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Deportation of alleged Rwandan war criminal on hold?
I think that we need to tighten up our immigration laws so that lawyers can't get richer off these kinds of situations on our dime. Laws are useless unless all loopholes are secured! 16 years of tax payers money spent to evaluate if this corrupted rich
Updated: 01/11/2012 06:09P
Criminal Background Check Names Haven't Been Released, But One More School
But she did release the name of a school board member who underwent a criminal background check and failed it: Steve Rogan, who sat on the Keansburg Board. Under state law, Rogan is now disqualified to keep his board of education sit because he has
Updated: 01/11/2012 05:55P
Maine Public Felon List Stirs Debate
A public online database of the nearly 10000 adults in Maine in prison or on probation is stirring debate in law enforcement and criminal justice circles. The new search engine went live this week on the Web site of Maine Department of Corrections.
Updated: 01/11/2012 05:54P
Crime Stopper Tips Lead to Over 100 Arrests
To report criminal activity or to give anonymous tips, please contact your local law enforcement agency, Crime Stoppers in Hopkins County (270-825-1111), or call 9-1-1. With your help, we can make our community safe for everyone.
Updated: 01/11/2012 05:26P
Crime Stopper Tips Lead to Over 100 Arrests
To report criminal activity or to give anonymous tips, please contact your local law enforcement agency, Crime Stoppers in Hopkins County (270-825-1111), or call 9-1-1. With your help, we can make our community safe for everyone.
Updated: 01/11/2012 05:26P
Supreme Court says no to new rule on eyewitness testimony
But the criminal justice system is designed to help a jury determine the reliability of evidence. In a lone dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the court's focus was misdirected toward police deterrence rather than the broader goal of witness
Updated: 01/11/2012 05:19P
Supreme Court backs eyewitness identification with 8-1 ruling
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution mandates the government not "deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." That has led to a long line of jurisprudence over what areas of the criminal justice system are covered
Updated: 01/11/2012 04:58P
Wrongful death settlements with W.Va. families don't end Massey-related legal
Under federal law, prosecutors have five years to bring a criminal case. "It's a matter of reaching a point in the investigation ... where we have the evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a federal crime has been committed, and if so,
Updated: 01/11/2012 04:48P
Wrongful death settlements with W.Va. families don't end Massey-related legal
Under federal law, prosecutors have five years to bring a criminal case. "It's a matter of reaching a point in the investigation ... where we have the evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a federal crime has been committed, and if so,
Updated: 01/11/2012 04:48P
'Prove unborn aren't human' says Canadian MP in challenge to abortion supporters
In December, Tory MP Stephen Woodworth called for a revision of section 223 of Canada's Criminal Code, a 400-year-old provision inherited from British common law that stipulates a child only becomes a “human being” once he or she has fully proceeded
Updated: 01/11/2012 04:25P
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