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Rutgers Holds Careers in Law Panel February 13
Sports Law: Jennifer Duberstein is a corporate lawyer working in the sports industry. She is a business affairs executive at CAA sports, a division of the Creative Artists Agency. Previously, she was senior legal counsel for Major League Soccer (MLS)
Updated: 02/02/2012 01:58P
Kenneth Clarke to 'wipe slate clean' for hundreds of thousands of ex-offenders
The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, is to "wipe the slate clean" for hundreds of thousands of offenders by dramatically shortening the period during which they are obliged to tell potential employers about their criminal past.
Updated: 02/02/2012 01:31P
A sobering bill
Discussion about a bill seeking to do away with sobriety checkpoints is on the NH House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee's agenda today. Two co-sponsors of House Bill 1452 say the checkpoints, which are operated by state and local police
Updated: 02/02/2012 01:25P
Thousands may lose criminal record
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke plans to reduce the length of time during which job applicants are legally required to disclose past criminal convictions. Prison terms of up to six months would be spent two years after the end of the sentence,
Updated: 02/02/2012 12:42P
UN: Philippines Journalist Defamation Conviction a Violation of Free Speech
In his filing with the UNHRC, Adonis asserted that the libel provisions (Sections 353 and 354) of the Philippines Revised Criminal Code unreasonably infringed upon the right to free speech. The current law explicitly presumes malice in all defamatory
Updated: 02/02/2012 12:31P
Govt distances itself from Nitirat
Key Cabinet figures yesterday maintained that the government has no plan to seek an amendment to Article 112 of the Penal Code regarding lese majeste. Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul, responding to an open letter by 224 international
Updated: 02/02/2012 12:25P
Ombud recommends increasing victim surcharge
The report makes numerous other recommendations to bolster victims' rights and enhance their treatment within the criminal justice system. O'Sullivan said it touches on three main areas: giving victims more information about the offender and justice
Updated: 02/02/2012 11:23A
Tiger money man is nailed under new law
Raymond Rea (31) of Ryebridge Close, Kilcock, Co Kildare, was the first person prosecuted under the Criminal Justice Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act 2010. On September 1, 2010, a gang kidnapped a National Irish Bank employee and his wife.
Updated: 02/02/2012 11:06A
Canadian police agencies suppressing data on race, says criminology study
The study, by Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto's Centre for Criminology, and Paul Millar, an associate professor at Nipissing University's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, is entitled “Whitewashing Criminal
Updated: 02/02/2012 10:57A
CRIME: Police make several Pocomoke arrests
POCOMOKE CITY — Several people were arrested Tuesday as allied local law enforcement agencies teamed up to make traffic stops in Pocomoke City. Members of the Pocomoke City Police Department, the Maryland State Police, the Worcester County Sheriff's
Updated: 02/02/2012 10:54A
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