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AP Enterprise: Federal sentences still vary widely By The Associated Press
On Monday, TRAC planned to launch the first publicly available database of sentencing records, sortable by judge, after a 15-year struggle to get records from a reluctant Justice Department. The center has filed FOIA lawsuits against the department
Updated: 03/04/2012 04:58P
Study shows federal judges vary widely in sentencing
On Monday, TRAC planned to launch the first publicly available database of sentencing records, sortable by judge, after a 15-year struggle to get records from a reluctant Justice Department. The center has filed FOIA lawsuits against the department
Updated: 03/04/2012 04:12P
Make our communities inhospital to criminals
Torres' juvenile record is sealed, but we know his adult crime sprees date back 20 years to when he turned 18. We also know about others who use up untold law enforcement resources and clog our court system from reading their names repeatedly in our
Updated: 03/04/2012 03:54P
Did the NYPD's Spying on Muslims Violate the Law?
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who claimed last year that the NYPD does not focus on religion and only follows threats or leads, is now arguing that, as he said last week, "Everything the NYPD has done is legal, it is appropriate, it is constitutional.
Updated: 03/04/2012 03:33P
Human rights violations No justice‚ no peace
Five years ago, the House of Representatives unanimously endorsed a proposal to accede to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), but the will of the legislature has still not been put into effect. Transitional justice is the
Updated: 03/04/2012 02:52P
Federal sentences still vary widely despite legislation
He said TRAC doggedly pursued the data because it's vital the public and the courts have evidence that could improve the justice system. "Criminal defense attorneys, for example, have long relied on anecdotal, sometimes gossipy information to advise
Updated: 03/04/2012 02:36P
Legal aid fixed fees take effect
A change to legal aid payments takes effect on Monday, with the introduction of fixed fees for criminal defence lawyers. Instead of an hourly fee, a legal aid lawyer will now earn between $300 - $390 for a guilty plea case and up to $580 for a defended
Updated: 03/04/2012 02:13P
Thirty years after Congress tries to promote fair results, federal sentences
On Monday, TRAC planned to launch the first publicly available database of sentencing records, sortable by judge, after a 15-year struggle to get records from a reluctant Justice Department. The center has filed FOIA lawsuits against the department
Updated: 03/04/2012 02:12P
Thirty years after Congress pushed for fair results, federal sentences still
He said TRAC doggedly pursued the data because it's vital the public and the courts have evidence that could improve the justice system. "Criminal defense attorneys, for example, have long relied on anecdotal, sometimes gossipy information to advise
Updated: 03/04/2012 02:12P
David Cameron to back law reform to recognise stalking as a crime
Stalking will be recognised as a crime for the first time in England and Wales under legislation expected to be announced by the prime minister this week. At a private meeting last month, officials from the Home Office, Crown Prosecution Service,
Updated: 03/04/2012 01:42P
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