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Gaming Legal News: February 15, 2012 • Volume 5, Number 4
As last reported in the October 5, 2011, edition of the Gaming Legal News, Mr. Comartin had reintroduced his private member's bill that would amend the Criminal Code (the “Code”) to allow the provincial governments to offer betting on single sporting
Updated: 02/16/2012 01:56P

Jane Bashara slaying: Investigative subpoenas being issued
By Joe Swickard and Gina Damron Wayne County prosecutors are issuing investigative subpoenas in the Jane Bashara murder investigation, the Free Press learned Wednesday -- a sign to some criminal-law experts that officials are trying to bolster their
Updated: 02/16/2012 01:53P

Jane Bashara slaying: Investigative subpoenas being issued
By Joe Swickard and Gina Damron Wayne County prosecutors are issuing investigative subpoenas in the Jane Bashara murder investigation, the Free Press learned Wednesday -- a sign to some criminal-law experts that officials are trying to bolster their
Updated: 02/16/2012 01:53P

Warrants are democratic instruments — Let's keep them
Minister Toews has tabled the much vilified Investigating and Preventing Criminal Electronic Communications Act, a bill that provides additional powers to law enforcement to obtain information from Internet providers, at times without warrant.
Updated: 02/16/2012 01:30P

Two held in connection with Tallaght shooting death
The pair are being quizzed at Tallaght Garda station under section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007. Melanie was blasted in the head as she sat in a car with her boyfriend and two others in Bawnlea, Tallaght, nine days ago.
Updated: 02/16/2012 01:26P

SC bill seeks to keep some crime details from public
He described his bill as “narrowly tailored” to allow law enforcement to more easily deny an FOI request to make public sensitive pretrial information about crime victims, witnesses and ongoing investigations. The specific language in Murphy's bill
Updated: 02/16/2012 01:25P

Ft Worth Judge To Lead Ken Anderson Court of Inquiry
Tarrant County state district Judge Louis Sturns will lead a court of inquiry to investigate allegations of criminal prosecutorial misconduct against former prosecutor Ken Anderson, who saw to the wrongful murder conviction of Michael Morton in 1987.
Updated: 02/16/2012 01:21P

Jackson man charged with having gun at jail
On Wednesday, Officer Dennis “Tyler” Schrupp with the Jackson Police Department transported a prisoner into the J. Alexander Leech Criminal Justice Complex/Jail. A search of the prisoner by Madison County Sheriff's Office jail personnel discovered a
Updated: 02/16/2012 01:07P

Is Megaupload "a lot less guilty than you think?"
Granick focuses on an issue that didn't come up much in our earlier discussion: the distinction between civil and criminal law. Traditionally, copyright enforcement has largely been a civil matter—that is, it focused on private disputes between
Updated: 02/16/2012 01:05P

Study: Gun Owners Prevent Crime
Tim Lynch, director of Cato's Project on Criminal Justice, writes that among the study's significant conclusions is the statistical confirmation that, "The defensive use of guns happens much more often than most people realize," and, "Each year gun
Updated: 02/16/2012 12:56P