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Ill. offering grants for law enforcement vehicles
The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is requesting proposals from law enforcement agencies. The authority says the money is available to agencies that demonstrate "both financial and vehicle needs." A minimum of 75 percent of the money
Updated: 01/27/2012 09:42A
Waynesboro, Staunton police suspend reserve operations after state ruling
The state Department of Criminal Justice Services wrote Virginia police chiefs on Dec. 16, telling them "auxiliary police officers must meet the same training requirements as sworn law enforcement officers." Full-time police require months of training
Updated: 01/27/2012 09:28A
Top Judge Speaks the Truth About Georgia's Juvenile Justice System
Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court Carol Hunstein, pointed out this dilemma during her recent State of the Judiciary speech to the General Assembly. Hunstein, who is part of Gov. Nathan Deal's Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform,
Updated: 01/27/2012 09:14A
Africa: Letter to Foreign Ministers of African States Parties to the ICC
The summit is however an opportunity for gathered African states parties to informally exchange observations about recent developments and discuss concrete steps that they and the AU can take to advance justice for the victims of crimes under
Updated: 01/27/2012 08:07A
Illinois offering grants for law enforcement vehicles
By AP CHICAGO — An Illinois state agency is offering more than $460000 in grants to law enforcement agencies that need new vehicles. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is requesting proposals from law enforcement agencies.
Updated: 01/27/2012 07:51A
Career criminal gets 15 years for gun possession
Johnson has multiple prior convictions for charges ranging from battery on a law-enforcement officer to delivery of narcotics. These earlier convictions made Johnson an armed career criminal under federal sentencing law and he was prohibited from
Updated: 01/27/2012 07:03A
Meggs talks crime fighting to residents
By Desiree Stennett Dozens of residents of the Griffin Heights neighborhood who are fed up with the crime-ridden streets outside their front doors met with local and federal law-enforcement officers at a town hall event Thursday night hoping to find a
Updated: 01/27/2012 06:41A
Kenyan Victims of Post-Election Violence Pray for Justice
His desire for justice won't be met by the International Criminal Court's decision to prosecute four Kenyans, including Uhuru Kenyatta, who quit as finance minister yesterday, with crimes against humanity. Most lower-level perpetrators have gone free
Updated: 01/27/2012 06:38A
Legal Wife Off To UK To Claim Iggy's Body
Lawyer Lorna Kapunan, Mrs. Arroyo's legal counsel, said the filing of criminal and civil complaints against whoever authorized the life support taken out is being studied by their law office. “It's homicide, probably murder,” said Kapunan,
Updated: 01/27/2012 06:34A
TFG War Crimes Revisited: Fugitives from the Law
Ironically, the same fugitive war criminal accomplice Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, an American citizen, has managed to re-invent himself into the current role of "Prime Minister of the TFG". Instead of facing a Court of Justice in the United States for his
Updated: 01/27/2012 05:40A
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