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High Interest Boosts MSU's New Criminology Department
( Springfield , MO ) -- Missouri State University recently invited national experts to its campus to focus on cutting edge trends in criminology and criminal justice. This is the first year MSU has its own criminology department, and many students at
Updated: 03/12/2012 05:11P
RI bill would order drug tests after bad accidents
Another proposal recently endorsed by the state Senate would require anyone arrested for a violent crime to submit a DNA sample to authorities. The state now collects DNA samples from anyone convicted of a felony. Individuals could seek to have their
Updated: 03/12/2012 05:09P
States' Top Jurists Call for Criminal Justice Reform
Justice Teitelman lauded efforts to make "sentencing practices more cost-effective, helping Missouri to become both tough and smart on crime." Similarly, Alaska's Walter Carpeneti asked his state's lawmakers to allow "'smart justice' principles to take
Updated: 03/12/2012 04:46P
Norrie Ross and family law expert Caroline Counsel kick off Briefed: The Law Blog
Experts on issues including family disputes, personal injury litigation, criminal justice and commercial law will discuss the hot topics daily. Lawyers, former judges and legal commentators will tackle the hard issues in the coming weeks,
Updated: 03/12/2012 04:45P
Google, Facebook face criminal court challenge in India
Google and Facebook say India's information-technology law protects them from liability for content posted by users. But still the legal process starts in a New Delhi court tomorrow over charges that they failed to censor objectionable content on their
Updated: 03/12/2012 04:37P
UK minister to be sued over drone attacks
Lawyers will claim that civilian intelligence officers who pass on intelligence to the US are not “lawful combatants”, therefore cannot claim immunity from criminal law and could be liable as “secondary parties to murder”. They will also argue that the
Updated: 03/12/2012 04:36P
Four ALEC State Senators Behind Anti-Union Bill In Georgia
Bill Cowsert (R), who works with ALEC's Criminal Justice Task Force, and Sen. Bill Hamrick (R), who received campaign contributions from the ALEC during the 2010 election cycle even though he ran unopposed. Significantly, there are also striking
Updated: 03/12/2012 04:36P
Senior Acquires Criminal Justice Experience at High Point Police Department
HIGH POINT, NC, March 12, 2012 - Amanda Blake, a senior majoring in criminal justice at High Point University, is gaining rewarding career insight at her internship with the High Point Police Department. As part of her internship, Blake is responsible
Updated: 03/12/2012 04:30P
Labour is losing the economic battle, so it's turning to crime
No one's listening to the two Eds – but could law and order policy give them a new audience? By Mary Riddell As David Cameron gets a red carpet welcome from Barack Obama today, he can be grateful for political friendship.
Updated: 03/12/2012 04:22P
Kony video puts ICC in spotlight
JOSEPH Kony is not the only tyrant the International Criminal Court hopes to bring to justice but his sudden infamy has done wonders to boost its profile, says a Melbourne academic working on the case. Melbourne University law professor Tim McCormack
Updated: 03/12/2012 03:54P
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