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Michigan self-defense law similar to Florida's
The state of Florida had a similar law. But, in 2005, it was changed. Many felt it favored the law abiding citizen instead of the criminal. Michigan followed suit in 2006, as did, several other states. "This law said, look, if your a law abiding
Updated: 03/29/2012 07:37P
Breaking down Oklahoma's citizen's arrest laws
You might be surprised to know that Oklahoma law gives citizens almost as much policing power as actual law enforcement officers. Under Oklahoma statutes, you don't need a badge to make an arrest. The law says if you witness someone committing a crime,
Updated: 03/29/2012 07:27P
Michigan self-defense law similar to Florida
The state of Florida had a similar law. But in 2005 it was changed. Many felt it favored the law abiding citizen instead of the criminal. Michigan followed suit in 2006, as did, several other states. "This law said, look, if you are a law abiding
Updated: 03/29/2012 07:17P
Michigan self-defense law similar to Florida
The state of Florida had a similar law. But in 2005 it was changed. Many felt it favored the law abiding citizen instead of the criminal. Michigan followed suit in 2006, as did, several other states. "This law said, look, if you are a law abiding
Updated: 03/29/2012 07:17P
Smearing Trayvon Martin: Blacks Commit More Crime And...
As documented by The Sentencing Project, and detailed in such works as Race, Crime and the Law, and The New Jim Crow, African Americans are more likely to be stopped by police without cause, to be more aggressively questioned, receive longer and more
Updated: 03/29/2012 07:05P
Trucking operator charged with flouting prevailing wage laws
Gary Bauerly, 64, of Rice, Minn., is accused of using a variety of schemes to avoid the state wage law, underpay employees, and pocket about $52000 in savings, according to the criminal complaint. The felony charges filed Thursday in Hennepin County
Updated: 03/29/2012 07:00P
Gambling Malawi's future? Hosting Bashir means loving blackouts to death
MALAWI is deep in a diplomatic thicket again. This time around it's not as simple as an expulsion of an envoy and thereafter apologising, no. The plot is much more complicated than that. It involves international criminal law and conventions and the
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:50P
"Gunpoint Rape" Cop Mistrial Fallout: Juror Insists, "There's No Law That Says
There's no law that says a jury has to reach a verdict.” The trial took a strange turn this week because of revelations about Constantine, whose former law partner Richard Aborn had once run against Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance. Constantine was outed by
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:31P
Crime and Courts: Milwaukee lawmaker adds voice to call for 'castle doctrine
He joined The Capital Times in 2000, where he has covered city, county and state government in addition to law enforcement. He has also worked for the Portage Daily Register and has written for the Isthmus weekly newspaper in Madison.
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:25P
Lynch Law U.S.A.: State Defends Murderer of Trayvon Martin
by Internationalist Group ( internationalistgroup [at] msn.com ) Outrage over the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin compounds daily as the killer remains free, facing no criminal charges for gunning down the unarmed black youth from Miami Gardens,
Updated: 03/29/2012 06:18P
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