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GUEST COMMENTARY: Supreme Court not upholding equal justice under law
BY Stephen Wyse Tammy Sutherland believed that a state law that declared 911 calls confidential if they didn't result in criminal charges meant what it said. So she believed the law would protect a recorded call from years earlier about her husband
Updated: 02/20/2012 04:33P
Sheriff: Hennepin County VIolent Crime Down 38%
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office credits technology, information sharing, and law enforcement partnerships for a significant drop in violent crime. Under the FBI's definition, violent crime include murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery,
Updated: 02/20/2012 04:29P
Sheriff: Hennepin County VIolent Crime Down 38%
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office credits technology, information sharing, and law enforcement partnerships for a significant drop in violent crime. Under the FBI's definition, violent crime include murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery,
Updated: 02/20/2012 04:29P
Medical report not a must to prove gang rape: Lawyers
KOLKATA: When joint CP (crime) Damayanti Sen said "rape confirmed", in spite of corroborative medical opinion, she merely outlined a long-held medico-legal fact repeatedly held by courts in India. On February 19, 2010, the Calcutta HC division bench of
Updated: 02/20/2012 04:26P
You Can Run But You Can't Hide - by Inna Lazareva
They say that they are planning to bring Saleh to justice in a foreign court, where Yemen's laws don't apply. International criminal law doesn't apply to sitting heads of state, and for the moment Saleh is still president. But that is about to change.
Updated: 02/20/2012 04:17P
Law calls for mentor background checks
The proposed law would require applicants to undergo and pass a state and national criminal background check. The measure's sponsor, Rep. Joseph McNamara, notes that the state already requires criminal background checks for anyone applying to work at a
Updated: 02/20/2012 04:15P
Malloy Cautious About Federal Deportation Program
The program, called Secure Communities, depends on state and local law enforcement agencies to share information with federal authorities. Mike Lawlor, Under Secretary for Criminal Justice Policy and Planning, said in a statement Monday that Gov.
Updated: 02/20/2012 04:15P
Squatting law will only criminalise the homeless. Let's demolish clause 130
It is, in fact, already a criminal offence to squat an occupied home, to access utilities without paying or to commit criminal damage, under the Criminal Law Act of 1977. The tiny number of cases where occupied homes are squatted are swiftly and
Updated: 02/20/2012 04:00P
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMMalloy wary to US requests for immigration info
Mike Lawlor, Under Secretary for Criminal Justice Policy and Planning, said in a statement Monday that Malloy believes the program converts local law enforcement officers into US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. He says victims and witnesses
Updated: 02/20/2012 03:39P
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMMalloy wary to US requests for immigration info
Mike Lawlor, Under Secretary for Criminal Justice Policy and Planning, said in a statement Monday that Malloy believes the program converts local law enforcement officers into US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. He says victims and witnesses
Updated: 02/20/2012 03:39P
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