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Arran Coghlan set to lose his £2m Alderley Edge home after 'proceeds of crime
The controversial businessman has been cleared of three separate murders and a major drugs smuggling case against him was dropped last year. Despite that, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) launched a civil claim against him last year in a bid
Updated: 03/02/2012 01:40P

Senate passes law blocking profits from crimes
Lyle Hillyard of Logan says Friday 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
Updated: 03/02/2012 01:32P

Senate passes law blocking profits from crimes
Lyle Hillyard of Logan says Friday 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
Updated: 03/02/2012 01:27P

BP, others likely to be charged with misdemeanor crimes for spill, former
David Uhlmann, who led the Justice Department's Environmental Crimes Section for seven years, said he's nearly certain that BP, Transocean and Halliburton will be charged criminally for their role in the 2010 Gulf oil spill. He made the statement at an
Updated: 03/02/2012 01:24P

Gulf oil spill companies could be charged with misdemeanors, former
By David Hammer, The Times-Picayune An overlooked federal law could make criminal charges far more costly for BP and its contractors than the looming civil trial, a former federal prosectutor said. David Uhlmann, who led the Justice Department's
Updated: 03/02/2012 01:24P

Justice Would Be Served by an 'Open File' Policy for Prosecutors
A couple of years ago, the US Department of Justice made an effort to systematize and improve its discovery obligations under Brady v. Maryland, the 1963 Supreme Court case that requires prosecutors to disclose information in their files that would
Updated: 03/02/2012 01:21P

Judge rules eavesdropping law unconstitutional
The law makes it a felony offense to make audio recordings of police officers without their consent even when they're performing their public duties. Judge Stanley Sacks, who is assigned to the Criminal Courts Building, found the eavesdropping law
Updated: 03/02/2012 01:14P

Judge rules eavesdropping law unconstitutional
By Jason Meisner Tribune reporter The law makes it a felony offense to make audio recordings of police officers without their consent even when they're performing their public duties. Judge Stanley Sacks, who is assigned to the Criminal Courts Building
Updated: 03/02/2012 01:10P

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Unveils Results Of Investigation Into Obama Birth Certificate
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: 03/02/2012 01:04P

Sheriff Joe Arpaio Unveils Results Of Investigation Into Obama Birth Certificate
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: 03/02/2012 01:04P