colonial rule dating back to the mid-19th century.
Updated: 12/28/2011 06:10A
Legal cases mention chronic halitosis quite a bit, often to great comic effect
Though it may seem glamorous and simple when portrayed on TV legal dramas, criminal law is often stultifyingly boring. This may explain why, when a legal case hinges on a defendant's having (or even mentioning) chronic halitosis, jurists seem unable to
Updated: 12/28/2011 06:02A
LAW ENFORCEMENT DEATHS INCREASE
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Chairman Craig Floyd blames in part, the economy: Floyd: “When you cut law enforcement agency budgets, people die.” Floyd: “They're also facing a more cold-blooded, brazen criminal element.
Updated: 12/28/2011 05:14A
LAW ENFORCEMENT DEATHS INCREASE
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Chairman Craig Floyd blames in part, the economy: Floyd: “When you cut law enforcement agency budgets, people die.” Floyd: “They're also facing a more cold-blooded, brazen criminal element.
Updated: 12/28/2011 05:14A
City of F.C. Crime Report: December 20 - 26, 2011
NOTE: This report is not a definitive list of all criminal activity and is subject to change upon investigation. Liquor Law Violation and Public Drunkenness, 7124 Leesburg Pike (George Mason High School) On Dec. 20, a male, 54, of Alexandria,
Updated: 12/28/2011 05:09A
Presidential council reports to Medvedev on amendments to combat corporate raids
Entering false data into the shareholders register, willful documents destruction or forgery will also be punishable under criminal law. Submission of fake documents to executive authorities, intentional misrepresentation of a shareholders' meeting
Updated: 12/28/2011 03:23A
Marshal law
Camden has gotten too bad and the only way to stop the violence is marshal law. You first have to suspend habeas corpus and declare Camden under marshal law. Go from door to door getting the guns, the drugs and the criminals, search every car,
Updated: 12/28/2011 03:21A
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