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Maldives asks UN help to resolve "judicial crisis"
As part of a technology change, commenting will not be available on some articles for a number of months. Read more about the change here. The Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Maldives has asked the United Nations to send a group of experts to
Updated: 01/22/2012 01:43P
Holder's Law Firm Has Questionable Ties to Mortgage Banks, DC Government and
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 foreclosure
Updated: 01/22/2012 01:36P
Alaska lawmakers to start first full week of work
Pennucci will focus on how education, including early childhood education and adult programs, can reduce crime rates. Prosecutors and the director of the Public Defender Agency, law enforcement and corrections officials and victims' advocates also are
Updated: 01/22/2012 01:15P
Tom Hanks' New 9/11 Movie Gets Thumbs Up from First Responder
By Murray Weiss Murray Weiss is an award-winning investigative journalist, author, columnist and editor, and is considered an expert on government, law enforcement, criminal justice, organized crime and terrorism. MANHATTAN — Tom Hanks' controversial
Updated: 01/22/2012 01:02P
Honour killing: Definition of murder shouldn't be altered
The law commission of India says there is no need for introducing a provision for the so-called honour killings in Section 300 of the Indian Penal Code. The law commission of India has said there is no need to alter the definition of murder under
Updated: 01/22/2012 12:54P
Judicialized impeachment
precedent and law are not empty incantations borne out of long practice in the judicial trenches; they lay the foundation for a possible claim that because the Senate was not able to comply with the strictures of criminal procedure and the rules of
Updated: 01/22/2012 12:00P
Who can we trust?
The line between the criminals and the law enforcers is not only thin, it has vanished. Of course to those of us living in this country all our lives, this had been a fact of life. People who lost their cars to carnap syndicates do not bother to report
Updated: 01/22/2012 11:02A
Police investigate video of Maltese children with weapons
Illum discussed the video and use of weapons with Arthur Azzopardi, a lawyer specialising in Criminal law. Judging by the footage viewed, Azzopardi said that the weapons were most likely real and said the video broke all laws regarding weapons unless
Updated: 01/22/2012 10:49A
Nancy Eshelman: Harrisburg police drama like an episode of 'Law and Order'
By NANCY ESHELMAN, For The Patriot-News “In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crime and police officials who investigate rogue cops. These are their stories.
Updated: 01/22/2012 10:45A
Nancy Eshelman: Harrisburg police drama like an episode of 'Law and Order'
By NANCY ESHELMAN, For The Patriot-News “In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police who investigate crime and police officials who investigate rogue cops. These are their stories.
Updated: 01/22/2012 10:45A
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