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TOWN HALL: Law would protect unborn from crime (poll)
The bill specifically excludes from prosecution all medical professionals who conduct abortions for which mothers provide consent. Amazingly, at least one Colorado Springs senator dislikes this 100 percent pro-woman bill. In Colorado, a criminal is
Updated: 02/21/2012 10:46P
Jacksonville law firm, first integrated in Florida, honored
Sitting at the table of honor were the five partners: Carithers, lawyers Bill Sheppard and Jack Hand, former Atlantic Beach Mayor Lyman Fletcher and US District Judge Henry Lee Adams Jr. According to Sheppard, a prominent civil rights and criminal
Updated: 02/21/2012 10:36P
Thailand: Continued Impunity For Enforced Disappearance
After a long delay, the appeal verdict was set to be read in the Criminal Court in Bangkok in September 2010. The failure of Pol. Maj. Ngern to appear in the court for the reading caused the reading to be delayed for several months.
Updated: 02/21/2012 10:21P
Chamber of Commerce Asks Corruption Watchdogs for Help on Foreign Bribery Law
The Chamber sent a letter to the Justice Department's criminal chief and the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement director about companies struggling to conduct business internationally under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,
Updated: 02/21/2012 10:19P
Theft at Tampa gas station puts law enforcement on alert
By Danny Valentine, Times Staff Writer Inside a blue Chevrolet Venture minivan, criminals had cut out a large hole in the floorboard and set up a portable pumping station, complete with power source, pump and plastic container.
Updated: 02/21/2012 10:09P
Media Groups Unite on Protecting Sources
The prosecutorial team, led by William M. Welch II of the Justice Department's criminal division, has appealed that ruling, arguing that no reporter's privilege exists in criminal trials. Prosecutors argued that if a reporter witnessed a crime — in
Updated: 02/21/2012 09:54P
SC panel OKs ban on some sex criminals fostering kids
The bill passed Tuesday by the House Judiciary Committee would also prevent judges from giving legal custody of a child to anyone convicted of criminal sexual conduct with a minor. The bill now moves on to the full House for debate. Current state law
Updated: 02/21/2012 09:38P
Surgoinsville police chief assails 'catch and release' justice system after
Hesoun said the system is set up to benefit the bail bondmen, the attorneys, and the criminals, all of whom profit from what Hesoun calls the “catch and release” method of criminal justice currently in place. Meanwhile, the law enforcement agencies are
Updated: 02/21/2012 09:34P
WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina |Panel OKs ban on some sex criminals
The bill passed Tuesday by the House Judiciary Committee would also prevent judges from giving legal custody of a child to anyone convicted of criminal sexual conduct with a minor. The bill now moves on to the full House for debate. Current state law
Updated: 02/21/2012 09:29P
Important move forward on holding both sides of court accountable
10 that there is probable cause to believe Anderson violated state criminal law by failing to turn over evidence that Harle called "highly favorable" to Morton for use in his trial and subsequent appeal. The judge recommended that Texas Supreme Court
Updated: 02/21/2012 08:52P
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