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Swiss Bank Wegelin Charged With Helping US
Wegelin was one of at least 11 banks under criminal investigation by the Justice Department's tax division. Wegelin announced on Jan. 27 that it agreed to a sale to Switzerland's Raiffeisen Group. Bryan Skarlatos, a tax attorney in New York,
Updated: 02/03/2012 12:59A
Bill heard on legalization of marijuana possession
By PAULA TRACY CONCORD — Marijuana would be legalized for possession of less than one ounce under a bill heard Thursday before the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. With House Bill 1526, possession of an ounce or less of marijuana
Updated: 02/03/2012 12:57A
India's first mobile law treatise arrives
Justice AK Sikri of Delhi High Court said that Mobile Law is a complete treatise. “The book is very apt as a number of similar issues are coming to courts,” he said. Justice Sikri said that 90 per cent of criminal cases are today solved through call
Updated: 02/03/2012 12:24A
Committee recommends bias training for all law enforcement
Advisory committee members reported back to the Legislature's Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee Thursday to recommend training for police officers, a public symposium to be held later this year, and mandatory policies adopted by local police
Updated: 02/03/2012 12:10A
UVA Law Professor Gives Crash Course on Criminal Law
A University of Virginia law professor sat down with a group of students Thursday to make sure they understand what is going on in court with the George Huguely trial. Anne Coughlin went over the basics of criminal law in the commonwealth with a packed
Updated: 02/02/2012 11:16P
Entry banned
Peshawar—District administration, Abbottabad under Criminal Procedure Penal Code (CrPC) Section 144 has banned the entry of Maulana Ilyas Ghuman for a period of two months into the district. According to a notification issued on Thursday the district
Updated: 02/02/2012 11:13P
ICC Ruling Amounted to Politicising Justice Which Will in the End Destroy It
By Dann Mwangi, 1 February 2012 The International Criminal Court was founded with the sole purpose of ending impunity by perpetrators of international crimes under the Rome Statute. In this regard, it was generally expected to play a critical role,
Updated: 02/02/2012 10:39P
ICC Ruling Amounted to Politicising Justice Which Will in the End Destroy It
By Dann Mwangi, 1 February 2012 The International Criminal Court was founded with the sole purpose of ending impunity by perpetrators of international crimes under the Rome Statute. In this regard, it was generally expected to play a critical role,
Updated: 02/02/2012 10:39P
Criminology almost non-existent in India
Collating crime-related data like this has been a career for Professor Martin Killias, experimental criminologist at the University of Zurich. Speaking on experimental research in criminology and criminal justice at the Centre for DNA finger-printing
Updated: 02/02/2012 10:29P
Lee Davis: GPS And Tracking Criminals In Tennessee
As a result of the tracking, law enforcement officials were able to gather evidence which linked him to a house used to stash drugs and money. Jones' movements were monitored for 28 days and he was convicted of conspiring to sell cocaine.
Updated: 02/02/2012 10:16P
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