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ND officials, feds developing strategy to combat potential organized crime in
JAMES MacPHERSON AP BISMARCK, ND — Federal law enforcement officials plan to meet this week with sheriffs and police chiefs from western North Dakota to develop a strategy against potential organized crime in the state's booming oil patch.
Updated: 03/12/2012 10:56A
Massachusetts employers face new obligations when conducting background checks
The CORI database is maintained by the Commonwealth's Department of Criminal Justice Information Services ("DCJIS"). Currently, Massachusetts law restricts access to CORI to employers that have successfully petitioned the Commonwealth for access
Updated: 03/12/2012 10:54A
Summary Judgments for March 12
Robbery is considered a violent crime under the Armed Career Criminal Act, a federal law that boosts the sentences for felons who commit three crimes of violence. But is plotting to commit a robbery also a violent crime? That question drew sharply
Updated: 03/12/2012 10:53A
Crime does not pay: cracking down on criminal profits
Brussels, 12 March 2012 – Every year in Europe, hundreds of billions of euro go straight into the pockets of criminal gangs and the mafia. Despite efforts by law enforcement around Europe, much of the illegal profits remain in the hands of criminals.
Updated: 03/12/2012 10:43A
If Most Defendants Insisted On Their Right To A Jury Trial, The Criminal
In the face of this reality, civil rights attorney Michelle Alexander proposes a provocative tactic — shut down the criminal justice system with an unmanageable wave of jury trials: The system of mass incarceration depends almost entirely on the
Updated: 03/12/2012 10:39A
The "End of Stoning": Islamic Republic Style
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran in his latest report, published on March 7th, welcomed the omission of stoning as a punishment in the newly ratified Islamic Penal Code, but expressed his concern
Updated: 03/12/2012 10:30A
How Criminal Defendants Could Crash and Reform the System: Band Together and
By Debra Cassens Weiss Criminal defendants could hold the key to reforming the justice system—if they are willing to put their lives on the line. Here's how: Band together and refuse to accept plea bargains. That's the observation of Susan Burton,
Updated: 03/12/2012 10:16A
Casey Anthony lawyer: threats have been made to Casey, legal team and family
FDLE allows you to search by county, city, ZIP code and/or pattern for a last name. During a hearing Monday March 12, 2012, Judge Lisa Munyon ruled partially in favor of Gonzalez's attorneys, granting them the right to subpoena Anthony,
Updated: 03/12/2012 09:56A
Concurrent Trial of Woyome
Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, a lawyer and Executive Director of The Justice & Human Rights Institute, in principle, civil and criminal cases involving the same person and fact situations can run concurrently. Prof. Attafuah said "there is nothing unusual
Updated: 03/12/2012 09:36A
The Middle East Channel: Lessons from the Saudi “Spring”
In a country without written criminal law, forcing the government to submit to judicial process gives dissident grievances a legitimate platform. The official Saudi response to the attempted protests showed that the government would not cede an inch of
Updated: 03/12/2012 09:31A
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