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Crown wants former Kamloops teacher jailed 12 months for sex crimes
Brett Anthony Nelson leaves the Kamloops Law Courts after listening to lawyers make sentencing submissions on Friday, Jan. 13. By Tim Petruk - Kamloops This Week A former Kamloops teacher who was fired in 2004 after a jury found him guilty of having a
Updated: 01/14/2012 01:27A
THE FCPA AND WIRETAPS
The Justice Department no longer views white collar crime as different than organized crime, gangs or drug trafficking. What that means from a practical standpoint is that federal agents are using the same investigative tactics as they have
Updated: 01/14/2012 12:58A
Police chief backs Redford on impaired driving law
“We think this adds to traffic safety — absolutely,” he says. A final question about another part of the new law not mentioned near as often. When the law goes into effect later this year, and no doubt after the April provincial election,
Updated: 01/14/2012 12:30A
New push to expand DNA samples from NY offenders
Andrew Cuomo last week called 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: 01/14/2012 12:16A
Judge rules to hear testimony in Racial Justice Act appeal
If it goes forward, it will be the first in the state to be considered on its merits under the controversial Racial Justice Act. This law, enacted in 2009, allows convicted killers on death row to use statistics to try to prove the criminal justice
Updated: 01/14/2012 12:10A
Maine Voices: To reduce crime, protect programs that put kids on right path
However, law enforcement leaders across Maine agree that we must preserve our investment in young children to avoid higher criminal justice and corrections costs in the future. In the interests of saving taxpayer dollars and ensuring public safety,
Updated: 01/14/2012 12:01A
Mayor announces anti-violence plan
Andrews further pledged to work with other law enforcement agencies to make sure his office finds out if anyone from Durham with a sheriff-issued permit to carry a concealed weapon is charged with a crime. Those permits will be revoked until and unless
Updated: 01/13/2012 11:25P
Mirkarimi faces jail time over abuse charges
"As Mayor, I must now review the facts and options available to me under the City Charter, but I must also ensure that we do not take steps that undermine the integrity of the criminal justice proceedings underway.” Lopez, in a statement to reporters,
Updated: 01/13/2012 11:05P
• A bite out of crime
Some of these types of cases include combatting drug trafficking and criminals who use firearms, he added. “Working with local law enforcement and county prosecutors, the US Attorney's Office is able to identify the 'worst of the worst' in Hoosier
Updated: 01/13/2012 10:58P
Employer jailed for not paying workers
China's amended Criminal Law allows judicial authorities to imprison employers who maliciously withhold payments from their employees. The case is part of authorities' work to help migrant workers receive the pay that they are owed and often expect to
Updated: 01/13/2012 09:21P
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