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Dacre to speak at Stephen Lawrence lecture
Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre is to make the opening remarks at the inaugural Stephen Lawrence criminal justice lecture next Monday (20 February). The lecture will then be delivered by the former Metropolitan police commissioner, Lord (Ian) Blair.
Updated: 02/15/2012 09:27A
Michael Den Tandt: Tories hew to common sense save crime fixation
There was the Tackling Violent Crime Act - its centrepiece, mandatory minimums for people convicted of "serious gun crimes." Tuesday, the National Post reported that Ontario Superior Court Judge Anne Molloy has gutted that law, finding that a minimum
Updated: 02/15/2012 09:25A
Editorial: New bills encroach on our privacy
In its own determined haste to rewrite the current Criminal Code, the Conservative government would rather push us in the direction of 1984. George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, that is. The Stephen Harper government has already introduced its omnibus
Updated: 02/15/2012 08:20A
Rep. Luis Gutierrez
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, in his Roll Call op-ed ("President Is Ignoring Immigration Laws," Feb. 6), argues that a policy of deporting serious criminals instead of parents, military families and students attending college is bad
Updated: 02/15/2012 08:17A
In the Debate on Immigration, Deportation Must Be Sensible
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, in his Roll Call op-ed ("President Is Ignoring Immigration Laws," Feb. 6), argues that a policy of deporting serious criminals instead of parents, military families and students attending college is bad
Updated: 02/15/2012 08:08A
Judge and jury
When most jury members in criminal trials don't understand legal jargon or judges' directions, how can the accused get a fair trial? SHE served on a jury nearly 20 years ago (and by law she must remain anonymous) and her experience then left her with
Updated: 02/15/2012 08:00A
PEOPLE v. STEWARD
The Drug Law Reform Act of 2009 permits resentencing for persons in the custody of the Department of Corrections who are serving an indeterminate sentence with a maximum term of more than three years for a Penal Law article 220 class B felony that was
Updated: 02/15/2012 07:54A
Minimum sentences don't reduce crime, says report
will need legislative support from the implementation of the children's law to provide greater protection to young offenders to a review of the Alternative Sentencing Law, the Probation of Offenders Law, the Penal Code and the Misuse of Drugs Law.
Updated: 02/15/2012 07:04A
Interview with Mike Anderson
Anderson started out in the DA's office after completing law school and spent 17 years as a prosecutor, including as a Special Crimes prosecutor in the Major Offenders Division. He was elected to the 262nd District Criminal Court bench in 1998,
Updated: 02/15/2012 06:40A
FBI Director Pays Thank-You Visit to Tallinn
Polt FBI Director Robert S. Mueller stopped in Tallinn on February 14 to thank local officials for their roles in Operation Ghost Click, a joint US-Estonian law enforcement operation often described as the biggest cyber crime takedown in history.
Updated: 02/15/2012 06:32A
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