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Three Batavia Residents Charged In Gambling Bust
By WKBW News BATAVIA, NY ( WKBW / release ) The Genesee County Sheriff's Drug Task Force arrested three Batavia residents on charges tied to illegal gambling. The Task Force conducted a six month investigation, that included raids at four homes.
Updated: 02/24/2012 04:13P

'Reprehensible' Market Conduct Not All Criminal, Holder Says
The Justice Department “will not hesitate to bring prosecutions” where there's evidence of criminal wrongdoing, Holder said. “When we don't, we will continue to use other tools available to us, such as civil sanctions, to hold people and institutions
Updated: 02/24/2012 04:10P

New York: Police data shows excessive student arrests — especially for
That's excessive, and a sign that too many students, especially ethnic minority males, are getting pulled into the criminal justice system, civil rights groups are saying. A disproportionate number of the 279 students arrested between Oct. 1 and Dec.
Updated: 02/24/2012 04:09P

Bradley Manning's quest for justice
A generation before Bradley Manning, Daniel Ellsberg understood that some laws were worth breaking to expose and bring accountability to far greater crimes. Ellsberg tried to voice his grievances within his chain of command, as Manning did,
Updated: 02/24/2012 04:09P

King County Sheriff Sue Rahr selected as state's Criminal Justice Training
King County Sheriff Sue Rahr has been chosen to serve as Executive Director, Burien based Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC). Even she will require a background check first. By Steve Shay On Feb.
Updated: 02/24/2012 04:01P

New Federal Guidelines Promote Uniform Treatment of E-Discovery in Criminal
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Updated: 02/24/2012 03:41P

MF Global Was Sloppy, But Not Criminal
Federal law enforcement officials investigating the implosion of MF Global are concluding that sloppy bookkeeping rather than criminal activity is to blame for the firm's demise that resulted in more than a $1 billion of customer funds that remains
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:37P

Potential Perils of Localizing International Criminal Justice
These transparency issues call into question one of the central tenets of evolving conventional wisdom in international criminal law circles: rather than dispense remote justice in The Hague, efforts should be more localized. There are certainly many
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:33P

Mirkarimi's lawyer in domestic violence case requests change of trial judge
Assistant District Attorney Omid Talai said the district attorney's office "would have been confident with whatever judge this (case) was placed in front of." After the case was assigned in court to Judge Garrett L. Wong Friday morning, Stiglich and
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:24P

More Boalt Law alumni
Michael Tigar, 1966 -In 1999, the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice held an election for "Lawyer of the Century." Tigar was third in the balloting, behind Clarence Darrow and Thurgood Marshall. Notable clients included Terry Nichols,
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:13P