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DNA Database Expansion moves forward, Oneida County DA applauds bill
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced on Wednesday night, a plan that requires DNA samples are collected from anyone convicted of a felony or penal law misdemeanor.
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:41P
Files on Leopold's political foes include information from police database
The Police Department's "partial response" to the public information request said that the county was withholding records from the Maryland Criminal Justice Information System — the statewide police database — on former Councilman Thomas Redmond of
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:41P
Hidalgo County data shows significant decrease in crime
The voluntary program provides nationwide insight on crime trends through the use of submitted data from various local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. “I'm very proud to report we had a 21.9 percent reduction in violent crime and a seven
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:39P
Upper House passes motion to amend Criminal Code
In their first session of the year, senators unanimously passed a bill that looks to aims to erase from the Criminal Code an article that allows a victim of rape to forgive his/her sexual aggressor. According to the current law, a rapist could be
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:22P
Cuomo, lawmakers have deal to expand New York DNA database
"For too long, a limiting factor to our ability to solve crimes through DNA was the fact the law did not encompass all crimes," Cuomo said in a statement announcing the deal with state lawmakers. "This new law will right those wrongs.
Updated: 03/14/2012 10:13P
Judges poised to deliver International Criminal Court's landmark first-ever
Michael Scharf, director of the International Law Center at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. "It will make it clear that the use of children under age 15 as soldiers is a serious war crime." The United Nations estimates tens of
Updated: 03/14/2012 09:57P
IBA welcomes conclusion of ICC's first trial
The International Bar Association (IBA) yesterday welcomed verdict in case of the first suspect to be tried before the International Criminal Court (ICC), Thomas Lubanga Dyilo (in photo). Calling the judgment a symbolic achievement for the ICC,
Updated: 03/14/2012 09:51P
Macedonia: Decriminalising Libel Boosts Media Freedom
ZNM President Naser Selmani said the range of penalties will be soon determined, but emphasised it is important libel is no longer part of the criminal code. “We have taken a general stance that the penalty should be limited, but it is a question of
Updated: 03/14/2012 09:19P
Juveniles Don't Deserve Life Sentences
Politicians soon responded to those fears, and to concerns about the perceived inadequacies of state juvenile justice systems, by lowering the age at which children could be transferred to adult courts. The concern was that offenders prosecuted as
Updated: 03/14/2012 09:03P
Judges will question condemned criminals
The Amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law, passed by the National People's Congress on Wednesday, made the latest change in a final draft submitted to top lawmakers for a vote. As of next year, the new clause requires judges from the Supreme People's
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:36P
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