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Animal Advocate
By COLIN MERRY Attorney Catherine Wolfe works with area pet owners, animal rescue agencies and animal control on cases involving animal cruelty, using her experience with the civil and criminal code to guide their efforts. Wolfe also teaches classes
Updated: 02/06/2012 10:06P
Supreme Court strikes down assisted suicide restrictions
By Greg Bluestein AP ATLANTA — Georgia's highest court concluded Monday that a state law restricting assisted suicides violated free speech rights, a ruling that destroyed a long-running criminal case against members of a suicide group and could
Updated: 02/06/2012 10:02P
Kilgore supports public safety legislation in Virginia House
Kilgore, who serves on the 18-member House Courts of Justice and Criminal Law subcommittee where the various bills originated, said the new pieces of legislation would help better protect Virginians. “One of the most important duties of government is
Updated: 02/06/2012 08:48P
ICE leader at UVa: Focus shifts to deporting illegals who commit crimes while
“If you can identify [criminals] and take them out of the jails before they hit the streets again, you have created a safer community,” Morton said. “The program does not authorize local law enforcement to make decisions on immigration status.
Updated: 02/06/2012 08:32P
Occupy Oakland decry charges against protesters
By Paul T. Rosynsky and Matt Artz OAKLAND -- About 200 members of Occupy Oakland held rallies Monday in front of City Hall and Wiley Manuel Courthouse to protest against a county criminal justice system that they said is using minor violations to
Updated: 02/06/2012 07:29P
Judicial reform panel kicks against special court for EFCC, ICPC
In page 48 of its report, the panel said “it observed that the colonial administration introduced English criminal laws, which existed in tandem with various customary criminal laws and Islamic criminal law. However, starting with the constitution of
Updated: 02/06/2012 07:27P
Help victims of stalking before they are harmed, inquiry urges
A new anti-stalking law is needed to stop the criminal justice system failing victims whose cries for help are not taken seriously, giving their tormentors confidence to expand their campaigns of harassment, an independent inquiry reports today.
Updated: 02/06/2012 07:04P
Law and You Quiz Bowl tests students' knowledge of VI justice system, laws pupils'
The quiz bowl tested Law and You students from All Saints Cathedral School, Charlotte Amalie High School, Seventh-day Adventist School, Ivanna Eudora Kean High School and Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic School on the criminal justice system and
Updated: 02/06/2012 06:07P
Engagement Announcement
NAU in 2006 with a BS in Criminal Justice. He served in the US Coast Guard 2006-2010. He received a Masters Degree in Criminal Justice from American Military University in 2009. Shannon is a Tax Consultant for Deloitte in Phoenix, AZ and Will is
Updated: 02/06/2012 06:06P
Former Food Network Chef in Jail on Tax Charges
Price faces a long list of tax related charges he picked up in 2009. Price boasts he's cooked for the likes of President Bill Clinton, owned a restaurant with Olympian Carl Lewis and prepared meals for the Who's Who of Hollywood.
Updated: 02/06/2012 05:35P
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