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Insight: Overloaded justice system ties Italy in knots
Like many magistrates, Davigo thinks the key to the problem is decriminalizing many offences to reduce crimes requiring a full trial and encouraging a fast track lower court process. A new penal code in 1988 introduced a series of alternative legal
Updated: 04/05/2012 05:19A
RGP and Police Authority should make up their minds: Is there a serious crime
by Leo Olivero The Royal Gibraltar Police have again renewed their call for new laws to counter what appears to be… Gibraltar's Serious Crime Problem! No one should criticise the police for asking for the correct and appropriate tools in order for law
Updated: 04/05/2012 05:18A
Police say Native Mob busts lead to lull in gang-related crime
They contribute to a huge crime problem in tribal communities. US Justice Department statistics show overall crime rates on reservations are typically twice as high as they are elsewhere. Minnesota law enforcement officers say the Native Mob is
Updated: 04/05/2012 05:02A
Overloaded justice system ties Italy in knots
Like many magistrates, Davigo thinks the key to the problem is decriminalising many offences to reduce crimes requiring a full trial and encouraging a fast track lower court process. A new penal code in 1988 introduced a series of alternative legal
Updated: 04/05/2012 04:52A
Overloaded justice system ties Italy in knots
Like many magistrates, Davigo thinks the key to the problem is decriminalising many offences to reduce crimes requiring a full trial and encouraging a fast track lower court process. A new penal code in 1988 introduced a series of alternative legal
Updated: 04/05/2012 04:50A
Let judges expel foreign criminals: Sommaruga
Justice Minister Simonetta Sommargua has proposed tough amendments to the penal code in an effort to deter criminals. The Social Democratic minister wants to abolish conditional fines, reintroduce short prison sentences, and give judges the power to
Updated: 04/05/2012 04:40A
Expungement of Criminal Records in New Jersey
If you have been arrested or convicted of a crime in New Jersey, you may simply want to move on with life without a criminal record haunting you in the future, which is why the law allows some criminal records to be expunged.
Updated: 04/05/2012 04:36A
'Stand your ground' laws invite injustice
Alarmingly, the local police department decided not to arrest Zimmerman under the state's Stand Your Ground law, which allows immunity from criminal charges for those who use deadly force in self-defence when there is "reasonable belief of a threat".
Updated: 04/05/2012 04:30A
'Wanted' posters spark privacy probe
I can't identify the girl, because I am strictly bound by the terms of the federal Youth Criminal Justice Act. For decades, Canada's criminal law has absolutely forbidden anyone to publish the name of a juvenile offender, or a youth under 18 accused of
Updated: 04/05/2012 04:23A
INSIGHT-Overloaded justice system ties Italy in knots
Like many magistrates, Davigo thinks the key to the problem is decriminalising many offences to reduce crimes requiring a full trial and encouraging a fast track lower court process. A new penal code in 1988 introduced a series of alternative legal
Updated: 04/05/2012 04:17A
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