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Ohio AG seeks tougher drilling laws
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's top law enforcer is advocating increased environmental sanctions on polluters in the oil and gas industry and required disclosures of the chemicals used in the drilling technique called fracking that would be among the toughest
Updated: 02/08/2012 07:29P
Ohio AG seeks tougher drilling laws updated 7:25 pm
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio's top law enforcer is advocating increased environmental sanctions on polluters in the oil and gas industry and required disclosures of the chemicals used in the drilling technique called fracking that would be among the toughest
Updated: 02/08/2012 07:27P
Human Rights Watch Calls on Iraq to Abolish Death Penalty
“The government needs to declare an immediate moratorium on all executions and begin an overhaul of its flawed criminal-justice system.” On Wednesday alone, Iraqi authorities executed 14 prisoners; in January, 51 were executed.
Updated: 02/08/2012 06:49P
Human Rights Watch Calls on Iraq to Abolish Death Penalty
“The government needs to declare an immediate moratorium on all executions and begin an overhaul of its flawed criminal-justice system.” On Wednesday alone, Iraqi authorities executed 14 prisoners; in January, 51 were executed.
Updated: 02/08/2012 06:49P
Woman in Uzbekistan convicted for wearing hijab
The amendments to the Administrative Code in 1998 were also enshrined in Uzbekistan's criminal law. They incorporate much more severe penalties for the crimes of engaging others in religious activity, creation and leadership of religious organizations,
Updated: 02/08/2012 06:47P
Michigan Takes On Its Deadly Cities
David Kennedy, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, said he is seeing new state-led efforts, including one in California to attack urban crime in cities like Sacramento and Bakersfield by targeting a neighborhood's most
Updated: 02/08/2012 06:08P
The criminal probe of Sheldon Adelson's casino empire
Probes by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission focus on the casino company's operations in Macau, the world's biggest gambling hub, court documents show. A former executive in Adelson's empire, whose allegations are
Updated: 02/08/2012 05:59P
A Star Panel Debates Financial Crisis Prosecutions
That was the provocative title of a panel discussion at New York University School of Law on Wednesday, featuring a trio of bold-faced names in the white-collar world: Lanny Breuer, the head of the Justice Department's criminal division; Eliot Spitzer,
Updated: 02/08/2012 05:43P
Iraq: 65 Executions in First 40 Days of 2012
The government needs to declare an immediate moratorium on all executions and begin an overhaul of its flawed criminal justice system. (Washington, DC) – Iraqi authorities should halt all executions and abolish the death penalty, Human Rights Watch
Updated: 02/08/2012 05:41P
House to consider bill that gives immunity to young good Samaritans
“This is very, very important public policy,” Deputy Attorney General David Miller told the Courts and Criminal Code Committee on Wednesday. He said the bill will encourage minors to help others “without subjecting themselves to criminal penalties that
Updated: 02/08/2012 05:27P
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