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Chelsea King's Dad To Meet With Governor To Save SAFE Task Forces; Layoffs
These agents are among 91 sworn peace officers from the state Division of Law Enforcement who are due to lose their jobs in February. Also among the 91 are agents who worked on the now disbanded Major Crimes Team—a collection of highly specialized
Updated: 01/11/2012 03:17A
New push to expand DNA samples from NY offenders
Andrew Cuomo called last week for putting New York "on the cutting edge of criminal justice" by becoming the first state to collect DNA on all crimes under the state's penal laws, noting that since 1996 the database provided leads to 2700 convictions
Updated: 01/11/2012 03:15A
Sudan to establish special court for Darfur crimes and appoints new special
January 10, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese justice minister Mohamed Bushara Dousa issued a decree on Tuesday by which he appointed a special prosecutor for Darfur and announced that he will soon establish a special court to handle the “gravest” crimes
Updated: 01/11/2012 03:15A
Sudan to establish special court for Darfur crimes and appoints new special
January 10, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese justice minister Mohamed Bushara Dousa issued a decree on Tuesday by which he appointed a special prosecutor for Darfur and announced that he will soon establish a special court to handle the “gravest” crimes
Updated: 01/11/2012 03:15A
Insurance Scam Eyed Instead of Anti-Semitism in Car Fires
By Murray Weiss Murray Weiss is an award-winning investigative journalist, author, columnist and editor, and is considered an expert on government, law enforcement, criminal justice, organized crime and terrorism. A car insurance scam is being eyed in
Updated: 01/11/2012 02:43A
Stephen Fry promotes Father Paul Kelly's online petition to end Queensland's
Mr Lucas said that in line with the QLRC recommendations, the state government had also changed the criminal code so that words by themselves could not be used in establishing the defence. He said a committee had been established to consider
Updated: 01/11/2012 01:53A
Barring Easley From the Law, Or Maybe Not
The scandal that led to his criminal plea hardly compares to selling a US Senate seat or taking a bag of cash in a bathroom. That difference, though, is reflected in that fact that Easley was able to plead guilty to a low-level felony and avoid prison
Updated: 01/11/2012 01:45A
Habitual-offender bill should not be enacted hastily
The stakes are too high to pass a new law that may not deliver on its promise of greater public safety or, worse, might create new problems with staggering costs to taxpayers. The expected analysis from the state's Criminal Justice Commission should
Updated: 01/11/2012 12:56A
LAPD predicting where criminals strike with computer calculation
By Guy Adams Sergeant John Gomperz slows his black-and-white patrol vehicle to a crawl as he enters the parking lot of one of the shopping malls that litter the Los Angeles northern suburbs. For the next 15 minutes, he drives up and down,
Updated: 01/11/2012 12:52A
Expediting justice is like putting money in the bank
As described to county commissioners this week by Auditor Michael V. Sciortino, E-justice has the potential to increase efficiency in the criminal justice system. And that means not only the quality of justice will be improved, but the cost of
Updated: 01/11/2012 12:25A
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