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No resources to back bail reform campaign - expert
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 03:27P
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Updated: 02/26/2012 03:09P
Law enforcement Sunday
Manuel Francisco Castaneda-Monterroso, 40, 1542 Worden Ave., first-degree criminal mistreatment, held for ICE deportation. Ryan Allen Lacombe, 31, 3704 Altamont Drive, three counts of identity theft, three counts of failure to appear (original charges:
Updated: 02/26/2012 02:29P
Law enforcement Sunday
Manuel Francisco Castaneda-Monterroso, 40, 1542 Worden Ave., first-degree criminal mistreatment, held for ICE deportation. Ryan Allen Lacombe, 31, 3704 Altamont Drive, three counts of identity theft, three counts of failure to appear (original charges:
Updated: 02/26/2012 02:29P
Justice Department
All this, however, led to a lawsuit by the Department of Justice against these states, plus Utah, in a bid to stop the... ...GlobeST.com February 24, 2012 By Miriam Lamey SAN FRANCISCO-The Department of Justice gave March 15 as the deadline for all
Updated: 02/26/2012 01:47P
Claim proposed law may have changed Lombard verdict
A securities law expert says the four Lombard Finance directors may have avoided guilty verdicts if the Financial Markets Conduct Bill had been in effect. At the High Court at Wellington on Friday, Justice Dobson, found former cabinet ministers Sir
Updated: 02/26/2012 01:30P
Despite numbers, Vt. tries to stamp out legal bias
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. It's hoped the study can help determine whether bias is at least
Updated: 02/26/2012 01:11P
Iranian Lawyers Need Independence
For example, it was the diligent work of lawyers like Nasrin Sotoudeh on behalf of juvenile offenders facing the death penalty that recently resulted in a modification of execution laws in the new Penal Code. While the new penal code does not entirely
Updated: 02/26/2012 01:10P
Charge reckless mums: doctors' union
The change would reverse laws that say a baby must be born alive to be considered a "human" for criminal purposes. Based on Queensland laws, the proposal would make it an offence to cause the death of or grievous bodily harm to an unborn child by
Updated: 02/26/2012 01:08P
Of 33 WNC cases of officers shooting civilians, criminal charges rare, C-Times
By Margaret Williams on 02/26/2012 12:40 PM Since 1999, there have been 33 cases in Western North Carolina in which a law officer shot or shot at someone. Few of those result in criminal charges being brought against the officer, the Asheville
Updated: 02/26/2012 01:04P
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