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Crime, Punishment, and an Oral Swab
Governor Cuomo, state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver signed a bill into law that take the historic step in making New York the first state in the nation to implement an “all crimes DNA” policy.
Updated: 03/20/2012 05:30P
Kosovo Struggles To Prosecute War Crimes Cases
Bekim Blakaj, executive director of the Humanitarian Law Centre Kosovo, says domestic courts have prosecuted only 58 war crimes cases. Among them, 23 cases involved a total of 31 Serb defendants, while six cases involved a total of 18 Albanian
Updated: 03/20/2012 05:24P
Plexus Law | E-Alert: Chief Constable Owes no Duty of Care
and under Article 8 of the ECHR and the Data Protection Act. In this case the Court of Appeal concentrated on a Chief Constable's common law duty of care in respect of the provision of Enhanced Criminal Record Certificates (ECRC).
Updated: 03/20/2012 05:23P
Cuomo Signs Expansion Of DNA Databank Into Law
By William Demarest Governor Andrew M. Cuomo joined by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver signs into law a historic bill that makes New York State the first "all crimes DNA" state in the nation, by requiring DNA
Updated: 03/20/2012 05:20P
Fears legal aid reforms will put vulnerable at risk
The Law Society says proposed changes to legal aid for accident compensation cases will hit vulnerable people. The Ministry of Justice has already proposed fixed fees for legal aid in criminal and family cases and now wants to use the same system for
Updated: 03/20/2012 05:05P
Law enforcement officer describes relationship between national debt crisis
author of “Good Morning Uncle Sam” (ISBN 1466242469) uses his two decades of experience in law enforcement to argue the facts of the federal entitlement programs that plague the nation's economy. He makes use of actual police incidences and crime
Updated: 03/20/2012 05:03P
Trayvon Martin case: use of Stand Your Ground law or pursuit of a black teen?
“With all federal civil rights crimes, the government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a person acted intentionally and with the specific intent to do something which the law forbids – the highest level of intent in criminal law,” the Justice
Updated: 03/20/2012 05:00P
Crimes Nearby: Stolen Jewelry, Guns Discovered in Sewer Drains
An arrest does not indicate a conviction as all persons are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Four arrests have been made in connection with a string of recent Lloyd Harbor crimes, according to village police. Lloyd Harbor Police Chief
Updated: 03/20/2012 04:42P
Florida shooting renews debate over 'stand your ground' laws
"The law is constructed to give law-abiding people the right to protect themselves when they are attacked," she said at the time. "I think the message to criminals is going to be -- you break into a home, you run the risk of being shot.
Updated: 03/20/2012 04:41P
Georgia's anti-picketing law an attack on the 99 percent
Unions and progressive groups are fighting a new law that would make forms of protest - including picketing and peaceful sit-downs -- a crime, the AFL-CIO reports. The piece of legislation -- SB 469 -- was introduced by Sen. Don Balfour, R-Ga. and is a
Updated: 03/20/2012 04:35P
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