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Supreme Court hears military honors case, ponders political lies | The Republic
The Stolen Valor Act in 2006 makes these lies a crime. With the exception of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, none of the justices sounded as though they were convinced by a lawyer for Xavier Alvarez that the law should be struck down on First Amendment
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:35P

Ontario to scale back G20 'secret law'
“The common law and the Criminal Code covers the rest, so we are going to limit this coverage.” Critics say the law was used to justify mass arrests of hundreds of G20 protesters, and claim the province intentionally let people believe it gave police
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:27P

Simons: Sad little lost girl touched off media storm and became a public enemy
Her identity is protected by the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Last summer, Edmonton police had no such scruples. They got a court order, allowing them to name her, to circulate her picture to every media outlet, and to reveal that she was HIV positive.
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:23P

Sexual assault accused sent for trial
assaulting a second female at three different locations in the city on dates unknown between June 1, 2007, and December 31, 2008, and a date known between October 3 and 4, 2009, contrary to Section 2 of the Criminal Law (Rape)(Amendment) Act 1990.
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:05P

Sexual assault accused sent for trial
assaulting a second female at three different locations in the city on dates unknown between June 1, 2007, and December 31, 2008, and a date known between October 3 and 4, 2009, contrary to Section 2 of the Criminal Law (Rape)(Amendment) Act 1990.
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:05P

Iowa opting not to pass so-called Caylee's law
By Mike Glover, AP DES MOINES, Iowa (WTW) — An Iowa legislative panel has rejected a proposal requiring parents to report their missing children. The move makes Iowa the latest state to have a so-called Caylee's law stall. The Iowa panel opposed the
Updated: 02/22/2012 07:04P

Top court clears way on probation pleas
The top court's latest move is intended to support incentives to help criminal reform introduced in the Eighth Amendment to the Criminal Law in May last year. The amendment included measures such as tightening probation opportunities for repeat
Updated: 02/22/2012 06:57P

Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Stolen Valor Act
McCombs came to the Court to hear a case challenging the Stolen Valor Act, a law that makes it a crime to lie about receiving military awards. "The medal of honor is the highest medal that can be awarded," said McCombs. "I believe the medal itself
Updated: 02/22/2012 06:50P

K-9s take a bite out of ECU's Criminal Justice Career Fair
It was all part of ECU's Criminal Justice Career Fair. Students got a chance to talk with all branches of law enforcement including the Greenville Police Department, the FBI, NCIS, and more, to get real world experience from the big dogs.
Updated: 02/22/2012 06:49P

Committee overhauls illegal entry bill to give Hoosiers more right to resist
The Courts and Criminal Code Committee passed the bill 9-3 and it moves to the full House for consideration. The legislation is meant to clarify state law in light of an Indiana Supreme Court decision issued last year which stripped Hoosiers of what
Updated: 02/22/2012 06:43P