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Suzanne Hart's NYC Elevator Death a Criminal Act?
By Andrew Chow, JD at FindLaw.com A repair crew's alleged violations of city code preceded Suzanne Hart's horrific death in a New York City elevator shaft, a city investigation has found. Criminal charges are possible. Crews with Transel Elevator Inc.
Updated: 02/27/2012 11:03P

America's Prison Industrial Complex: The Minority is the Majority
When you combine all this with discriminatory law enforcement, including the disproportionate sentencing for crimes, no wonder the disproportionate incarceration rates. It should also come as no surprise that when unemployment benefits are exhausted,
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:56P

America's Prison Industrial Complex: The Minority is the Majority
When you combine all this with discriminatory law enforcement, including the disproportionate sentencing for crimes, no wonder the disproportionate incarceration rates. It should also come as no surprise that when unemployment benefits are exhausted,
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:56P

HSBC may face criminal charges for transactions
HSBC already is the subject of multiple US law-enforcement probes for ties to illegal money transactions. Monday's filing was the first time the bank disclosed that Iranian transactions are under scrutiny and that it could face a criminal charge.
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:39P

HSBC may face criminal charges for transactions
HSBC already is the subject of multiple US law-enforcement probes for ties to illegal money transactions. Monday's filing was the first time the bank disclosed that Iranian transactions are under scrutiny and that it could face a criminal charge.
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:39P

Financial crimes targeted by FBI
FBI Assistant Director Kevin Perkins, head of the bureau's criminal investigative division, said the law enforcement agency has shifted its focus on financial crime away from low-dollar cases and has hired 250 forensic accountants who hunt for criminal
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:08P

Insider Targets Expanding
Roughly half of those, or 120, are "targets," meaning the government believes they have violated insider-trading laws and is actively building cases against them, according to Mr. Chaves, who oversees one of two white-collar crime squads handling the
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:07P

Megrahi book raises new questions over Lockerbie
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) was concerned that Tony Gauci – the Crown witness who said he saw Megrahi buy clothes which were later identified as having been near the bomb – was offered a reward by the US Justice Department.
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:05P

Huge support for petition against licensing changes
In Glasgow, renowned for its visual arts and music scene, the campaign is supported by figures such as Franz Ferdinand singer Alex Kapranos and the artist Alasdair Gray. The city council has suspended the law for six months, and will review the charges
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:05P

India needs a Federal Crimes list
The US has a system of federal crimes, which are different from the crimes listed under the state or local laws. Federal crime is one that is prosecuted under federal criminal law, and not under a state's criminal law, where most of the crimes
Updated: 02/27/2012 10:05P