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Opinion: Call to legalize marijuana goes beyond wanting a puff
The BC budget has no extra money for justice at a time when Ottawa is thumbing its nose at cash-strapped voters with an omnibus crime bill that threatens to ramp up criminal costs. Not surprisingly, there was plenty of hand-wringing by the bar and
Updated: 02/24/2012 12:23A
Opinion: Call to legalize marijuana goes beyond wanting a puff
The BC budget has no extra money for justice at a time when Ottawa is thumbing its nose at cash-strapped voters with an omnibus crime bill that threatens to ramp up criminal costs. Not surprisingly, there was plenty of hand-wringing by the bar and
Updated: 02/24/2012 12:23A
Man acquitted in honeymoon death
by Jay Reeves AP Writer Gabe Watson, left, stands during a break in his capital murder trial at the Mel Bailey Criminal Justice Center in Birmingham, Ala., on Thursday. An Alabama judge acquitted Watson who was accused of drowning his newlywed wife
Updated: 02/24/2012 12:20A
Venable | Jan Handzlik awarded inaugural White Collar Criminal Defense Award
Both attorneys will be honored during the “White Collar Criminal Defense College” legal education program on March 15-20, at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, FL. Stetson University College of Law is Florida's first law school and has
Updated: 02/24/2012 12:17A
Venable | Jan Handzlik awarded inaugural White Collar Criminal Defense Award
Both attorneys will be honored during the “White Collar Criminal Defense College” legal education program on March 15-20, at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, FL. Stetson University College of Law is Florida's first law school and has
Updated: 02/24/2012 12:17A
Jury acquits father-in-law in Noel fatal shooting
he shot and killed his son-in-law, Marty Reece, in Noel more than two years ago. Jurors deliberated less than three hours before acquitting Patterson, 51, of charges of second-degree murder and armed criminal action in a two-day trial in Pineville.
Updated: 02/24/2012 12:16A
Prime suspect's life characterized by run-ins with the law
(LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN) SOUTH KITSAP — Joshua Jearl Blake's first brush with the law came when he was an adolescent. The criminal history on file with the state courts system shows the 28-year-old's first charge came in 1996, when he was just 14
Updated: 02/23/2012 11:54P
Prime suspect's life characterized by run-ins with the law
(LARRY STEAGALL / KITSAP SUN) SOUTH KITSAP — Joshua Jearl Blake's first brush with the law came when he was an adolescent. The criminal history on file with the state courts system shows the 28-year-old's first charge came in 1996, when he was just 14
Updated: 02/23/2012 11:54P
Should we allow our DNA to be entered into national database?
“Were he correct, our entire criminal justice system would be upended,” Smith said. “For example, under our dissenting colleague's theory, the police could never be allowed to match crime scene fingerprints to databases of prints collected from past
Updated: 02/23/2012 11:52P
Gordon Wood acquitted of murdering Caroline Byrne
He remained on bail and the case attracted widespread media attention for its three-and-a-half month duration. A string of notable court appearances from the likes of former Labor power broker Graham Richardson, deportment expert June Dally Watkins and
Updated: 02/23/2012 11:33P
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