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FBI Changes Definition of Rape for Crime Reporting
The change, which was recommended by the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Advisory Policy Board, affects how statistics are reported by law enforcement for the purposes of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Police departments submit data
Updated: 01/09/2012 05:47P
Criminal cases: Full disclosure of info
by Tanya Fong SINGAPORE - The authorities have taken steps to ensure proper and full disclosure of information pertaining to criminal cases, following the acquittal of a man charged with the murder of an elderly woman. Law Minister K Shanmugam told
Updated: 01/09/2012 05:31P
SEC settlement-language change is (at best) mere cosmetics
In other words, defendants whose guilt has already been established under the higher standard of criminal law can no longer evade responsibility for civil charges. Which leads, of course, to the question of why it took the SEC 40 years to change such a
Updated: 01/09/2012 05:29P
SEC 'No-Admit' Policy Change to Have Minor Impact
And the modification has little impact on companies, because most of the SEC's cases are civil ones that don't involve criminal charges brought by the Department of Justice. That includes the civil case against Citigroup Global Markets, Inc,
Updated: 01/09/2012 05:25P
OFFSTAGE: Miranda Lambert Gets Law & Order Acting Role
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.) "In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous.
Updated: 01/09/2012 05:23P
New juvenile law needed: official
However, a proposed law will raise this limit to 18 years. “Experience indicates that the high percentage of assault and theft crimes is the outcome of adolescents trying to show off their personalities among their peers.” Boys rank the highest in this
Updated: 01/09/2012 05:22P
Rights body looks at Noble case
Mr Gooda said any action taken would also aim to address cases similar to Mr Noble's nationwide, where disabled prisoners declared mentally unfit to plead were being held in custody indefinitely. In WA, at least 18 prisoners held under the Criminal Law
Updated: 01/09/2012 04:43P
Governor Signs “Caylee's Law” Bill
The law also amends current law (NJSA 52:17B-89) by making it a fourth degree crime to fail to report a death by criminal violence, accident, suicide or any suspicious manner to the county medical examiner, the State Medical Examiner, or the municipal
Updated: 01/09/2012 04:32P
Jones Day | Jones Day welcomes prominent environmental law partner in Chicago
He most recently was head of the environmental law group at Mayer Brown LLP. Mr. Skinner's practice focuses on environmental litigation, federal and state civil and criminal enforcement matters, regulatory and permitting issues, and counseling,
Updated: 01/09/2012 04:24P
When Fighting Crime Becomes Piling On: The Overcriminalization of Fraud
The real threat raised by the MAPLE Act is not that of a shadowy syrup syndicate, but a US Congress determined to expand the federal criminal law well beyond its intended limitations—the phenomenon known as overcriminalization.
Updated: 01/09/2012 04:01P
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