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Stalkers to be given 'substantial' jail sentences under new plans to protect
By Leon Watson A major inquiry will recommend that stalking should be made a specific criminal offence, it was reported today. MPs believe the problem has got so bad a new law is needed to protect victims from emotional and physical abuse.
Updated: 02/05/2012 04:40A
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In the Netherlands a weekend break can become a weekend break-up for couples hoping for a swift and cheap divorce. The Divorce Hotel helps husbands and wives to arrange all the necessary legal documentation to end their marriage over the course of just
Updated: 02/05/2012 04:28A
NSU offers paralegal studies program
Northwestern State University is offering a certification program in paralegal studies through the criminal justice program in the Department of Criminal Justice, History and Social Sciences. The Legal Assistant Program offers an eight-course
Updated: 02/05/2012 03:49A
US War Crimes chief Stephen Rapp in Colombo: Covered-up Rwanda genocide to
By Daya Gamage - Asian Tribune Analysis The United States' Global war crimes investigator Ambassador Stephen Rapp, head of the State Department's Office of Global Criminal Justice, will be in Sri Lanka this week to engage in high level talks with the
Updated: 02/05/2012 03:37A
Utah Legislature: Proposed law would block profits from all crimes
Additionally, any profit made off so-called "victimless" crimes would be taken and deposited into a state fund for victims. Webb said it's unlikely that people charged with a misdemeanor would ever be pursued under the law because their crimes wouldn't
Updated: 02/05/2012 03:07A
Utah Legislature: Proposed law would block profits from all crimes
Additionally, any profit made off so-called "victimless" crimes would be taken and deposited into a state fund for victims. Webb said it's unlikely that people charged with a misdemeanor would ever be pursued under the law because their crimes wouldn't
Updated: 02/05/2012 03:07A
Private firms give UK police forces millions of pounds to investigate crimes
A spokesman for the British Bankers' Association said: "Due to the inadequate law enforcement resources, many frauds reported by banks and their customers are simply not proactively investigated. "Banks have thus been forced to explore alternative
Updated: 02/05/2012 03:01A
Private firms give UK police forces millions of pounds to investigate crimes
A spokesman for the British Bankers' Association said: "Due to the inadequate law enforcement resources, many frauds reported by banks and their customers are simply not proactively investigated. "Banks have thus been forced to explore alternative
Updated: 02/05/2012 03:01A
Liberty rights are at risk
The presumption of innocence is one of the most overworked phrases in the criminal justice system. For all its fame and usage the presumption of innocence is not mentioned anywhere in the US Constitution. Scrupulous prosecutors are careful to affix
Updated: 02/05/2012 12:42A
Hackers hit law websites Haditha defense site defaced
Hackers gained access to the Salt Lake City Police Department website that gathers citizen complaints about drug and other crimes, including phone numbers, addresses and other personal data of informants, police said. The website remained down Friday
Updated: 02/05/2012 12:41A
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