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Municipalities may be forced to rescind missing gun reporting laws
“What they're doing is opening up municipalities to lawsuits,” he said. “We'll have to rescind the law.” If no other factors are at a crime scene, other than the weapon, and its ownership can be traced, that person becomes a suspect, he said.
Updated: 02/24/2012 09:42P
Aram I Calls for Return of Stolen Armenian Churches
Nora Bayrakdarian introduced the agenda and the two speakers: HE Judge Fausto Pocar, Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and HE Judge Joe Verhoeven, ad hoc Judge, International Court of Justice.
Updated: 02/24/2012 09:41P
Aram I Calls for Return of Stolen Armenian Churches
Nora Bayrakdarian introduced the agenda and the two speakers: HE Judge Fausto Pocar, Former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and HE Judge Joe Verhoeven, ad hoc Judge, International Court of Justice.
Updated: 02/24/2012 09:41P
More arrests in Antioch means less crime: chief
By Diana Kuyper Special to the News-sun February 24, 2012 8:06PM Police Chief Craig Somerville is crediting a drop in crime statistics to his department taking a more proactive approach to law enforcement. “A new electronic system we started using last
Updated: 02/24/2012 09:12P
Illinois legislators appear poised to enact 'Caylee's Law'
By DAVID THOMAS SPRINGFIELD -- As a criminal defense attorney, public defender Stephen Baker doesn't often support laws that add new statutes to the criminal code. But as the director of legislative affairs for the Illinois Public Defenders Association
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:30P
Illinois legislators appear poised to enact 'Caylee's Law'
By DAVID THOMAS SPRINGFIELD -- As a criminal defense attorney, public defender Stephen Baker doesn't often support laws that add new statutes to the criminal code. But as the director of legislative affairs for the Illinois Public Defenders Association
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:29P
Sheriff issues appeal
Responding to the increased number of citizens wanting to assist law enforcement officials and build a stronger partnership in the fight against crime, Sheriff Newton Johnson today announced that Shelby County Citizens are being invited to become
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:22P
Ruling on 'repugnant' Act raises doubt on cases
The Supreme Court ruled that section 29 (1) of the Offences Against the State Act of 1939, as inserted by section 5 of the Criminal Law Act of 1976, was “repugnant” to the Constitution. “A member of the Garda Sochna who is part of an investigating
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:18P
Reasonable Doubt: What does Bill C-30 mean for privacy?
Privacy law is complex and has many faces. There are the statutes (complex in and of themselves), but then there is also the Criminal Code that stipulates the way the police can collect information on you and also makes it an offence for another
Updated: 02/24/2012 07:12P
Thailand: Courts Denying Bail in Lese Majeste Cases
(New York) – Thai courts are refusing bail for people charged with the crime of lese majeste for apparently political reasons, Human Rights Watch said today. Thai law criminalizes the expression of peaceful opinions deemed offensive to the institution
Updated: 02/24/2012 06:59P
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