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CUEVAS DENIED INQUIRER STORY / INQUIRER STORY TRUE: WHY CUEVAS FORCED TO DENY
Cuevas said the Malacaang emissary had told him Gatdula would be spared of any criminal charge if Cuevas quit the Corona defense team. Both Cuevas and Gatdula are members of the INC. A justice department panel has recommended the filing of criminal
Updated: 02/01/2012 03:35P
NY Marijuana Arrests Increased In 2011 Despite Order To Halt “Manufactured
According to data just released by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, the New York City Police Department continued their marijuana arrest crusade in 2011, surpassing 2010?s near-record amount of low-level marijuana arrests.
Updated: 02/01/2012 03:07P
State Senate Passes DNA Database Expansion
Duffy joined local law enforcement and Mayor Byron Brown to show his support for the plan, which would expand how many and which crimes require convicts to submit their DNA to the state. Gallivan, a former Erie County Sheriff and State Police Captain,
Updated: 02/01/2012 03:03P
Consumers will act badly until debt laws are reformed
Defaulting on personal debt is a criminal offence in the UAE, a fact most recently evidenced in the pardon of almost 7000 Emiratis by the president, Sheikh Khalifa. Their debts, amounting to a hefty Dh2 billion, will now be paid by the government.
Updated: 02/01/2012 03:01P
Legislators want law update in Twitter, Facebook age
The measures would expand the definition of criminal harassment to include text messaging and other forms of electronic communication. Currently, the only form of electronic harassment the law governs is that sent through email, said Del.
Updated: 02/01/2012 02:58P
Bill aims to make cash for sports more than fantasy
by AARON CARTER, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS In Maryland, playing fantasy sports for cash and prizes could make you a criminal. Technically, because of ambiguities in state law, Marylanders are prohibited from collecting cash and prizes in fantasy
Updated: 02/01/2012 02:58P
Labaton Sucharow LLP Files Three Lawsuits Against Automotive Suppliers
Labaton Sucharow's civil lawsuits emanate from an overarching criminal investigation by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice into price fixing, bid rigging and other anticompetitive conduct in the automotive parts industry.
Updated: 02/01/2012 02:50P
Police routinely suppress racial data in Canada, study says
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 02:45P
Police routinely suppress racial data in Canada, study says
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 02:45P
KCTV 5Pot arrests top 50K in 2011 despite NYPD order
The Republican, who's a criminal defense lawyer, is sponsoring the proposal with Democratic Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries. It's difficult to put a price tag on the city's arrests, but Levine has estimated it cost an estimated $75 million in 2011 to
Updated: 02/01/2012 02:43P
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