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Strip-Searching Kids? 6 Shocking Ways Our Schools Treat Students Like Criminals
we're seeing an alarming increase in children being subjected to overly punitive school discipline, which leads to kids being pushed out of school, at which point they're increasingly caught up in the criminal justice system,” Vagins said.
Updated: 02/23/2012 11:32P

King County sheriff offered state police-training academy top job
Rahr was selected ahead of three other candidates to be the executive director of the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission after interviews earlier Thursday, said Greg Baxter, a spokesman for the organization.
Updated: 02/23/2012 11:25P

King County sheriff offered state police-training academy top job
Rahr was selected ahead of three other candidates to be the executive director of the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission after interviews earlier Thursday, said Greg Baxter, a spokesman for the organization.
Updated: 02/23/2012 11:25P

News Views: Make no mistake
The Criminal Justice branch concluded that the available evidence did not provide a substantial likelihood of conviction, even after a senior prosecutor conducted a thorough assessment of the information collected. This despite an investigation by not
Updated: 02/23/2012 11:24P

Crime is bad for your old age
Breaking the law was not great for your chances of absolute survival either -- of the 17 in the sample who had died, 13 had criminal convictions. The chronic offenders in the sample had been significantly healthier than average when studied in their
Updated: 02/23/2012 11:10P

York law student faces charges after shotgun fired into dorm room door
A law student at York University is facing a slew of criminal charges in relation to the firing of a 12-gauge shotgun through a dorm room door early Saturday morning. Andrew McDonald, 35, faces 10 charges, including three counts of mischief,
Updated: 02/23/2012 10:37P

Child-exploitation prevention in Virginia gets funds
“Alicia's Law,” passed in 2010, imposed a $10 fee for every criminal conviction in the state to fund the state's Internet Crimes Against Children task forces and law enforcement efforts. The state has two Internet Crimes Against Children task forces in
Updated: 02/23/2012 10:21P

US attorney general defends financial crime record
NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - US Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday defended the Justice Department's record of financial crime enforcement, while acknowledging that some of the behavior that sparked the financial crisis did not rise to the level
Updated: 02/23/2012 10:15P

Israeli Military Courts As Enforcement Mechanism Of Occupation - OpEd
Ahmad Sa'adat, Palestinian leader and political prisoner, addressing Israeli military court. Khader Adnan's 66 days of hunger strike under administrative detention, without charge or trial, sparked global discussion, outrage, and movement – perhaps the
Updated: 02/23/2012 10:13P

Lawyer argues for no jail time for Alberta farmer who shot thief
“She says Mr. Knight chose to chase the thief and take the law into his own hands by using the firearm in a criminally negligent fashion. But she is wrong. “The Criminal Code permits a citizen to arrest someone who is in the act of committing an
Updated: 02/23/2012 10:03P