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FIRE Podcast- CPAC Panel: Too many crimes, too many criminals
9 to 11 in Washington DC – this week's episode of the FIRE Podcast features Center on Finance, Insurance and Real Estate Director Eli Lehrer on a CPAC panel on the dangers of over-criminalization. Other panelists included Mary Schmid Mergler,
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:41P
Dallas sheriff wants to buy incident command vehicle to better respond to
Valdez is proposing to apply for an $80000 grant from the governor's Criminal Justice Division to help pay for it. If that's not enough for what likely will be an enormous truck, Valdez says she is prepared to use her drug forfeiture money.
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:34P
Lawmaker proposes expansion of state police crime lab to fight child porn
Bill Diamond is proposing the state provide at least $300000 a year in additional funds for the state police computer crimes unit that deals mostly with Internet sex crimes against children. “The last I checked recently there are 560 pieces of evidence
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:31P
Illegal voting story sparks criminal investigation
By Andy Pierrotti, NBC2 Investigator - bio | email Law enforcement is now taking action in direct response to an NBC2 investigation involving potential voter fraud. It comes after we uncovered non US citizens who were registered to vote.
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:30P
Reasonable Doubt: Peace bonds demystified and online surveillance bill criticized
By Nancy Seto, February 17, 2012 This week, I will be carrying on in the same vein that my colleague, Laurel Dietz, has done in the past few articles: demystifying the criminal law, one definition at a time! A peace bond is a court order designed to
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:26P
UN envoy presses for more progress on revamping Liberian criminal justice system
A senior United Nations official today urged Liberians to redouble their efforts to revamp the West African country's criminal justice system, saying that while substantial progress has been made since the end of the civil war almost a decade ago,
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:20P
Utah Immigration Law Ruling Delayed By Federal Judge
US Justice Department attorneys, meanwhile, were pressed about what would stop the state from requesting information about a person's immigration status. Justice Department attorney Josh Wilkenfeld said Utah was attempting to trump federal law by
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:10P
Judge delays decision on Utah's immigration law
US Justice Department attorneys, meanwhile, were pressed about what would stop the state from requesting information about a person's immigration status. Justice Department attorney Josh Wilkenfeld said Utah was attempting to trump federal law by
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:07P
Federal judge delays decision on constitutionality of Utah's immigration
US Justice Department attorneys, meanwhile, were pressed about what would stop the state from requesting information about a person's immigration status. Justice Department attorney Josh Wilkenfeld said Utah was attempting to trump federal law by
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:03P
The Criminal Complaint in the Case of the Would-Be DC Suicide Bomber
The explosives and firearm that he allegedly sought and attempted to use had been rendered inoperable by law enforcement and posed no threat to the public. According to the criminal complaint affidavit, in January 2011, a confidential human source
Updated: 02/17/2012 06:03P
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