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UN Report Enforces Orthodox Drug Strategy
The study paints a gloomy picture of the global drug trade, describing it as “a problem that has gathered enormous momentum” and which threatens “health, educational, criminal justice, social welfare, economic and, in some instances, political systems
Updated: 03/01/2012 04:58P

Local Crime Spree Spelled Out
Mike Pintek was joined on NewsRadio1020 KDKA to by Larry Likar, associate professor and chair of La Roche College's Department of Justice, Law and Security. Likak, an expert and consultant to private industry and the media in the fields of security,
Updated: 03/01/2012 04:57P

DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES COLE SPEAKS AT HIGH LEVEL HEMISPHERIC MEETING
The steps that the US Department of Justice, the US government as a whole, and our partners around the world are taking to address the threat cannot be overstated. For many decades the fight against organized crime has been one of the highest
Updated: 03/01/2012 04:41P

What Do PETA and CCA Have in Common?
Over the past four decades, imprisonment in the United States has increased explosively, spurred by criminal laws that impose steep sentences and curtail opportunities for probation and parole. The current incarceration rate deprives record numbers of
Updated: 03/01/2012 04:28P

WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - Arizona sheriff probes Obama's
Arpaio's probe comes amid a federal grand jury investigation into the sheriff's office on criminal abuse-of-power allegations since at least December 2009, focusing on the sheriff's anti-public corruption squad. Separately, the US Justice Department
Updated: 03/01/2012 04:14P

Ward's cyber crime bill advances
Paul DeMarco, R-Homewood, to overhaul the criminal code in Alabama as it pertains to criminal activity committed online and through the Internet, advanced out of the senate committee on Feb. 29. The bill, known as the Alabama Digital Crime Act,
Updated: 03/01/2012 04:10P

Twitter gives Boston police, prosecutors data in criminal hacking inquiry
14 letter, a prosecutor in Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley's office told Twitter the information was needed to assist law enforcement in an “official criminal investigation.'' Attorney Peter Krupp and the American Civil Liberties Union have
Updated: 03/01/2012 04:05P

Twitter gives Boston police, prosecutors data from one subscriber in criminal
14 letter, a prosecutor in Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley's office told Twitter the information was needed to assist law enforcement in an ''official criminal investigation.'' According to Twitter spokesman Matt Graves, the company provided
Updated: 03/01/2012 04:05P

Criminal Libor Probe Cited by U.S. Judge in Denying Document Access
Investors suing Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN), Bank of America Corp. and other companies over claims they artificially suppressed Libor lost a bid for some documents related to a US Justice Department investigation. In denying the investors' request
Updated: 03/01/2012 04:02P

The press, the police and murky relationships that undermine justice
It has been known for many years that journalists pay officers for confidential information, but to what extent do these activities operate within the criminal justice system to help secure the wrongful convictions of men and women?
Updated: 03/01/2012 04:00P