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Pennsylvania Toughens Up on Sex Offenses
States had five years to align themselves with the federal requirements or risk losing 10 percent of federal criminal justice grants. Pennsylvania recently enacted changes to its laws to conform to the Adam Walsh Act, but the Justice Department has yet
Updated: 02/18/2012 04:46A
Judge may delay ruling on immigration law
Civil rights groups also claim the law violates constitutional protections against unlawful searches and arrests. Waddoups pressured state attorneys to explain how Utah can justify reaching beyond existing federal laws to make it a crime for an illegal
Updated: 02/18/2012 04:44A
Criminal court, Feb. 18
24, 2010, to false reports to law enforcement. At that time, Dolbin placed him on probation for 12 months, but made that consecutive to another sentence Merwine had to serve. State police at Schuylkill Haven had charged Merwine with making a false
Updated: 02/18/2012 04:08A
Marijuana decriminalization bill stalled in House
According to a Public Policy Polling survey of nearly 1100 Vermonters released this week, a majority of Vermont voters is in favor of removing criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana. Under Vermont law, the penalty for
Updated: 02/18/2012 03:28A
Nortel trial a slow plod to justice
Hubbard - one of the few members of his U of T law class who picked criminal law over corporate law - guides his witnesses through dozens of accounting transactions that occurred mainly in 2002 and 2003. With practised delivery, he flips back and forth
Updated: 02/18/2012 03:23A
Court hearing underway for Utah's immigration law
Waddoups on Friday pressured state attorneys to explain how Utah can justify reaching beyond existing federal laws to make it a crime for an illegal immigrant to enter the state. Justice Department attorneys, meanwhile, were pressed about what would
Updated: 02/18/2012 03:16A
Groups decry exclusion law at downtown rally
City Councilor George Brown, who has voted against the law in the past, joined other critics at the rally in speaking out against its potential renewal. “I've never supported it,” said Brown, a downtown business owner. “This is not the way to address
Updated: 02/18/2012 03:07A
Social workers ready to help teen offenders
And compared to those trained in criminal justice, social workers are more likely to advocate for a teen offender's access to mental health or substance abuse counseling, education and support from family and friends, Peters said.
Updated: 02/18/2012 03:06A
Bill that would prevent criminals from profiting from crimes passes House
The bill, “Notorious Criminal Activity Amendments,” changes the state's existing "Son of Sam" law, nicknamed after a serial killer who terrorized New York City in the late 1970s. Some speculated at the time that David Berkowitz was being offered large
Updated: 02/18/2012 03:05A
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: 02/18/2012 02:41A
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