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Tribal Provisions of Women Safety Law Under Senate Attack
The reauthorization language now under consideration would make changes to current law to ensure that the federal government can fulfill its legal trust obligation to tribes, according to NCAI, by restoring concurrent tribal criminal jurisdiction over
Updated: 04/01/2012 09:33A
American murder highlights anti-Muslim hate crimes
But in 2011, the number of anti-Muslim hate groups tripled to 30, according to a recent report by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which advocates for civil rights. There were 186 separate bias crimes in 2010, the highest number in five years,
Updated: 04/01/2012 09:13A
'Right To Resist' Law Changes Ind. Deputies' Uniforms
The Marion County Sheriff's Office ordered all deputies serving civil and criminal warrants back into uniform in the wake of the newly enacted Right to Resist law. The Marion County Sheriff's Office ordered all deputies serving civil and criminal
Updated: 04/01/2012 08:41A
Bahamas: Five-Year National Anti-Crime Initiative To Tackle Violent Crime
By S Coward Nassau - April 1, 2012 - -- National Security and law enforcement officials Thursday launched a five-year National Anti-Drug Strategy that officials say should have a far-reaching impact on crime – particularly violent crime and
Updated: 04/01/2012 08:29A
Bahamas: Five-Year National Anti-Crime Initiative To Tackle Violent Crime
By S Coward Nassau - April 1, 2012 - -- National Security and law enforcement officials Thursday launched a five-year National Anti-Drug Strategy that officials say should have a far-reaching impact on crime – particularly violent crime and
Updated: 04/01/2012 08:29A
Ohio self-defense laws put burden of proof on defendant
The Ohio Revised Code does not have an explicit definition of the legitimate use of deadly force in all situations. Instead, much of the legal concept of self-defense in Ohio is based on common law and past court rulings, according to local criminal
Updated: 04/01/2012 07:09A
Ochoa to DOJ prosecutors: Ensure efficient criminal justice system to lure
“While it is their job to encourage foreign investors to bring business into the country, it is the job of those involved in law enforcement, like the DOJ and NPS, to discourage international criminal syndicates from operating in this country and
Updated: 04/01/2012 05:28A
Trayvon Martin case has some looking at Nevada's new self-defense law
“The circumstances are ripe for a Trayvon situation to happen here,” said Sylvia Lazos, a law professor at UNLV's Boyd School of Law. “We have a lot of crime. We have a lot of people with guns. We have a lot of people who are untrained.
Updated: 04/01/2012 05:00A
Pena verdict exposes a flaw in New York's rape laws
But his victim should never have suffered the pain of having jurors publicly doubt her brave and unrebutted testimony. And she should have won the verdict she deserved — that of rape. The trial of former NYPD officer Michael Pena exposed a flaw in New
Updated: 04/01/2012 04:12A
Fix the rape law
But his victim should never have suffered the pain of having jurors publicly doubt her brave and unrebutted testimony. And she should have won the verdict she deserved — that of rape. The trial of former NYPD officer Michael Pena exposed a flaw in New
Updated: 04/01/2012 04:11A
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