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Creative Scotland in warning over licensing changes
The national funding body has issued a statement on the controversial Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act of 2010, which comes into force on April 1 and requires all exhibitions to pay for public entertainment licences.
Updated: 02/15/2012 10:09P
SC law enforcement: don't give violent offenders second bail
A senate judiciary subcommittee heard testimony Wednesday on a bill that would require anyone charged with a violent crime while on bond for a first crime, violent or otherwise, to be denied bail. Sen. Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, said he was shocked the
Updated: 02/15/2012 10:06P
Law enforcement effort in Atlantic City results in much-welcomed silence
“There wasn't one documented incident of violent crime in areas where we were targeting,” Friel said. The initiative has used the Atlantic City Task Force, a 26-officer unit that combines federal, state, county and city law enforcement as part of the
Updated: 02/15/2012 10:00P
Applications sought for Sacramento County law enforcement course
By Brad Branan Sacramento County is offering a class taught by professionals in the system. The 2012 Citizens Academy is soliciting applications for the 10 week class. The academy, started by District Attorney Jan Scully, includes an introduction by
Updated: 02/15/2012 08:53P
Crime Reports--2/16
29, Monticello, NY, was charged with DWI (Leandra's Law), Endangering the Welfare of a Child, DWI, DWI (per se) on 02/04/12 after Ramapo Sergeant Gumbs, while on patrol, stopped to investigate a hazardous traffic condition on New Hempstead Road.
Updated: 02/15/2012 08:41P
French Bill Author's Advisor Discusses Genesis of Resolution
We worked on the basis of the Council-framework decision 2008/913/JAI on combating certain forms and expressions of racism and xenophobia by means of criminal law, which was adopted by the Council of the European Union on Nov. 28, 2008.
Updated: 02/15/2012 08:33P
AIDS transmission: Is it a crime to have sex?
The law does not include other defenses which should be considered in a criminal prosecution such as safe sex precautions with the use of a condom. The law also does not require the sexual partners to have actually been infected.
Updated: 02/15/2012 08:10P
AIDS transmission: Is it a crime to have sex?
The law does not include other defenses which should be considered in a criminal prosecution such as safe sex precautions with the use of a condom. The law also does not require the sexual partners to have actually been infected.
Updated: 02/15/2012 08:10P
Deconstructing the good old days on display at the Mob Museum
We hear this often enough to make it almost a clich, and with this week's opening of the Mob Museum, er, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, it seems like an argument worth examining. “They wanted to be engaged in the community
Updated: 02/15/2012 07:43P
Feds seek to create new terror crimes with re-introduction of post-9-11 bill
Bill S-7 ultimately would amend the Criminal Code, the Canada Evidence Act and the Security of Information Act to allow for things such as investigative hearings, a measure that expired in 2007. Previous attempts to reinstate them died on the order
Updated: 02/15/2012 07:40P
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