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Assisted suicide limits overruled
By: JournalNow Staff | AP 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 reshape the
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:00A
Bill would bolster state's child solicitation law
By AP AUGUSTA — A legislative committee will take public testimony on a bill to bolster Maine's laws protecting children from being solicited to engage in a sexual act. The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee takes up the bill Monday.
Updated: 02/06/2012 11:41P
What's really in pepper spray?
Surprisingly, even law enforcement can't even tell you exactly what's in it. "Unfortunately, there aren't any standards," said Professor Charlie Mesloh, a professor of criminal justice at Florida Gulf Coast University. Mesloh is also the director of
Updated: 02/06/2012 11:40P
Inquiry: Stalking should be offence
A victims' advocacy scheme should also be set up to help support stalking victims through the criminal justice system, it said. Elfyn Llwyd, the inquiry chairman, said: "Stalking is a crime which shatters lives - but for too long it has remained a
Updated: 02/06/2012 11:34P
Inquiry: Stalking should be offence
A victims' advocacy scheme should also be set up to help support stalking victims through the criminal justice system, it said. Elfyn Llwyd, the inquiry chairman, said: "Stalking is a crime which shatters lives - but for too long it has remained a
Updated: 02/06/2012 11:33P
Push To Make Stalking A Criminal Offence
The inquiry into Stalking Law Reform will call for new legislation to be brought in without delay to make stalking a criminal offence in England and Wales, as it is in Scotland. It also wants a national register of stalkers, with a duty on police to
Updated: 02/06/2012 11:08P
Push To Make Stalking A Criminal Offence
The inquiry into Stalking Law Reform will call for new legislation to be brought in without delay to make stalking a criminal offence in England and Wales, as it is in Scotland. It also wants a national register of stalkers, with a duty on police to
Updated: 02/06/2012 11:08P
Live Blogging the 7th Annual Guggenheim Symposium at John Jay: Day 1
The only people who can serve as the analog of cops on the beat are the regulators, said Black, who worked as a regulator in the 90s following the Savings and Loan crisis. They made 30000 referrals from the Office of Thrift Supervision.
Updated: 02/06/2012 10:45P
Ethiopia: UN Disturbed At Persistent Misuse Of Terror Law
Ben Emmerson, Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, said that “the anti-terrorism provisions should not be abused and need to be clearly defined in Ethiopian criminal law to ensure that they do not go counter to
Updated: 02/06/2012 10:44P
Senate Votes to Repeal Handgun Law
Virginia's one-handgun-a-month law stems from the 90s when officials from big Northeast cities like New York blamed the guns coming out of Virginia for their crimes. Ever since, it has been controversial. Step inside Lynchburg Arms and Indoor Shooting
Updated: 02/06/2012 10:40P
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