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Dog fight law progresses to House
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - People convicted of attending animal fights would face stiffer criminal penalties under a bill approved by the Indiana Senate. The Senate voted 38-10 in favor of the bill on Thursday, sending it to the House for consideration.
Updated: 01/20/2012 08:21A
FBI unplugs top piracy site
Megaupload.com went offline as justice officials and the FBI laid out the details of what they described as "among the largest criminal copyright cases ever brought by the US". Authorities claim Hong Kong-based Megaupload and its sister sites generated
Updated: 01/20/2012 08:13A
Accused appear in court after Megaupload shutdown
The FBI has issued a press release which claims that Megaupload had generated more than US$175 million in "criminal proceeds". The FBI said law enforcement had executed more than 20 search warrants in the US, New Zealand and seven other countries,
Updated: 01/20/2012 08:03A
The Times drops Chris Huhne emails challenge
"We can see that it is in the interests of criminal justice that there should be a moratorium on their publication." The judge said the order would remain in place pending the decision on whether to charge and, if charges were brought,
Updated: 01/20/2012 08:00A
RUSSIA: Prisoner of conscience freed but not exonerated
The Regional Court changed his punishment from imprisonment into a fine, which he is not required to pay due to changes in the Criminal Code. Rogacheva told Forum 18 that "I don't agree with the verdict as Asylzhan has not been exonerated.
Updated: 01/20/2012 07:49A
FOX Carolina 21Maldives vice president joins calls to free judge
Vice President Mohammed Waheed Hassan criticized the "extrajudicial arrest" this week of Criminal Court Chief Justice Abdulla Mohamed after he ordered the release of a detained government critic. Hassan told The Associated Press the detention sets a
Updated: 01/20/2012 07:45A
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMMaldives vice president joins calls to free judge
Vice President Mohammed Waheed Hassan criticized the "extrajudicial arrest" this week of Criminal Court Chief Justice Abdulla Mohamed after he ordered the release of a detained government critic. Hassan told The Associated Press the detention sets a
Updated: 01/20/2012 07:42A
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMMaldives vice president joins calls to free judge
Vice President Mohammed Waheed Hassan criticized the "extrajudicial arrest" this week of Criminal Court Chief Justice Abdulla Mohamed after he ordered the release of a detained government critic. Hassan told The Associated Press the detention sets a
Updated: 01/20/2012 07:42A
INSIGHT: Top Justice officials connected to mortgage banks
The evidence, including records from federal and state courts and local clerks' offices around the country, shows widespread forgery, perjury, obstruction of justice, and illegal foreclosures on the homes of thousands of active-duty military personnel.
Updated: 01/20/2012 07:28A
Insight: Top Justice officials connected to mortgage banks (Reuters)
(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 alleged
Updated: 01/20/2012 07:23A
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