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Colonel Joseph Bradshaw is Nominated for the Claude Pepper Government Lawyer Award
He holds a Juris Doctor from Pace University School of Law in New York and a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice from Florida Atlantic University. Colonel Bradshaw graduated in 1976 from Florida Atlantic University, with a Bachelor's Degree in
Updated: 01/07/2012 03:04A
Katie's Law helps catch rapist
The victim was unable to positively identify the assailant, as he masked his face with a hooded sweater, but a rape kit resulted in DNA that, when entered into a database created under Katie's Law, matched Dominguez, who had an extensive history of
Updated: 01/07/2012 01:40A
SEC making changes in some fraud settlements
The SEC will continue to use the "neither admit nor deny" settlement process when it alone reaches a deal with a company in a case of civil securities law violations. Those types of cases make up the majority of its settlements.
Updated: 01/07/2012 12:49A
Capital's crime rate registers a 4% jump in 2011
As per police statistics, a total of 53353 cases under the Indian Penal Code were registered during the year as against 51292 cases reported in the previous year. There was a rise of 3.93 per cent in heinous crimes, from 2085 to 2167 cases.
Updated: 01/07/2012 12:35A
SEC changes 'neither admit nor deny' practice in fraud cases
The SEC will continue to use the “neither admit nor deny'' settlement process when it alone reaches a deal with a company in a case of civil securities law violations, the people briefed on the policy said. Those types of cases make up the majority of
Updated: 01/07/2012 12:11A
DNA database may be expanded to include all misdemeanor convictions
Andrew Cuomo has his way, the statute will be expanded to include all misdemeanor convictions under penal law -- an additional 200 crimes. DNA, often called the fingerprint of the 21st century, currently is collected for less than half of all criminal
Updated: 01/07/2012 12:08A
Stephen Lawrence murder convictions used to exonerate UK police
The Criminal Justice Act of 2003 abolished the double jeopardy principle, establishing that the Court of Appeal could quash a jury's acquittal verdict and order a retrial on the basis of new evidence. It also extended police stop and search powers,
Updated: 01/06/2012 11:35P
SEC Modifies 'Confirm Nor Deny'
UBS AG and JP Morgan Chase & Co., have all entered into settlements with the SEC in the past year in which they neither admitted nor denied the agency's findings while simultaneously admitted to criminal wrongdoing with the Justice Department.
Updated: 01/06/2012 11:02P
SEC is set to require firms to admit guilt
The SEC will continue to use the "neither admit nor deny" settlement process when it alone reaches a deal with a company in a case of civil securities law violations, the people briefed on the policy said. Those types of cases make up the majority of
Updated: 01/06/2012 10:30P
Gov. Jerry Brown calls for historic shuttering of state's notorious youth
The rates of serious youth crime are now the lowest since statewide statistics were first collected in 1954, according to the San Francisco-based Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice. Those who have spent decades attempting to overhaul the youth
Updated: 01/06/2012 09:50P
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