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G20 2010 Toronto Who are the real criminals?
Promoting institutions and agreements which promulgate globalization, deregulation and privatization; these institutions and agreements undermine the rule of international public trust law, and condone and actively facilitate corporations benefiting
Updated: 02/11/2012 10:17A
Canadians study in New York on digital highway
By BONNIE KOGOS my way to hear a lecture on writing in New York City at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, I arrived early and was ushered into a graduate school fair in full tilt. Eagerly, I walked around inspecting brochures from 30 colleges and
Updated: 02/11/2012 09:51A
Judging the risk of releasing defendants: An editorial
By Editorial page staff, The Times-Picayune For the criminal justice system to function properly, it is important that bonds are set properly. The more detailed the background information available to judges and magistrates, the better the outcome
Updated: 02/11/2012 08:29A
Wegelin Doesn't Appear at Hearing, Called 'Fugitive' by U.S.
Wegelin said in a statement after the hearing that it didn't appear because "the legal prerequisites to initiating criminal proceedings under US law have not been met." According to the statement, the case can't begin until the defendant has been
Updated: 02/11/2012 08:11A
Conn. crime lab wins accreditation bid
"As I've said before, prior years of allowing dwindling resources for the lab resulted in an intolerable backlog and undermined our criminal justice system," Malloy said. "My administration will continue its efforts to implement improved procedures and
Updated: 02/11/2012 07:51A
New laws bolster fight on gangs
TOUGH new laws that will stop criminals from associating with one another are at the heart of new measures to stem violence. Under the new measures, police will apply to the Magistrates Court for an order that bans a person from both associating or
Updated: 02/11/2012 07:50A
New laws bolster fight on gangs
TOUGH new laws that will stop criminals from associating with one another are at the heart of new measures to stem violence. Under the new measures, police will apply to the Magistrates Court for an order that bans a person from both associating or
Updated: 02/11/2012 07:50A
Thai student on hunger strike over royal insult law
Activist Somyot Prueaksakasemsuk, the former editor of two now-defunct Red Shirt magazines, was arrested last April and charged under article 112 of the Thai criminal code over two articles deemed critical of the Thai royals. His son Panitan, a law
Updated: 02/11/2012 07:18A
'Audacious' criminal who faked suicide, fled to Burma finally has judgment day
According to federal prosecutors, Lumbard was charged in Michigan and Indiana state courts in 2009 with several crimes, including aggravated battery, obstruction of justice, breaking and entering, and larceny. After posting bond for release,
Updated: 02/11/2012 06:54A
'Audacious' criminal who faked suicide, fled to Burma finally has judgment day
According to federal prosecutors, Lumbard was charged in Michigan and Indiana state courts in 2009 with several crimes, including aggravated battery, obstruction of justice, breaking and entering, and larceny. After posting bond for release,
Updated: 02/11/2012 06:54A
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