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Lost girl judged as public menace
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: 02/23/2012 03:55A
Lost girl judged as public menace
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: 02/23/2012 03:55A
'Caylee' measures stall in Iowa, elsewhere as lawmakers worry bills too broad
Only one, New Jersey, has put a new law on its books, said Rich Williams, a policy associate with the National Conference of State Legislature's Criminal Justice Program. The Iowa legislative panel rejected the proposed law Wednesday after some
Updated: 02/23/2012 03:47A
'Caylee's Law' stalls in multiple states
Only one, New Jersey, has put a new law on its books, said Rich Williams, a policy associate with the National Conference of State Legislature's Criminal Justice Program. The Iowa legislative panel rejected the proposed law Wednesday after some
Updated: 02/23/2012 03:38A
Former death row inmate speaks out
Melendez spoke on campus, at the Washington University Law School on Tuesday in an event co-sponsored by the Webster society scholars and Criminal Law Society. He sat down with Student Life before the talk to discuss his experience on death row.
Updated: 02/23/2012 03:37A
Version of Caylee's Law rejected
Rich Williams, a policy associate with the National Conference of State Legislature's Criminal Justice Program, said New Jersey is the only state of those 17 considering measures to have approved a law. Signed last month by Gov.
Updated: 02/23/2012 03:25A
Homosexuality immoral: Home Min to SC
In a landmark judgement in 2009, the Delhi High court had decriminalized homosexuality and read down Section 377 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) which holds it an unnatural act. The Home Ministry told the court that gay sex is against social order and
Updated: 02/23/2012 03:20A
UBB superintendent charged as criminal probe moves up
May was charged not under the criminal provisions of the federal Mine Safety and Health Act. Instead, he is accused of taking part in a criminal conspiracy, which is an agreement by two or more people to violate the law. Specifically, he was charged
Updated: 02/23/2012 03:15A
State agency's police chiefs lack law enforcement experience
None of the past three police chiefs at the Office of Protective Services have worked for another law enforcement agency. And two of the force's four police commanders have no experience working on criminal investigations at other police or sheriff's
Updated: 02/23/2012 03:02A
Deportation for non-Cypriots those who break the law
Under the new initiative, authorities could choose to deport foreigners who are under a criminal investigation or suspected of being involved in repeated offences, rather than try their case in a Cyprus court. Police chief Michalis Papageorgiou sent a
Updated: 02/23/2012 02:57A
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