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SC Lt Gov Ard resigns amid criminal
By state law, the Senate President Pro Tem will become lieutenant governor. It was not clear if Charleston Republican Glenn McConnell still holds that post. Neither McConnell nor the Senate clerk returned phone calls Friday morning.
Updated: 03/09/2012 12:31P
Justice Dept. faults North Carolina courts over interpreters
"It's embarrassing," said Todd Nuccio, trial court administrator in Mecklenburg County. "We are the very institution charged with protecting the fundamental rights and liberties of all citizens. This finding reveals that we're actually the ones
Updated: 03/09/2012 12:31P
SC Lt Gov Ard resigns amid criminal investigation
By state law, the Senate President Pro Tem will become lieutenant governor. It was not clear if Charleston Republican Glenn McConnell still holds that post. Neither McConnell nor the Senate clerk returned phone calls Friday morning.
Updated: 03/09/2012 12:12P
SC Lt. Gov. Ard resigns amid criminal investigation
Ken Ard presides over the Senate Thursday, March 8, 2012 in Columbia, SC Ard is the focus of a state Grand Jury investigation for ethics laws violations that is now entering its ninth month. (AP Photo/The State, Tim Dominick) COLUMBIA (AP) — South
Updated: 03/09/2012 11:48A
PAKISTAN: Saleem Shahzad case -rule of law or rule of ISI?
Each and every day media professionals are facing threats of kidnapping or murder for telling the truth. The truth about the life and death of media professionals in Pakistan is a shocking one. According to the New York based media watchdog 'Committee
Updated: 03/09/2012 11:47A
EU Commission Tackles Market Abuse
By such time, the Directive on Criminal Law should also have been transposed into national law. The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific
Updated: 03/09/2012 11:15A
Around the Blawgosphere: Blogger Running for Texas High Court; The New iPad
"When I learned that the Libertarian Party of Texas needed a candidate for one statewide office to have a full ticket, and that the office was right in my bailiwick—not politics, but criminal law—an office that ought to be beyond partisan politics,
Updated: 03/09/2012 11:08A
TV evangelist backs legal marijuana
''I just think it's shocking how many of these young people wind up in prison and they get turned into hardcore criminals because they had a possession of a very small amount of a controlled substance,'' he said on his show on March 1.
Updated: 03/09/2012 10:43A
Temporary jail in Iqaluit planned to relieve overcrowded BCC: justice minister
That bill, known as the Safe Streets and Communities Act, would amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other federal laws to limit the use of conditional sentencing, create more mandatory minimum sentences and make the youth
Updated: 03/09/2012 10:35A
East Turkestan: New Law Worsens Detention Rights
Police powers to hold suspects facing subversion and other state security charges are set out in revisions to China's Criminal Procedure Law sent to the annual parliament, the National People's Congress, for approval. “Detainees' families should be
Updated: 03/09/2012 10:17A
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