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North Platte police chief to serve on state commission
He was on patrol until 1987, when he was promoted to lieutenant and moved to the criminal investigations division. He became chief in September 2010. Along the way he earned a bachelors degree in criminal justice from the University of Nebraska-Kearney
Updated: 01/09/2012 09:14P
Idaho Supreme Court Upholds Gang Recruitment Law
Manzanares' attorney, Deputy Appellate Public Defender Erik Lehtinen, said because Idaho's new law doesn't require an intent to further crime, it violates the right to association. But the state contended that any association with or "material support"
Updated: 01/09/2012 08:40P
Morton Prosecutor Objects To Misconduct Inquiry
by Brandi Grissom Allegations that former Williamson County prosecutor Ken Anderson committed criminal misconduct in the wrongful prosecution of Michael Morton 25 years ago are "unjustified and insupportable," his lawyers argued in a court document
Updated: 01/09/2012 07:53P
Afghanistan: Decree Increases Detainees' Risk of Torture
By Jan Egeland and Steve Swerdlow Criminal justice in Afghanistan will not be improved by giving the police free rein of the prisons. Greater police involvement in jails is likely to lead to more torture, not less. (New York) – President Hamid Karzai
Updated: 01/09/2012 07:29P
Ex-Army soldier charged with trying to support terrorist group
But, a criminal complaint was filed today charging Craig Benedict Baxam, age 24, of Laurel, MD, with attempting to provide material support to al Shabaab, a foreign terrorist organization. Baxam was arrested on Friday, January 6, 2012, upon his return
Updated: 01/09/2012 07:28P
Idaho high court says gang recruitment law is constitutional | The Republic
Manzanares appealed, saying that gangs don't exist just for crime — they offer social benefits to members. Manzanares' attorney, Deputy Appellate Public Defender Erik Lehtinen, said because Idaho's new law doesn't require an intent to further crime,
Updated: 01/09/2012 07:08P
Letter: Tougher drug laws needed
The attorney general of New York, Eric Schneiderman, stated in his election bid that he championed the repeal of such strict drug laws. Too much crime is drug-related. There is not an individual in law enforcement who would dispute that fact.
Updated: 01/09/2012 07:03P
Linked to a crime
Can a person whose name has been dragged into a criminal wrongdoing allegedly committed by a loved one, do anything to protect himself? ANYTHING said by another which embarrasses or damages a person's good name, comes within the sphere of the law of
Updated: 01/09/2012 07:02P
Kosovo Native Plotted Bombings, Bloodshed In Tampa, Feds Say
"It's about an individual who committed a crime." Two law enforcement officials, who asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to talk about the probe, said the suspect does not appear to have any ties to al Qaeda,
Updated: 01/09/2012 06:53P
BC to name new special prosecutor in Bountiful case
"I have been informed by the assistant deputy attorney general for the criminal justice branch that Richard Peck, QC, no longer desires to continue on in his role as a special prosecutor for the province with regard to possible criminal offences that
Updated: 01/09/2012 06:50P
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