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Lon Mugesera in Rwandan jail after deportation from Canada
“The CBSA and the Department of Justice worked tirelessly on this case” Luc Portelance, president of the CBSA, said in the release. “I'm pleased that the case has resulted in a removal of another accused war criminal from Canadian soil.
Updated: 01/24/2012 08:01P
Public safety officials blast bills to soften firearms laws
George Lambert, R-Litchfield, told the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee Tuesday, if Martha Stewart came to his house for dinner with him and his wife, Stewart could not go out into his backyard and shoot a gun with them because she is
Updated: 01/24/2012 07:47P
Alaska Lawmakers, Law Enforcement Attend Crime Summit
It's not clear whether any special initiatives or pieces of legislation will result from the summit. French has said it's important to bring together criminal justice experts to get a better sense of what is happening in the system and to then consider
Updated: 01/24/2012 07:44P
Spanish judge on trial for Franco-era crimes
This is a quirk of Spanish penal law - private citizens can seek to bring criminal charges against someone even if prosecutors disagree. Judge Baltazar Garzon ( center ) , considered a hero by human rights groups , leaves.
Updated: 01/24/2012 07:42P
CORRECTION FROM SOURCE: Leon Mugesera, Inadmissible for Crimes Against
The CBSA is committed to ensuring Canada is not a safe haven for people who were involved in serious acts of war crimes or crimes against humanity. It is the CBSA's responsibility to enforce the law. The removal of inadmissible individuals is key to
Updated: 01/24/2012 07:37P
Firearms prohibitions skyrocket in Canada
Most troubling, Burlew said, is Criminal Code Section 111 which allows police officers to request prohibitions be imposed even when no crime has been committed. The threshold he said, is simply that a peace officer "believes on reasonable grounds" an
Updated: 01/24/2012 07:26P
New Alta. drunk driving law needs more study
It reserves the strongest penalties for repeat offenders and those who have a blood-alcohol level over .08, which is the legal limit under the Criminal Code.. Premier Alison Redford told reporters Tuesday that she's not exactly sure when the bill will
Updated: 01/24/2012 07:19P
Broome County DA Voices Support for DNA Databank Expansion
The bill ia an expansion of the state's DNA Databank that was proposed in his 2012-2013 budget address last week. "We have to make sure that we're using our tools, that we're doing what works, and we have to pass the this All Crimes DNA Bill," said the
Updated: 01/24/2012 06:54P
FP Passport: Why do police douse protesters with colored water?
According to Maki Haberfeld, chair of the Department of Law, Police Science, and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, injecting semi-permanent, bright-colored dyes into water cannons is a relatively cheap
Updated: 01/24/2012 06:38P
SD senator: No reporting deadline for rape victims
Even in cases where there is forensic evidence, there can be wrongful convictions, said Lisa Wayne, president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Many of the inmates exonerated by the Innocence Project were sent to prison based on
Updated: 01/24/2012 06:34P
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