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Czech Republic worried about Lutsenko verdict
The Czech Foreign Ministry noted that "all political forces in Ukraine should be free from all politically motivated criminal prosecution, especially the one based on an obsolete Criminal Code, and should have a chance to take part in the upcoming
Updated: 02/29/2012 03:26A
Lecturer criticizes 'new Jim Crow reality' of prisons
Michelle Alexander, associate professor of law at Ohio State University, discussed problems with the nation's criminal justice system last night in this year's Debra L. Lee Lecture on Slavery and Justice. Alexander spoke to a packed audience that
Updated: 02/29/2012 03:17A
Police frustrated by legal inaction
Police spokesperson Edwin Kanguatjivi said those concerned should have been charged with public incitement and other criminal transgressions against law enforcement agents. This follows accusations that factional politics has entangled the police at
Updated: 02/29/2012 02:49A
Police frustrated by legal inaction
Police spokesperson Edwin Kanguatjivi said those concerned should have been charged with public incitement and other criminal transgressions against law enforcement agents. This follows accusations that factional politics has entangled the police at
Updated: 02/29/2012 02:49A
McDonnell signs repeal of 1993's 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: 02/29/2012 02:48A
US Conducting Lending Rate Manipulation Probe: Source
The US Justice Department is conducting a criminal probe into whether the world's biggest banks manipulated a global benchmark rate that is at the heart of a wide range of loans and derivatives, from trillions of dollars of mortgages and bonds to
Updated: 02/29/2012 02:25A
France plans new genocide bill
The law would make it criminal to deny several massacres – including a 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks – were genocide. “We were expecting this decision,” said Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. “It is an important decision and
Updated: 02/29/2012 01:52A
Bill offers early release from prison
The House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee approved HB 1654 earlier this month, and it's scheduled for a floor vote in the House at its next session, on March 7. The bill offers prisoners who complete training programs and degrees while
Updated: 02/29/2012 12:40A
Loophole allows child abuse to go unreported to law enforcement
However, what might surprise many parents is that not all criminal child abuse cases are reported to law enforcement. "This is a gaping hole in the communication of a very large important state agency and law enforcement across the state," said
Updated: 02/29/2012 12:11A
Crime lab backlog keeps criminals on the street
WHIO-TV photo by Bryron Stirsman By Jessica Heffner, Staff Writer 11:31 PM Tuesday, February 28, 2012 SPRINGFIELD — As more law enforcement agencies use labs to identify DNA and other evidence to solve crimes, those same labs are being overwhelmed by
Updated: 02/29/2012 12:07A
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