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Despite numbers, Vermont tries to stamp out legal bias
So state police are setting out to improve training and the Legislature is considering a bill that would require Vermont's criminal justice system to keep detailed records of the race and ethnicity of the people who encounter the system.
Updated: 02/26/2012 12:58P

With minority numbers growing, Vt. working hard to stamp out law-enforcement
So state police are setting out to improve training and the Legislature is considering a bill that would require Vermont's criminal justice system to keep detailed records of the race and ethnicity of the people who encounter the system.
Updated: 02/26/2012 12:46P

Campaign aims at bail law change
However the Criminal Bar Association says tightening the bail laws should not be at the expense of an accused person's rights. And the director of the lobby group Rethinking Crime and Punishment, Kim Workman, says New Zealand courts remand defendants
Updated: 02/26/2012 12:38P

Indonesian Immigration Boss Arrested
The head of immigration at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport has been arrested over the suspected forgery of documents. (EPA Photo Mast Irham) Police have arrested the head of immigration at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on suspicion of
Updated: 02/26/2012 12:32P

Murder victim's parents launch bail reform campaign
The family of teenager Christie Marceau, who was killed in her Auckland home, have joined with Rethinking Crime and Punishment and the Sensible Sentencing Trust in calling for a bail review. Christie's Law will be launched today in remembrance of the
Updated: 02/26/2012 11:28A

Murder victim's parents launch bail reform campaign
The family of teenager Christie Marceau, who was killed in her Auckland home, have joined with Rethinking Crime and Punishment and the Sensible Sentencing Trust in calling for a bail review. Christie's Law will be launched today in remembrance of the
Updated: 02/26/2012 11:28A

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Updated: 02/26/2012 10:41A

Law change could wreck lives, say civil advocates
Private company employees at risk because of new privacy laws. Photo: Reuters EMPLOYEES of private companies could be sacked - without being charged with any crime - on the basis of information secretly provided to their bosses by the Australian Crime
Updated: 02/26/2012 08:17A

New crime commission powers under attack
Big brother is watching: proposed laws would allow the Australian Crime Commission to share information with the private sector. Photo: Warren Hackshall PROPOSED laws that would empower the Australian Crime Commission to share information with the
Updated: 02/26/2012 07:47A

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Updated: 02/26/2012 07:33A