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Supreme Court: Warrant Required in GPS-Tracking Case
US Supreme Court ruled to restrict law enforcement's ability to use GPS tracking devices on suspected criminals. BALTIMORE, MD, April 17, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In late January, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled to restrict law enforcement's
Updated: 04/17/2012 01:11P

Supreme Court: Warrant Required in GPS-Tracking Case
US Supreme Court ruled to restrict law enforcement's ability to use GPS tracking devices on suspected criminals. BALTIMORE, MD, April 17, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In late January, the US Supreme Court unanimously ruled to restrict law enforcement's
Updated: 04/17/2012 01:11P

Sandiganbayan asked to suspend Arroyo pending trial for graft
In a motion to suspend, the Office of Special Prosecutor said the law provides that a public official facing a criminal procedures should be suspended to avoid influence on the ongoing trial. “Any incumbent public officer against whom any criminal
Updated: 04/17/2012 01:07P

Montco DA Risa Ferman seek changes to Pennsylvania wiretapping law
A decade-and-a-half later, law enforcement officials say they're critical tools in the bad guys' arsenal and they want the law updated to make it easier to track criminals' movements. “To do nothing is not an option,” said Risa Ferman,
Updated: 04/17/2012 12:35P

NDP's LGBTT Critic seeks support for controversial 'transgender' bill
Bill C-279 (formerly Bill C-389) sponsored by NDP MP Randall Garrison (Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, BC) is a proposition to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code to include “gender identity” and “gender expression” as prohibited grounds
Updated: 04/17/2012 12:24P

Crime Log: Carson City man arrested for hit and run
Hatch was also arrested for misdemeanor allegations of DUI first offense, hit and run unoccupied, driving on the sidewalk, failure to report an accident, and two counts of violation of probation. Bail is set at $88025 plus administrative fees.
Updated: 04/17/2012 12:12P

Court seems split on when to apply new sentences
As part of a technology change, commenting will not be available on some articles for a number of months. Read more about the change here. The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seems split on whether criminals who were arrested but not
Updated: 04/17/2012 12:09P

Supreme Court seems split on when to apply new drug sentences for crack
However, the men were not sentenced until after the Fair Sentencing Act went into effect. That law reduces the difference between sentences for crimes committed by crack cocaine and powder cocaine users. The men argued that because their sentences came
Updated: 04/17/2012 12:03P

Dedham Police to hold Citizens Police Academy
Participants will be presented with information from Dedham Police Officers and Dispatchers on E-911, crime prevention, juvenile issues, alcohol enforcement, regional law enforcement councils, court procedures, the Sex Offender Registry, firearms,
Updated: 04/17/2012 11:37A

REMARKS BY DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES COLE AT THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
I am honored to address so many law enforcement professionals from across the country who are devoted to protecting our children from the scourge of sexual exploitation, and I am particularly pleased to be doing so during National Child Abuse
Updated: 04/17/2012 11:24A