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My Turn Federal law will improve safety
By reducing crimes and the subsequent costs to the criminal justice and health care systems, the law saves lives and saves money. That is why 53 attorneys general in the United States and its territories have urged Congress to reauthorize it.
Updated: 03/29/2012 01:01A
Norway's Dilemma: No Laws Tough Enough for Breivik
While Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg vowed after the killings that Norway would meet the violence and terror with an even more open and democratic society, the problem of how to deal with a crime of such magnitude under current law becomes
Updated: 03/29/2012 12:47A
Federal law will improve safety
By reducing crimes and the subsequent costs to the criminal justice and health care systems, the law saves lives and saves money. That is why 53 attorneys general in the United States and its territories have urged Congress to reauthorize it.
Updated: 03/29/2012 12:33A
Federal law will improve safety
By reducing crimes and the subsequent costs to the criminal justice and health care systems, the law saves lives and saves money. That is why 53 attorneys general in the United States and its territories have urged Congress to reauthorize it.
Updated: 03/29/2012 12:33A
Health-Care Law, S&P, Morgan Stanley, BNY, Ryanair in Court News
US Supreme Court justices indicated they may throw out other parts of President Barack Obama's health-care law if they strike down its core requirement that Americans obtain insurance. A day after the justices cast doubt on the insurance mandate's
Updated: 03/29/2012 12:26A
Editorial: Plea-bargain decision underscores right to justice
Criminal defense lawyers should be expected to do a thorough job briefing their clients when prosecutors offer plea bargains. "This could affect every defendant in the system," Ron Wright, a professor at Wake Forest University School of Law,
Updated: 03/29/2012 12:16A
Law & Disorder
Fuller was booked on the charge of public order crimes related to the alleged tampering with evidence. She was later released on a bond of $2.504.00 By The Times-Union A recently hired Jacksonville corrections officer found himself behind bars
Updated: 03/29/2012 12:11A
JOBS Act benefits financial criminals
as expected, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act that passed through Congress last week becomes law, the big increase in employment most likely will come in the investment scam business. Criminal minds must be working overtime now,
Updated: 03/29/2012 12:02A
New law to help gardai get warrants 'a priority'
The minister announced yesterday that the Government had approved the drafting of the Criminal Justice (Search Powers) Bill as a priority. It is hoped that the emergency measures will become law before the end of the summer. Five Supreme Court judges,
Updated: 03/28/2012 11:51P
JetBlue Pilot Fiasco Represents Post-9/11 Fears and a Misguided Approach to
The approach of law enforcement officials in this case, that is the tendency to charge criminal behavior first and ask questions later, represents a shifting societal perspective towards law enforcement, criminality, and security in the post-9/11 world
Updated: 03/28/2012 11:36P
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