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Reduction of crime continues to be government's top priority
He said the Compendium of Anti-Crime Bills that were debated and passed in the House of Assembly and the Senate late last year, proposed improvements to the Criminal Justice System, the implementation of youth-related programs for at-risk youth by the
Updated: 01/20/2012 01:12P
Leaders of Megaupload.com Charged With Widespread Online Copyright Infringement
The case is being prosecuted by the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia and the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section in the Justice Department's Criminal Division. The Criminal Division's Office of International Affairs,
Updated: 01/20/2012 01:03P
British Crime Survey: firearms offences fall but knife crime on the rise
Although these crimes are relatively small in number, their impact on communities can be severe and police forces will continue to work with the National Ballistics Intelligence Service and other law enforcement agencies to build on this performance
Updated: 01/20/2012 12:50P
Top Justice officials connected to mortgage banks
Jan 19 (Reuters) - US Attorney General Eric Holder and Lanny Breuer, head of the Justice Department's criminal division, were partners for years at a Washington law firm that represented a Who's Who of big banks and other companies at the center of
Updated: 01/20/2012 12:30P
Cyber crime accused Kim Dotcom's lavish lifestyle
Dotcom said the convictions were wiped under a German “clean slate” law, TV3 reported. “Officially, I am as clean as it gets,” he told the New Zealand network. Dotcom has little to do with the Auckland social circuit and lived largely behind the walls
Updated: 01/20/2012 12:04P
DOJ official plans to plead Fifth Amendment, refuses to testify on Fast and
“Did Attorney General Holder really not know a senior Justice Department official fears criminal prosecution or is this just another example of him hiding important facts? The committee will continue to demand answers.” Sixty-two congressmen
Updated: 01/20/2012 12:00P
DOJ official plans to plead Fifth Amendment, refuses to testify on Fast and
“Did Attorney General Holder really not know a senior Justice Department official fears criminal prosecution or is this just another example of him hiding important facts? The committee will continue to demand answers.” Sixty-two congressmen
Updated: 01/20/2012 12:00P
Cowardice is no crime -- at least in the U.S.
It has been up to individual states to enact their own criminal maritime laws. In the US, for example, the seaman's manslaughter statute was passed in the mid-nineteenth century following several steamboat accidents that led to deaths.
Updated: 01/20/2012 11:41A
Restorative Justice offers mentor training in Knox County
The Restorative Justice Project of the Midcoast is offering a free training for volunteer mentors to work with their programs that serve both youth and adults who are involved in the criminal justice system. The next Knox County volunteer training is
Updated: 01/20/2012 11:35A
Limits on Interest Rates in Loan Agreements
Loan agreements governed by Ontario law commonly include a provision that is intended to address the maximum effective annual rate of interest that is chargeable thereunder without contravening the usury provisions of the Criminal Code (Canada).
Updated: 01/20/2012 11:31A
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