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Sheriff's Association to start membership drive
In addition, the Sheriffs' Institute operates a scholarship program that provides one scholarship to each of New York State's Community College's Criminal Justice Programs. This program is designed to help attract the best and the brightest to the
Updated: 03/09/2012 10:12A
Switzerland: New Law on Epidemics only criminalising intentional transmission
The history of the revision of the Swiss Law on Epidemics has been a long and rocky one. The redrafting of revisions to Article 231 of the Swiss Penal Code – one of the most draconian and discriminatory laws on HIV exposure in the world – began in 2010
Updated: 03/09/2012 10:03A
Dahlquist Recognized as 'Legislator of the Year' by Law Enforcement Group
The Fraternal Order of Police give 31st District lawmaker its highest award for authoring a bill that protects criminal justice workers from harassment. (From left) Carl Burke, government affairs for the Fraternal Order of Police, and Jack Simington,
Updated: 03/09/2012 09:38A
Immigration rights groups urge FBI advisory board to end Secure Communities
In light of Justice Department investigations of civil rights violations at some local police departments in the last few months, a coalition of immigration rights groups asked an FBI policy advisory board to eliminate the controversial Secure
Updated: 03/09/2012 09:09A
Criminal Courts Building renamed in Chicago
Never mind he was a World War II veteran and a Harvard University Law School alumni. “Blacks had it rough during this time. Chicago was a very segregated city back then,” recalled Leighton, 99. “I am just glad things have now changed for the better and
Updated: 03/09/2012 08:51A
Legal assistance one presentation at a time
“People come here because the law has affected their life in a very particular way and so getting general information is great,” Brady said. Since December, CLASSIC has been offering free presentations at their downtown office on a variety of legal
Updated: 03/09/2012 08:44A
Del. Lawmakers Seek Tougher Penalties for Home Invasions
"There really isn'ta crime in the code that addresses home invasions directly, so we are proposing a new criminal offense that essentially doubles the penalty for burglary," Heffernan said in a statement. "Home invasion is a serious crime and it
Updated: 03/09/2012 08:34A
Del. Lawmakers Seek Tougher Penalties for Home Invasions
"There really isn'ta crime in the code that addresses home invasions directly, so we are proposing a new criminal offense that essentially doubles the penalty for burglary," Heffernan said in a statement. "Home invasion is a serious crime and it
Updated: 03/09/2012 08:34A
TORKIZADEH v. STATE
PENAL CODE ANN. § 19.04 (West 2011). In addition, the jury found that appellant used a deadly weapon in the commission of the crime and assessed punishment at twenty years' confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal
Updated: 03/09/2012 08:25A
ORTIZ v. STATE
The trial court ordered the sentences to run consecutively and entered a judgment of conviction on each count. We affirm the trial court's judgments on all counts. Ortiz presents two points of error for review. In his first point, he contends that the
Updated: 03/09/2012 08:25A
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