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Yaffe: For Harper Tories, prison spending trumps seniors
Stephen Harper recently defended the spending: “We received a clear mandate to proceed with strengthening our criminal justice system, to make sure those who commit serious crime do appropriate prison time.” When Conservatives came to power in 2006,
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:46P
Hardaway student faces no criminal charges
They say this means no criminal law was broken; so the case is turned over to school district officials to handle. A district spokesperson says they still stand by the comment they issued yesterday; adding they cannot comment on specific cases
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:38P
Most Canadians think bullying should be a crime: poll
A majority of Canadians think bullying should be considered a crime, according to a new poll. An Angus Reid online survey of 1006 Canadian adults found that two-thirds of respondents believe bullying should be punishable by law, even if no physical
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:30P
New law offers hope to sex trafficking victims
This act wipes the term “juvenile prostitutes” from the criminal code, and sends children arrested for prostitution to social services instead of detention. Under this law, law enforcement can also go after traffickers through wiretapping.
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:29P
Charles Taylor and the Delayed Special Court for Sierra Leone Judgment
The case against the former Liberian president Charles Taylor, who is being tried at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) in The Hague on an 11-count indictment for war crimes and crimes against humanity, formally started with the prosecution's
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:16P
Weak state law, lack of police savvy frustrate attorneys who prosecute traffickers
While California prosecutors mostly agree that the state's human trafficking laws need strengthening, they also suggest that failure to recognize the crime itself remains a greater impediment in the fight. State law is still relatively new.
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:05P
Norman Farrell replaces Bellemare as STL prosecutor
Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) , Judge Norman Farrell is the new Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, succeeding his fellow Canadian, the outgoing Daniel Bellemare, according to a
Updated: 02/29/2012 06:03P
Should bullying be a crime?
"While specific behaviours associated with bullying can actually lead to criminal prosecution—such as harassment, mischief. theft and uttering threats," notes the report. "Bullying itself is not an offence under the Criminal Code of Canada.
Updated: 02/29/2012 05:54P
Editorial: We Need Reforms to Increase Confidence in the Justice System
As Justice Cochran of Texas' highest criminal court observed, 'If either of those two promises are not met, the criminal justice system itself falls into disrepute and may eventually be disregarded.'" The author, Pascal F. Calogero Jr., ought to know:
Updated: 02/29/2012 05:44P
Haverford cop pens update to crime novel
A Scranton native, Gilman, 50, put himself through college by working as a campus security guard at the University of Scranton, where he majored in criminal justice. When friends encouraged him to try part-time police work, Gilman attended Police
Updated: 02/29/2012 05:35P
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