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County Officials, Medal of Honor Recipients Guest Bartend at Fundraiser
Congressional Medal of Honor recipients and local law enforcement officials were guest bartenders recently to benefit Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation. By Courtney Elko Delaware County DA Jack Whelan (left), DA's Criminal Investigation Division
Updated: 03/11/2012 12:37P

County Officials, Medal of Honor Recipients Guest Bartend at Fundraiser
Congressional Medal of Honor recipients and local law enforcement officials were guest bartenders recently to benefit Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation. By Courtney Elko Delaware County DA Jack Whelan (left), DA's Criminal Investigation Division
Updated: 03/11/2012 12:37P

Legal eagles aid animals
Geoff Fleck, an attorney with the Animal Legal Defense Fund's Criminal Justice Program, is a special guest speaker. He says events like this highlight the somewhat new social revolution to improve animals' lives. “Fifteen years ago there were no animal
Updated: 03/11/2012 11:24A

Georgia weighs prison overhaul
“The bill departs from the recommendations of the Criminal Justice Reform Council, not significantly, but in some areas that I think will not produce the results that the council had originally intended,” Deal said, noting that the council's threshold
Updated: 03/11/2012 10:55A

Shocker: Criminal Justice professor sexually abused infant
A well-respected assistant professor of criminal justice at California State University-East Bay was sentenced yesterday to more than 37 years in federal prison after confessing and pleading guilty to sexually abusing an infant living in St. Louis,
Updated: 03/11/2012 10:43A

Senator urges accession in treaty with China, UK
"Sustainable progress against corruption, money laundering, and transnational crimes requires political commitment, effective law enforcement, criminal justice capacities, and international cooperation," she said. "I therefore respectfully urge the
Updated: 03/11/2012 10:09A

Abu Dhabi Police, German Criminal Police ink joint declaration of intent
WAM Abu Dhabi, 11th March 2012 (WAM) -- Abu Dhabi Police and the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (BKA) have signed a joint declaration of intent for strengthening cooperation between the law enforcement agencies. The declaration, signed by
Updated: 03/11/2012 09:34A

Abu Dhabi Police, German Criminal Police ink joint declaration of intent
WAM Abu Dhabi, 11th March 2012 (WAM) -- Abu Dhabi Police and the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (BKA) have signed a joint declaration of intent for strengthening cooperation between the law enforcement agencies. The declaration, signed by
Updated: 03/11/2012 09:34A

UK intelligence faces charges over drone strikes in Pakistan
The case is based on the International Criminal Court Act, 2001 which says that only individuals granted immunity from ordinary criminal law in respect to armed attacks are considered under international law as "lawful combatants" participating in an
Updated: 03/11/2012 09:06A

BCI crime labs improve turnaround time on evidence
A dental stone cast of a shoe print and tire track are seen on a table at the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation Feb. 23 in Bowling Green. / Jonathon Bird/CentralOhio.com LONDON -- At the crime lab in the London headquarters of the Ohio Bureau of
Updated: 03/11/2012 08:00A