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Property on trial: Texas vs. One 2004 Chevy Silverado
Prosecutors might have chosen the wrong truck to put on trial. It's now being used to challenge the validity of the entire asset forfeiture system in Texas. Court records are filled with similarly odd case titles: Texas vs. $2000; USA vs.
Updated: 02/19/2012 07:08A
Sheriff's institute offers scholarships
Students from Culpeper enrolled in Virginia colleges and universities for criminal justice studies can now apply for two statewide, academic scholarships. The Virginia Sheriffs' Institute is awarding a $500 scholarship to a full-time student and a $250
Updated: 02/19/2012 06:58A
Rutgers spycam case may be difficult for prosecutors to prove
But while many in the public have made up their minds, the prosecution will have a difficult time proving its case, the lawyers said. “There is the trial of public opinion and there is the legal trial that will go on in the Superior Court of New Jersey
Updated: 02/19/2012 06:54A
An unfair forfeiture
The motel is the target of an asset forfeiture proceeding that entitles the federal government to seize property that has been used in the commission of a crime. This is true even if the owner is not accused of criminal wrongdoing. Local law
Updated: 02/19/2012 06:50A
An unfair forfeiture
The motel is the target of an asset forfeiture proceeding that entitles the federal government to seize property that has been used in the commission of a crime. This is true even if the owner is not accused of criminal wrongdoing. Local law
Updated: 02/19/2012 06:50A
Porngate: Commoners prosecuted, MLAs investigated
By M Raghuram | Place: Mangalore | Agency: DNA Everyone is equal in the eyes of law, but some are more equal than others. This is what many people of the state have come to believe, going by how the former ministers involved in the porn scandal are
Updated: 02/19/2012 05:22A
Editorial: Cheap justice contrary to Bill of Rights
Of course, there are any number of more expedient and less expensive alternatives to run our criminal justice system. We could hold that suspects are guilty until proven innocent, allow unfettered search and seizure or do away with prohibitions against
Updated: 02/19/2012 05:19A
Stephen J Costello: We need to be tough in enforcing rule of law
The jury of the Central Criminal Court were told that the accused may have got the wrong man but the prosecution hadn't. The jury agreed and delivered a verdict of guilty, as Doyle stood and smiled from the dock. Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan imposed the
Updated: 02/19/2012 04:50A
Stephen J Costello: We need to be tough in enforcing rule of law
The jury of the Central Criminal Court were told that the accused may have got the wrong man but the prosecution hadn't. The jury agreed and delivered a verdict of guilty, as Doyle stood and smiled from the dock. Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan imposed the
Updated: 02/19/2012 04:50A
Editorial: Public deserves to know if officials enabled ex-judge
Baumgartner's fall has thrown the criminal justice system in Knox County into disarray. The four defendants in the gruesome Christian/Newsom killings will have to be re-tried. Fifty-two other trials in which Baumgartner presided could be revisited.
Updated: 02/19/2012 04:02A
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