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Police: Houston murder total lowest since 1965
Some blamed the increase in murders and other crimes in Houston on the evacuees. But a 2010 study in the Journal of Criminal Justice found only a "modest" increase in the murder rates in Houston and Phoenix, and none in San Antonio, three cities that
Updated: 01/04/2012 08:57P
Cornwall Police blotter for January 4
The youth's name was not released as per provision under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Cornwall, On- A 17 year-old Cornwall youth was arrested on the 1st of January, 2012. The youth was bound by two separate probation orders with relevant condition
Updated: 01/04/2012 08:21P
Suspect in parole agent's shooting has 'significant' criminal past
The suspect in the shooting of a parole agent Wednesday has a "significant criminal history," law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation told The Times. The man has a record that includes weapons offenses, multiple parole violations and
Updated: 01/04/2012 07:19P
48 Virgin Islanders were victims of homicides in 2011
The key is to have a criminal justice system in place that can be trusted, Kenney said. Places where there is communal trust in law enforcement authorities and the law tend to see lower rates of all crimes. The Global Burden of Armed Violence 2011
Updated: 01/04/2012 06:06P
Police-on-police deaths like NY pharmacy shootings are rare, but so are guidelines
(Associated Press) FILE - This undated file photo provided by the US Department of Justice shows Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Special Agent John Capano, who died while trying to subdue a suspect in a pharmacy robbery... (Associated Press) ADDS SENTENCE
Updated: 01/04/2012 06:01P
Federal Judge Grants ACLU Request to Throw Out Lawsuit Challenging Arizona
“It is unconscionable for Governor Brewer to continue to force very sick people to needlessly suffer by stripping them of the legal avenue through which to obtain their vital medicine," said Ezekiel Edwards, director of the ACLU Criminal Law Reform
Updated: 01/04/2012 05:29P
People in the News Jan. 4
Former long-time Wallingford resident Louise Pyers, MS, Criminal Justice Project Director of National Alliance on Mental Illness, Connecticut Chapter and Executive Director and Founder of Connecticut Alliance To Benefit Law Enforcement was recently
Updated: 01/04/2012 03:16P
Fight against crime to continue in 2012
“Of course, that battle against crime is still ongoing and Law Enforcement Agencies will continue to intensify their activities in fighting crime. The Government, through the Anti-crime Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister will continue to support
Updated: 01/04/2012 02:46P
Libya scraps Gaddafi-era law forbidding political parties
COM STAFF Libya scrapped a law passed during the rule of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi that made forming a political party a criminal act, Libya state news reported Wednesday. The National Transitional Council, the government that was formed by the
Updated: 01/04/2012 02:36P
2 UK white men sentenced for 1993 killing of black teen but others remain at large
British law at the time said that a person could not stand trial twice for the same crime — having been acquitted, it seemed impossible that any of the three would face trial for Lawrence's death. In 1997 the Daily Mail newspaper — a popular tabloid
Updated: 01/04/2012 02:27P
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