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Marion County Sheriff Details Activities For Law Enforcement Committee
five fraud cases, seven criminal damage and four criminal trespass to land and property charges during December. Sheriff Jerry DeVore told the law enforcement committee the department also handled 24 animal complaints, 33 suspicious persons,
Updated: 01/05/2012 10:14A
Marin Voice: Public can help fight crime
By Joseph Kreins DURING THIS holiday season, Marin law enforcement agencies responded to an increase in property crimes, specifically thefts and residential burglaries. This is not uncommon for this time of year, but we need the help of the public to
Updated: 01/05/2012 09:23A
PhilHealth exposes criminal syndicate
The first order of the day was thus to secure the integrity of PhilHealth's computer database and to conduct internal investigations as swiftly as the law would allow. For the sake of transparency and due process, all fact-finding interviews were
Updated: 01/05/2012 08:47A
Christian Group Joins MP's Call For Abortion Debate
The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada agreed, saying the Criminal Code doesn't recognize a child in the womb as human even though doctors recognize a fetus's viability as early as 20 weeks gestation. In an interview Wednesday with Evan Solomon,
Updated: 01/05/2012 08:46A
Research and Markets: Legal Services in Japan
The legal services market includes practitioners of law operating in every sector of the legal spectrum. These include commercial, criminal, legal aid, insolvency, labor/industrial, family and taxation law. The market's value is calculated as the total
Updated: 01/05/2012 08:22A
350 NJ school board members must resign positions after failing to complete
Some 350 school board members across New Jersey must resign their positions immediately after failing to complete a criminal background check now mandated by state law, a Department of Education official said. The requirement, imposed through
Updated: 01/05/2012 08:02A
No justice in leniency shown to aboriginal offenders
Gla-due, which gave broad interpretation to Criminal Code requirements for sentencing judges. If this information is new to you, don't worry. The issue of unequal justice in favour of aboriginals seldom comes to the fore because, to be frank,
Updated: 01/05/2012 06:54A
Last defendant in Iraq war crimes case heads to trial after years of delays
Wuterich's charges were later reduced to voluntary manslaughter in nine of the 24 deaths and other crimes. Wuterich also has been charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, dereliction of duty and obstruction of justice.
Updated: 01/05/2012 06:39A
Indiana Senate committee considering bill toughening sex-trafficking law ahead
The bill being heard Thursday by the Senate criminal code committee would make it a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison to transport a child younger than 16 to engage in prostitution. Bill sponsor Sen. Randy Head of Logansport says that and
Updated: 01/05/2012 05:11A
Westchester Prosecutors and Police Cheer Cuomo's Push to Expand DNA Databank
Like other law enforcement leaders, Westchester County District Attorney Janet Difiore applauded the governor's push to expand the database. "Collecting DNA from all convicted criminal defendants who are found guilty of felonies and Penal Law
Updated: 01/05/2012 05:10A
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