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Indictments of Megaupload Are a Greater Threat to Web Users Than Piracy
By invoking the full wrath of US criminal laws, the government is using tools that were never meant for this situation – and is potentially doing incalculable harm to thousands of Internet users and to the integrity of the Web itself.
Updated: 01/23/2012 08:49P
Taking DNA From All Criminals Should Be Standard Procedure
But its passage has been stymied because other criminal justice legislation that does not enjoy such broad support has been tacked on to it. Let's not repeat that mistake this year. No law enforcement tool is perfect, and, as with a fingerprint,
Updated: 01/23/2012 08:34P
Ala Kachuu: The Kidnapping of a Woman's Choice
''Forcing a woman to marry, to continue a marriage or kidnapping her in order to marry without her consent, is a violation of Kygyz criminal law, Islamic Sharia Law, Kyrgyz tradition (adat), and of her fundamental human rights of security,
Updated: 01/23/2012 08:20P
Molloy says federal law trumps MT medical marijuana law
The growers and providers had filed the civil suit in an effort to block criminal prosecution. They claimed that the raids were illegal because Montana law provided exemptions for medical marijuana sales and use. They had also argued that the US
Updated: 01/23/2012 08:14P
Joe Paterno's death impacts criminal case stemming from Jerry Sandusky's sex
BY Michael O'Keeffe Joe Paterno's death will have an impact on the criminal cases against former Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz, Widener University associate professor of law Wes Oliver told the Daily News on
Updated: 01/23/2012 08:04P
Next anti-crime chief 'must be tough and clean'
MANILA: President Aquino directed Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to find a new director of the National Bureau of Investigation who is “tough and clean” with an impressive track record on law enforcement. Presidential Spokesman Secretary Edwin
Updated: 01/23/2012 07:58P
Supreme Court rules warrant needed for GPS tracking
Anthony Barkow, former director of the New York-based Center on the Administration of Criminal Law, which sided with the Justice Department, agreed. "Law enforcement will adjust and seek warrants" in all but emergency situations. The Justice Department
Updated: 01/23/2012 07:54P
GPS Tracking In Texas
In Texas, that law already exists where police must get a judges order before using a GPS to track the bad guys. "Police officer's aren't allowed to do that unless they go through our own Texas Code of Criminal Procedure and follow the prescriptions
Updated: 01/23/2012 07:50P
Ontario taxpayers can't afford new federal crime legislation, says province
The Safe Streets and Communities Act includes nine separate pieces of legislation but by far the most controversial are new minimum sentences for marijuana possession and trafficking and changes to the Youth Criminal Justice Act which will see more
Updated: 01/23/2012 07:47P
GPS tracking ruling
SOUTH BEND – A US Supreme Court decision restricting the use of GPS devices by police should not affect local criminal investigations, a spokesman for one local law enforcement agency said Monday. In a 9-0 decision Monday, the court, citing the Fourth
Updated: 01/23/2012 07:39P
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