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Justice Court Report: Feb. 27, 2012
12, 2011 with criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree; adjourned to Mar. 13, 2012. James Cerasoli, 49, of Mastic, charged on Jan. 14, 2012 with driving while intoxicated .16% and driving while intoxicated observed; adjourned to Feb.
Updated: 03/05/2012 07:39P
Region seeks to unify organized crime laws
The project "Harmonization of Criminal Law in the Fight Against Crime in Central America" is directed by the Justice Ministers Conference of the Iberoamerican Countries, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation and the Central
Updated: 03/05/2012 07:36P
Lawsuit To Be Heard Regarding Release of Information in Seneca Sexual
The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy released the names of the officers after WSPA-TV filed a Freedom of Information request with that agency in January. Treaco Hoover, one of the officers who was fired, tells 7 On Your Side, since the names are
Updated: 03/05/2012 07:35P
Lawsuit To Be Heard Regarding Release of Information in Seneca Sexual
The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy released the names of the officers after WSPA-TV filed a Freedom of Information request with that agency in January. Treaco Hoover, one of the officers who was fired, tells 7 On Your Side, since the names are
Updated: 03/05/2012 07:35P
Colorful Fort Lauderdale attorney Bo Hitchcock dies
The criminal defense attorney was so likable that after he would interrogate a police officer on the witness stand, they would remain friendly, said lawyer Bradford Cohen, who called him a mentor. "He could quote the Bible and history to jurors,
Updated: 03/05/2012 07:23P
Don't Invade Portugal
What Bush was doing was employing the military to enforce criminal laws — and illegally at that, given that Afghanistan was under no legal requirement to agree to Bush's extradition demand. Bush's use of the military in this instance was no different
Updated: 03/05/2012 07:22P
Law & order
If it is found that the collector has unduly delayed the execution of certificate, or wrongly refused or avoided executing it, the consumer fora must invoke their powers under Section 195 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. This means that the collector
Updated: 03/05/2012 07:07P
Indictable Procedure (Amendment) Act and Juries (Amendment) Act
The amendment provides that in the case of murder, attempted murder, abetment of murder or conspiracy to commit murder – notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the Indictable Procedure Act, the Criminal Code, the Juries Act or any
Updated: 03/05/2012 07:03P
OP-ED: Murder Is Legal, Says Eric Holder
Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday, March 5, 2012 explained why it's legal to murder people -- not to execute prisoners convicted of capital crimes, not to shoot someone in self-defense, not to fight on a battlefield in a war that is somehow
Updated: 03/05/2012 06:48P
Plea strips cop of license, requires community service
According to the Texas Penal Code, a public servant commits official oppression if he or she "intentionally subjects another to sexual harassment" while "acting under color of his office or employment."
Updated: 03/05/2012 06:25P
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