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Supervisors want bath salts, other synthetic stimulants declared public nuisance
“The county cannot enact criminal laws regarding controlled substances. But today we can give law enforcement and prosecutors an additional tool by declaring these drugs a public nuisance and creating a civil abatement alternative in unincorporated
Updated: 02/08/2012 05:24P
The targeting of Adv Glynnis Breytenbach
Although state prosecutions should be based on the rule of law with criminal laws applying in general to everybody, political office bearers seem to be immune to prosecution with the exception of a few sacrificial pawns like Yengeni.
Updated: 02/08/2012 05:12P
Spitzer And Breuer Spar On NYU Law Panel
By Reed Albergotti You'd think Lanny Breuer, head of the criminal division of the US Department of Justice, would want to avoid a panel discussion called “Crooks on the Loose? Did Felons Get a Free Pass in the Financial Crisis?” Apparently not.
Updated: 02/08/2012 04:41P
APNewsBreak: Ohio AG seeks tougher drilling laws
By Julie Carr Smyth, AP COLUMBUS, Ohio (WTW) — Ohio's top law enforcer says tougher environmental sanctions on polluters in the oil and gas industry and required disclosure of the chemicals used in the drilling technique called fracking are needed to
Updated: 02/08/2012 04:38P
The rule of law in Britain is diminished by the furore over efforts to deport
Most of the above is an offence under the British legal system, which regards incitement to murder and hate crimes as very serious offences. Indeed, if even a fraction of what is claimed is true, it would surely have been an easy matter to press
Updated: 02/08/2012 04:27P
Ramarley Graham's Family Rebuffs Meeting With Ray Kelly
By Murray Weiss Murray Weiss is an award-winning investigative journalist, author, columnist and editor, and is considered an expert on government, law enforcement, criminal justice, organized crime and terrorism. MANHATTAN — The family of Ramarley
Updated: 02/08/2012 04:21P
Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal Travels to University law center
The release said Chief Judge Burrell J. Carter of the First Circuit is also extending an invitation to government, criminal justice and civics classes. "They do not handpick cases for these days. They just move the court to the law school," said Susan
Updated: 02/08/2012 03:29P
UN says Caribbean crime hurting economies
Local governments also should ensure that law enforcement is accountable and more respectful of people's rights, the report said. "The criminal justice system still faces challenges," according to the report, which cited delays, low conviction rates
Updated: 02/08/2012 03:26P
Illinois Senate debating Casey Anthony-style law
SPRINGFIELD — A Senate panel began considering legislation Wednesday designed to tighten state laws for parents who fail to report missing children. The proposal debated by the Senate Criminal Law Committee comes in reaction to a Florida jury's
Updated: 02/08/2012 03:20P
Dustin Paxton trial raises questions about torture
Sarson has been lobbying the federal government to change the Criminal Code for nearly two decades. Right now, only government officials like police and military officers can be charged with torture and not regular citizens.
Updated: 02/08/2012 03:14P
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