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New crime scene investigation classroom opens in Bethlehem
They're open to first responders and Northampton Community College criminal justice majors. The courses are non-credit offerings lasting from four to 16 hours over one to two days. For more information on the Northeast Forensic Training Center,
Updated: 02/25/2012 04:46A
Retired police trainer to investigate cold cases
1 from the Alabama Criminal Justice Center, where he worked as an investigator, a chief investigator and field agent during his 28 years. He was a volunteer instructor with the Alabama Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission for 33 years.
Updated: 02/25/2012 04:32A
Youth justice changes debated
The certified criminal law specialist and law professor said that it would be positive for juvenile offenders, who at ages of 14 to 17 are most capable of change, to be closer to their families and supervised at the county level.
Updated: 02/25/2012 04:09A
State may move Youth Authority wards to counties for budget savings
The certified criminal law specialist and law professor said that it would be positive for juvenile offenders, who at ages of 14 to 17 are most capable of change, to be closer to their families and supervised at the county level.
Updated: 02/25/2012 04:08A
Senator, former lawyer announces campaign for circuit court judge
Goodman, currently the Republican chair of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence, has practiced law in the those counties — which makes up the 39th circuit — for the past 14 years. He's also been a local lawmaker
Updated: 02/25/2012 04:04A
State's Fusion Center draws trends on crime
Fusion centers like the one in Tennessee were created after 9/11 to address gaps in communication about potential criminal and terrorist activity between law enforcement agencies on the local, state and national level. Agents who oversee the center say
Updated: 02/25/2012 03:13A
Supreme Court should strike down Stolen Valor law
But it should not have been a criminal act. Since 2006, when Congress passed the Stolen Valor Act, such false speech is subject to criminal prosecution. Alvarez was charged with violating the law, but he challenged it on First Amendment grounds,
Updated: 02/25/2012 03:08A
Ocampo's crusades tainted the idea of international justice
On the other, we want to see him pay for his crimes. This is the legal approach. If only there were a white-suited sheriff who could read him his rights and bring him to trial. Making the Syrian dictator disappear will not be easy,
Updated: 02/25/2012 02:00A
Crime-fighting plan sought
Vessel was one of about 400 people who packed the hotel's conference room to hear a panel discussion on crime featuring Baton Rouge law enforcement and church leaders, hosted by the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives and the
Updated: 02/25/2012 01:13A
Indigent defense cases accepted by New Orleans politicians, media figures
But most -- including Times-Picayune publisher Ashton Phelps Jr. and Gambit co-owner Clancy DuBos -- stayed on to represent criminal defendants, attaching themselves to experienced criminal defense attorneys. Martha Castillo, an inside attorney for an
Updated: 02/25/2012 01:07A
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