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1-handgun-a-month law
"I think Virginians deserve effective laws, and one handgun a month has been overtaken by technology and improved background checks," he said. "Criminals don't go into gun stores, stand there in the bright light, hand over their driver's license and
Updated: 02/28/2012 06:43P
Restricting house arrest will cost provinces millions: independent report
Currently, judges cannot grant a conditional sentence to anyone who is considered a danger to the community, or to a criminal convicted of a serious, personal injury offence. The new law will increase the number of offences for which conditional
Updated: 02/28/2012 06:28P
We must reject Harper's vision for Canada
Is his conservatism in economic, environmental and criminal law policies what we truly want? If it is, why is it? We in the Kootenays, with pacificist traditions from Quakers, Doukhobors, and Vietnam war resisters, surely must be alerted by a prime
Updated: 02/28/2012 06:22P
Exclusive - US Justice Dept conducting criminal Libor probe
By Carrick Mollenkamp | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The US Justice Department is conducting a criminal probe into whether the world's biggest banks manipulated a global benchmark rate, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Updated: 02/28/2012 06:22P
Restricting house arrest will cost millions
Currently, judges cannot grant a conditional sentence to anyone who is considered a danger to the community, or to a criminal convicted of a serious, personal injury offence. The new law will increase the number of offences for which conditional
Updated: 02/28/2012 06:16P
US DoJ conducting criminal Libor probe
NEW YORK - The US Justice Department is conducting a criminal probe into whether the world's biggest banks manipulated a global benchmark rate, according to a person familiar with the situation. While the Justice Department's inquiry into how the
Updated: 02/28/2012 06:13P
Justice Dept. reviews complaints over NYPD spying
WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress on Tuesday that, months after receiving complaints about the New York Police Department's surveillance of entire American Muslim neighborhoods, the Justice Department is beginning a review to
Updated: 02/28/2012 06:09P
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMJustice Dept. reviews complaints over NYPD spying
The Obama administration has pointedly refused to endorse or repudiate the NYPD programs, which the AP reported Monday are at least partly funded under a White House federal grant intended to help law enforcement fight drug crimes.
Updated: 02/28/2012 06:04P
KOAM TV 7 Joplin and PittsburgJustice Dept. reviews complaints over NYPD spying
The Obama administration has pointedly refused to endorse or repudiate the NYPD programs, which the AP reported Monday are at least partly funded under a White House federal grant intended to help law enforcement fight drug crimes.
Updated: 02/28/2012 06:02P
Utah panel passes law blocking profits from crimes
Curt Webb of Logan says Tuesday House Bill 52 would make sure victims get any profits a convicted criminal earns from books, movies or other media based off their story. The law would apply to all crimes and supersede the current law that only applies
Updated: 02/28/2012 06:02P
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