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Supreme Court: Search warrant needed for GPS tracking
By AP WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that police must get a search warrant before using GPS technology to track criminal suspects. The ruling represents a serious complication for law enforcement nationwide, which increasingly
Updated: 01/23/2012 12:54P
Singapore: Stop Hiding Behind Old Excuses
Shadrake served a six-week contempt of court sentence for “scandalizing the judiciary” in his book Once A Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock. Singapore's claims of exemption from human rights standards are just lame excuses for abuses.
Updated: 01/23/2012 12:51P
Supreme Court rules: Warrant needed for GPS tracking
By Jesse H. Holland, Pete Yost WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police must get a search warrant before using GPS technology to track criminal suspects. The ruling represents a serious complication for law enforcement
Updated: 01/23/2012 12:47P
Kenya presidential hopefuls to face war crimes court
By Sara Webb and James Macharia | THE HAGUE/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's finance minister and son of its founder president, must stand trial at the International Criminal Court for directing a militia to murder and rape after a disputed
Updated: 01/23/2012 12:46P
Supreme Court: Warrants needed in GPS tracking
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police must obtain a search warrant before using a GPS device to track criminal suspects. But the justices left for another day larger questions about how technology has altered a person's expectation of
Updated: 01/23/2012 12:40P
Supreme Court: Warrants needed in GPS tracking
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that police must obtain a search warrant before using a GPS device to track criminal suspects. But the justices left for another day larger questions about how technology has altered a person's expectation of
Updated: 01/23/2012 12:40P
Sundance documentaries feature Ethel Kennedy, gay bishop and criminal justice
Although the film brought to life many tragic moments – including the death of her parents and assassinations of her brother-in-law and husband, Ethel sat through much of the film quietly while sitting next to country sensation Taylor Swift,
Updated: 01/23/2012 11:59A
Sports betting
By AP NJ Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. says he'll introduce a bill that would let his state offer legal sports betting. The Democrat's bill would grant New Jersey an exemption to a federal ban on sports betting in all but four states.
Updated: 01/23/2012 11:48A
Speaker's Corner: Prosecutors acting as demagogues in riot trials
The purpose of a criminal justice system in a just and rational society is to apply the law soberly and mete out justice proportionately. Unfortunately, the BC government's conduct is an example of the opposite taking place. Shortly after the riots,
Updated: 01/23/2012 11:41A
LAO not living up to boycott bargain, lawyers say
“Block fees are a new payment program for criminal lawyers designed to improve results for clients, provide more financial certainty and less red tape for lawyers, and promote justice system efficiency,” says Kristian Justesen.
Updated: 01/23/2012 11:33A
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