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Wash. state considers collecting DNA upon arrest
Nevertheless, the rush to expand DNA's use in criminal investigations worries privacy advocates, and courts around the country have disagreed about whether such laws violate the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution, which protects people from
Updated: 02/05/2012 08:51P
Lawyers worried by aid changes
Some criminal defence lawyers spoken to by the Manawatu Standard would not go on record with their concerns about the changes, especially with the Justice Ministry reviewing their "approved" status to provide legal aid services.
Updated: 02/05/2012 07:29P
Paul Appleby's office is not geared up to properly fight white-collar crime
What he is not – and has never held himself out to be – is some sort of special white-collar crime fighter. But that has not stopped the Government from pushing Appleby's office into this role to cover up the failure of the criminal justice system
Updated: 02/05/2012 07:17P
PHILIPPINE COMMENTARY 2012: HIGH CRIMES (1 OF 2 PARTS)
Defense Counsel Justice Serafin Cuevas put a really fine point on it by saying that there were were no criminal or administrative sanctions for unintentional inaccuracies in ones Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth.
Updated: 02/05/2012 07:06P
Corrections: A High Calling - Part II
By Mike Raneses, Parole Agent, California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation In our last article, we began to lay the foundation for the case that working in Corrections, because it is a vital component of the criminal justice system,
Updated: 02/05/2012 07:01P
Hackers attack law enforcement websites
Hackers claim to have intercepted and leaked a sensitive conference call between cyber crime investigators at the FBI and Scotland Yard. The hacker group Anonymous has released a roughly 15-minute-long recording of what appears to be a Jan.
Updated: 02/05/2012 05:58P
Kinstellar | Competition Law Update – Developments in December 2011 and
Bogdan Chiritoiu, the president of the Competition Council has recently issued a press statement advocating for the application of criminal sanctions in cases of antitrust infringements. Article 60 of Competition Law No. 21 / 1996 qualifies as criminal
Updated: 02/05/2012 05:42P
Do people with HIV have to tell their sex partners?
"There is a high level of uncertainty among people living with HIV regarding when they are required under the criminal law to disclose their HIV-positive status," said Cecile Kazatchkine, policy analyst with the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network.
Updated: 02/05/2012 05:03P
Bills propose DNA collection upon arrest
Nevertheless, the rush to expand DNA's use in criminal investigations worries privacy advocates, and courts around the country have disagreed about whether such laws violate the 4th Amendment to the US Constitution, which protects people from
Updated: 02/05/2012 04:23P
Bloomberg Rips Congress Over Stalled Gun Control Laws
Gun Control takes the guns out of the hands of the law-abiding...NOT the criminals. It takes no intelligence to realize this is about Control...over you. has nothing to do with safety. Look at Mexico, it's basically a state under martial law,
Updated: 02/05/2012 04:02P
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