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CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMPot arrests top 50K in 2011 despite NYPD order
In fact, 2011 arrests for the lowest-ranking marijuana misdemeanor rose slightly, from about 50400 to 50700, the New York Division of Criminal Justice figures show. The Drug Policy Alliance, a group critical of the national war on drugs, obtained the
Updated: 02/01/2012 02:36P
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMPot arrests top 50K in 2011 despite NYPD order
In fact, 2011 arrests for the lowest-ranking marijuana misdemeanor rose slightly, from about 50400 to 50700, the New York Division of Criminal Justice figures show. The Drug Policy Alliance, a group critical of the national war on drugs, obtained the
Updated: 02/01/2012 02:36P
Canadian police routinely suppress racial data: study
The study, published in the Canadian Journal of Law and Society, said the continued "whitewashing" of criminal data makes it virtually impossible for researchers to gauge whether police are dealing with racial and ethnic minority groups in an equitable
Updated: 02/01/2012 02:30P
Canadian police routinely suppress racial data: study
The study, published in the Canadian Journal of Law and Society, said the continued "whitewashing" of criminal data makes it virtually impossible for researchers to gauge whether police are dealing with racial and ethnic minority groups in an equitable
Updated: 02/01/2012 02:29P
You're on your own, red shirts tell Nitirat
A campaign engineered by the Nitirat group to amend Section 112 of the Criminal Code appears to be going nowhere, due to rising opposition from members of the public, the red shirts and the ruling Pheu Thai Party. A red shirt protester holds a placard
Updated: 02/01/2012 02:19P
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP | Davis Polk Welcomes Senior Federal Prosecutor
Most recently, he served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, where his wide-ranging responsibilities included supervision of the Fraud and Appellate Sections. Among other duties, Mr. Andres was
Updated: 02/01/2012 02:12P
Top judge: Jury trials not unfair
By LAMECH JOHNSON APPELLATE Court president Justice Anita Allen expressed her support of the jury system in criminal trials yesterday though she admitted that the system needed reform. During a special sitting ceremony by the Court of Appeal yesterday
Updated: 02/01/2012 02:01P
Equality group seeks repeal of Kan. sodomy law
AP The executive director of a gay rights group is urging Kansas legislators to repeal an unenforced law that makes sex between consenting adults of the same gender a crime. Tom Witt of the Kansas Equality Coalition testified Wednesday before the
Updated: 02/01/2012 01:52P
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Appoints Greg D. Andres
Most recently, he served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice, where his wide-ranging responsibilities included supervision of the Fraud and Appellate Sections. Among other duties, Mr. Andres was
Updated: 02/01/2012 01:37P
Gay, lesbian organization supports bill repealing unenforceable Kansas
The executive director of a gay rights group is urging Kansas legislators to repeal an unenforced law that makes sex between consenting adults of the same gender a crime. Tom Witt of the Kansas Equality Coalition testified Wednesday before the Senate
Updated: 02/01/2012 01:29P
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