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Copperhead: History of crime, violence
That criminal history paired with a recent federal conviction for ammunition charges and resulting 15-year prison sentence are indications of the public safety threat Needham posed, local law enforcement officials say. In all, Needham has at least 34
Updated: 04/12/2012 03:10A
Copperhead: History of crime, violence
That criminal history paired with a recent federal conviction for ammunition charges and resulting 15-year prison sentence are indications of the public safety threat Needham posed, local law enforcement officials say. In all, Needham has at least 34
Updated: 04/12/2012 03:10A
Mdluli promoted law-breakers - investigator
Richard Mdluli, thought to be earmarked to succeed Bheki Cele as National Police Commissioner, promoted two of his murder co-accused despite their having criminal records and facing serious charges, claims a report in The Times.
Updated: 04/12/2012 02:53A
Monti to Tackle Italy Corruption as Scandals Topple Politicians
The Council of Europe's Group of States Against Corruption, known as GRECO, called on Italy yesterday to amend its criminal code in areas such as party financing and corruption penalties. That came after Umberto Bossi resigned as head of the Northern
Updated: 04/12/2012 02:28A
Karen's Law: Should stand on merits
The commingling of an anti-abortion measure with a tougher criminal sentencing law is bad policy that puts politics over reason and damages a good bill. House Judiciary B Chairman Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, resurrected his earlier failed fetal "heartbeat"
Updated: 04/12/2012 02:00A
Courts: Sachs code crook didn't break the law
A three-judge panel, in revealing for the first time its reasons for ruling that Aleynikov was wrongly charged with theft and corporate espionage, said that while his actions were “dishonest” and wrong, they fell short of criminal conduct.
Updated: 04/12/2012 01:33A
Financial Briefing Book: April 12
NEW YORK—A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. computer programmer who took the investment bank's confidential source code for its high-speed trading system may have violated his obligations to the company, but the act wasn't a crime under the laws for
Updated: 04/12/2012 01:27A
Los Zetas And MS-13: Deadly Gangs Now Allies
This latest development throws a curve ball at US law enforcement efforts to assist the Mexicans and other Latin American nations fight the organized crime syndicates who traffic in narcotics that is earmarked for the United States and European nations
Updated: 04/12/2012 12:57A
Legal experts: Second-degree murder charge may be hard to prove in Trayvon
O'Mara is board-certified in both criminal trial practice and in family law, and he's handled high-profile murder cases in the past. He's also the past president of the Seminole County Bar Association, and he's been a legal analyst for an Orlando
Updated: 04/12/2012 12:56A
Not a criminal act
By KAJA WHITEHOUSE That's the stunning opinion of a federal appeals court that overturned the conviction of Sergey Aleynikov, a former Goldman Sachs programmer accused of stealing the bank's computer code for its high-speed trading operations before he
Updated: 04/12/2012 12:37A
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