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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

Feds revising rape definition
In a written statement issued when he announced the changes, Holder said he believes the new, more inclusive definition will provide a more accurate understanding of the scope and volume of these types of crimes. Indiana's laws that describe rape and
Updated: 02/19/2012 03:24A

Spano case shows ethics law is lacking
Amid great fanfare, New York lawmakers passed ethics laws last year, realizing that the embarrassing string of criminal behavior by some of their colleagues was creating massive public distrust toward Albany. Yet it has become abundantly clear this law
Updated: 02/19/2012 03:04A

Sarmina described as smart, fair, and ambitious
By John P. Martin Around 9:30 am Wednesday, Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina took the bench in her fifth-floor courtroom in Philadelphia's Criminal Justice Center. A week had passed since defense lawyers in the child sex-abuse and
Updated: 02/19/2012 03:02A

Sarmina described as smart, fair, and ambitious
By John P. Martin Around 9:30 am Wednesday, Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina took the bench in her fifth-floor courtroom in Philadelphia's Criminal Justice Center. A week had passed since defense lawyers in the child sex-abuse and
Updated: 02/19/2012 03:02A

Q & A with sheriff's candidates Alen Hll and Greg Sanches
I will make sure that our county neighborhoods and businesses are patrolled properly. I'll be a sheriff that will get along with our elected commissioners and other county, city, state and federal officials. I will employ professionally trained law
Updated: 02/19/2012 02:58A

Absurdity of burglary payout is plain to see
And to compound matters for Martin McCaughey, he now faces a substantial legal bill following his criminal case. We as citizens can take some solace in the fact that the new Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Act 2011 signed by the President in
Updated: 02/19/2012 02:41A

Dennis G. Montabon, Keith Belzer and Vicki Burke: Felons deserve job
The Criminal Justice Management Council — consisting of representatives of the judiciary, law enforcement, citizens, prosecutors, defense attorneys, county board members, human services employees, victim service advocates and the Department of
Updated: 02/19/2012 01:55A

Dennis G. Montabon, Keith Belzer and Vicki Burke: Felons deserve job
The Criminal Justice Management Council — consisting of representatives of the judiciary, law enforcement, citizens, prosecutors, defense attorneys, county board members, human services employees, victim service advocates and the Department of
Updated: 02/19/2012 01:55A

Procedural errors no ground for quashing conviction: SC
Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI Procedural errors cannot be the sole ground for quashing conviction or ordering retrial in a criminal case unless there was manifest miscarriage of justice to the accused, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Updated: 02/19/2012 01:30A