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Senate's Public Corruption Move Raises Overcriminalization Concerns
Heritage, a task force of the American Bar Association, and other leading legal scholars have pointed out the problem of the increasing federalization of crime. And yet Congress continues to enact new criminal laws targeting state and local conduct.
Updated: 02/01/2012 06:33P
Senate's Public Corruption Move Raises Overcriminalization Concerns
Heritage, a task force of the American Bar Association, and other leading legal scholars have pointed out the problem of the increasing federalization of crime. And yet Congress continues to enact new criminal laws targeting state and local conduct.
Updated: 02/01/2012 06:33P
N38b loan: EFCC opposes Bankole's, Nafada's freedom
In his ruling which lasted about three hours, Justice Belgore held that there was no contravention of known financial regulations by the two to warrant them facing trial. Besides, he said they cannot be held liable, in criminal law, for the action that
Updated: 02/01/2012 06:31P
Wanted: A law on cyber security
According to them, these countries have the technology and the wherewithal to probably fight Internet crime to a standstill, when Nigeria is still struggling to enact a cybercrime law. This delay in passage of relevant cybercrime bills into law is,
Updated: 02/01/2012 06:05P
MT Division of Criminal Investigation reports increased workload
The Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) can be seen at crime scenes all over Montana, assisting law enforcement agencies when local resources are stretched thin. DCI reports that they are seeing a heavier caseload than ever before.
Updated: 02/01/2012 06:03P
Holder should require Cook County to follow immigration law
Cook County, home to Chicago, receives between $3 million and $4 million annually in federal reimbursements to hold criminal aliens, yet it has passed an ordinance that defies federal immigration law by refusing to hold them in custody.
Updated: 02/01/2012 06:02P
Justice Dept rejects gun-smuggling cover-up claim
By PETE YOST AP WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department is rejecting an assertion by a House committee chairman that top Justice officials are covering up events surrounding a flawed gun-smuggling probe, Operation Fast and Furious. Rep.
Updated: 02/01/2012 05:51P
Keeping Locked-up Kids and Their Families Connected
But then again, so many of our criminal justice policies are just that. Since it is mostly the poor, the desperately poor who fill US prisons, the $25 fee is one more economic hardship offenders' families have to struggle with.
Updated: 02/01/2012 05:51P
DNA Databank Bill Passes: Even a Misdemeanor Gets You Registered
At the moment law requires those that have been convicted of felonies or misdemeanors to submit their DNA to the database. The new measure would require anyone who has been convicted of a felony or penal law misdemeanor to submit their sample.
Updated: 02/01/2012 05:44P
Low-Level Marijuana Arrests Rise for Seventh Straight Year
from 2002 to 2010, about 87 percent of those arrested for marijuana were black or Hispanic, while only 10 percent were white, according to a breakdown on Dr. Levine's Web site based on data from the state Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Updated: 02/01/2012 05:40P
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