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Zuma on constitution, SADTU and the arms deal inquiry
Ms W Ngwenya (ANC) to ask the President of the Republic: (1) How far has the process of establishing a transformed, integrated, modernised, resourced and well managed criminal justice system progressed? (2) whether he has set any time frames for
Updated: 03/15/2012 05:04P
Law enforcement officials weigh new criteria for identifying gang members
By Mara H. Gottfried After a 1997 state law directed the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to create a database of gang members, a law enforcement panel came up with 10 criteria for inclusion. Those criteria included admitting gang membership
Updated: 03/15/2012 05:03P
Fifth Circuit: driving in violation of criminal plea is not an "occurrence
12, 2012), the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit found that driving past the house of a sexual molestation victim in violation of a criminal plea was not an "occurrence" under a homeowners' policy. A Texas state court jury had found a homeowner
Updated: 03/15/2012 04:52P
Morrison Police Get A New Set Of Wheels
Morrison Police Chief Brian Melton says that in early February 2012, the Morrison Police Department was awarded grant funding in the amount for $17102 from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. The grant was for the purchase of a new
Updated: 03/15/2012 04:51P
City's indigent defense plan is legal: appeals court
"If it does, there may be a dramatic number of experienced lawyers dropping off the panels to seek other work, to the obvious detriment of the criminal justice system Whatever the outcome of the implementation of the City's proposed revised plan,
Updated: 03/15/2012 04:48P
Jaffee, State Expand NY DNA Databank
By Kevin Zawacki Rocklanders arrested and found guilty of certain crimes—along with residents across New York State—will now have their DNA added to the retained in the state's DNA databank, beginning October 1, 2012. The legislation, which received
Updated: 03/15/2012 04:43P
All Crimes DNA Law A Powerful Tool
(Long Island, NY) New York State Senator Kenneth P. LaValle (RCI, Port Jefferson) today announced that the State Senate has voted to approve legislation that will implement the largest expansion of the State's DNA databank since it was first created in
Updated: 03/15/2012 04:30P
Police release records on Leopold's political rivals
But the police department says in its response that it is withholding records on Redmond from the Maryland Criminal Justice Information system because the law “restricts the dissemination of criminal history information.” Attorneys for Leopold and the
Updated: 03/15/2012 04:25P
Law would make crimes against seniors 'aggravating factor'
Law would make crimes against seniors 'aggravating factor'. Minister of Justice and Attorney General Rob Nicholson speaks at the North York Seniors Centre during an announcement Thursday introducing new government legislation that will have courts
Updated: 03/15/2012 04:20P
In scathing report, portrait of a leaks prosecutor
WASHINGTON (AP) — A report on misconduct in the Justice Department released Thursday paints a picture of a rudderless and sometimes dysfunctional public corruption unit under the man who has since become the face of President Barack Obama's effort to
Updated: 03/15/2012 04:14P
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