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Arizona lawmakers weigh 'anti-trolling' law
Dubbed HB 2549, the legislation would seek to place criminal penalties on any user who was found to be "using any electronic or digital device, instead of a telephone, with the intent to terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend a person.
Updated: 04/04/2012 08:34P
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMChile's Congress passes anti-discrimination law
President Sebastian Pinera had urged lawmakers to accelerate approval of the law after 24-year-old Daniel Zamudio died March 27. Zamudio's death came more than three weeks after he was attacked, and his case set off a national debate about hate crimes
Updated: 04/04/2012 07:52P
Could Criminal Charges Be Coming For The Saints?
“This is a law very easily broken, even if there is no actual involvement, no actual conduct that separately crosses the line,” states Florio. The “broad conspiracy” in this case could conclude that the Saints were conducting criminal activity.
Updated: 04/04/2012 07:12P
Students and Law Enforcement Train for Emergencies
By Lindsay Nielsen Sounds of chaos and gunfire filled the SUNY Delhi campus as criminal justice students partnered with law enforcement to prepare for emergencies that could involve a gunman on campus. "There are a lot of non-threats coming at you as
Updated: 04/04/2012 07:01P
Buckhannon Police Academy Meets Again to Talk Criminal Law
Chief Matt Gregory went over the differences between some of the charges. For example, homicide is the killing of a person by another person. But, that doesn't mean it was necessarily a crime. Unlawful killing of a person by another is a crime and is
Updated: 04/04/2012 06:56P
Bringing the War Home
It was replaced in 1968 by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), which was created by the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act. Begun within the US Department of Justice, its function was to administer federal funding to state and
Updated: 04/04/2012 06:51P
Marks Is Set to Target Backlog in New First Deputy Chief Role
Backlogs have grown in courts all over the state in the last few years, fueled by trends like a deluge of foreclosure cases and more complex criminal law issues. At the same time, the courts' task has been made more difficult by early retirements of
Updated: 04/04/2012 06:45P
RCMP ordered to return cash seized from Alberta man
Some of those in the legal community following the Squire case say Canadians should be worried by the civil forfeiture laws, introduced to a majority of provinces within the past decade. Karen Molle, a Calgary-based criminal lawyer, says the laws have
Updated: 04/04/2012 06:36P
Retiring Detroit FBI Head To Lead Crime Commission
DETROIT (WWJ) – The head of the FBI in Detroit is leaving his job to work for the Detroit Crime Commission. Andrew Arena will join the non-profit group, formed last year, which acts as a liaison between the public and law enforcement.
Updated: 04/04/2012 06:29P
Expert: 'Settlements' Are Legal, Look at the UN Documents
Rosenne spoke to Arutz Sheva a day after the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court in The Hague rejected a complaint filed by the Palestinian Authority against Israel for alleged war crimes during "Operation Cast Lead" in Gaza in 2009.
Updated: 04/04/2012 06:19P
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