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NYPD needs to go further on crime statistics, say Noel Leader of 100 Blacks in
Noel Leader of 100 Blacks In Law Enforcement says criminal reports should be easier to file. The NYPD memo telling rank-and-file cops to make filing criminal reports easier is just the start of preventing crime stat fudging, critics said Saturday.
Updated: 01/21/2012 07:20P
Justice system struggles to deal with fetal alcohol disorder
Molnar's pattern of impulsive behaviour — unaltered even after facing consequences time and time again — is now recognized by many in the criminal justice system as telltale of an FASD offender. Since the Alberta government launched its 10-year plan on
Updated: 01/21/2012 07:08P
Chile Osuji: Raising the bar
Eboe Osuji, who taught International Criminal Law at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law in Ontario, Canada, has appeared in several civil, constitutional and criminal cases at all levels of court in Canada. He has established sizeable proficiency
Updated: 01/21/2012 06:50P
Strike-Counterstrike: SOPA/PIPA Internet Freedom War Begins in Earnest
The FBI and Department of Justice say they netted $175 million in criminal proceeds while causing an estimated $500 million harm to copyright holders. The property seized as part of the crackdown includes, among other things, a dozen posh cars
Updated: 01/21/2012 06:26P
Jessica Pridgeon - Fiji girl, up there with the best in New Zealand law
At 24, Jessica has a bachelor of law with honours, a bachelor of commerce majoring in international business which basically allows her to practice law in New Zealand and anywhere in the world as long she has been admitted to the Bar of that country.
Updated: 01/21/2012 06:25P
Rule of Law? Not for Megaupload! Paging Prof. John Yoo!
Allowing such prosecution to go forward in American criminal courts for persons and events having so little to do with America goes way beyond anything proposed by Prof. Yoo or Alberto Gonzalez, and is a chilling assertion of American dominance.
Updated: 01/21/2012 06:09P
Totten: Tough laws equal less crime, safer cities
By Gregory D. Totten He incorrectly implies that the intent of the three-strikes law was to incarcerate only those criminals who committed yet another serious or violent offense. The actual intent was to incapacitate career criminals who had previously
Updated: 01/21/2012 06:05P
Prison Privatization Measure Will Go To Budget Panel
"In my opinion a subject as complex as prison privatization should have been referred to the substantive committees that oversee this subject matter (ie Criminal Justice, Governmental Oversight and Accountability and Criminal & Civil Justice
Updated: 01/21/2012 05:51P
Mutula tells off critics, calls for respect of law
By MUTINDA MWANZIA Justice Minister Mutula Kilonzo has broken his silence over the storm he kicked on the fate of two presidential aspirants ahead of International Criminal Court (ICC) ruling tomorrow. Mutula told off Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka and
Updated: 01/21/2012 05:35P
Victorville left with vacant courtroom after reassignment
Criminal law judge Miriam Morton was transferred from Victorville to Barstow, while civil law judge Gilbert Ochoa moved to Rancho Cucamonga. Judge John Vander Feer, who was handling civil cases in San Bernardino, came to Victorville and took over as
Updated: 01/21/2012 04:28P
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