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Law & Disorder: Corrections officer accused of selling pills
Undersheriff Dwain Senterfitt said the Navy Criminal Investigative Service received a tip that Mock was dealing in narcotics. The two agencies collaborated in setting up a deal Wednesday with Mock, who was on duty at the Duval County jail.
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:45A
Osage teen to be tried under youthful offender law
This really has not been tested in court, said Bob Rigg, a professor of criminal law at the Drake University Law School. This could be a groundbreaking case in how that law is applied. Generally, juvenile offenders age 14 and younger cannot be
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:35A
DSI probe on Yingluck dropped
The complaint cited violations of the stock market law as well as Article 267 of the Criminal Code as the basis for the DSI investigation. The DSI subsequently assigned its banking and financial investigators to look into the complaint as well as check
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:01A
European Parliament wants EU-wide sanctions for cyber crime
Cyber attacks on IT systems will face criminal-law sanctions, according to a report by the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee of the European Parliament today. In addition, companies are expected to put in place precautionary mesasures
Updated: 03/29/2012 05:35A
EU plans law to arrest security experts
European Parliament rapporteur Monika Hohlmeier insists that the law is designed to deal with "serious criminal attacks", some of which are even conducted by criminal organisations. Unfortunately like most laws with minimum sentences, the proposed act
Updated: 03/29/2012 05:22A
Prostitution law: Placing dignity and equality first
Consequently, the Criminal Code's prostitution regime remains a patch-work quilt, an inconsistent set of laws that, as the court also made clear, has done a lot more harm than good. The court considered a government appeal concerning three
Updated: 03/29/2012 05:19A
Eurocrats versus the cyber criminals
The European Parliament's rapporteur, Monika Hohlmeier, describes the type of incident authorities aim to combat as "serious criminal attacks, some of which are even conducted by criminal organisations." This is true. And it is also true that law
Updated: 03/29/2012 05:12A
SC lays down the law
Last September the Sessions Court found two former directors of Multi-Code Electronics Industries (M) Bhd guilty of committing criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving over RM26 million of funds belonging to Multi-Code.
Updated: 03/29/2012 05:04A
NY Castle Doctrine Laws Provide Defense Against Home Intruders
and local prosecutors are still required to investigate and decide whether or not to file charges. If you find yourself facing charges after defending your own property, contact an experienced New York criminal defense attorney to protect your rights.
Updated: 03/29/2012 04:37A
Was the Rutgers Bully Scapegoated?
Savage is not alone among gay voices in questioning the culpability assigned to Ravi and the way he was treated by the criminal justice system. Some raise philosophical objections to the concept of hate crime laws, arguing that they punish thought
Updated: 03/29/2012 04:29A
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