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US, Canada bracing for crime spike from oil boom
By: MATTHEW BROWN | AP BILLINGS, Montana (AP) Booming oil production across a wide expanse of the US-Canada border has prompted law enforcement officials from both countries to brace themselves for a spike in crimes ranging from drug trafficking and
Updated: 04/23/2012 08:40A
Evidence Mounts In Law Enforcement Storage Rooms
(AP) -- Evidence in criminal cases continues to pile up in law enforcement storage rooms because of changes in how long the items must be kept. The Fond du Lac Police Department has more than 50000 pieces of evidence packed into three rooms and a caged
Updated: 04/23/2012 08:37A
21st UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
To this end, the thematic debate should serve as an opportunity to explore the range of measures within the context of the crime prevention and criminal justice system to prevent, to investigate and to prosecute crimes against migrants and their
Updated: 04/23/2012 08:33A
Sky News boss John Ryley admits email hack
Testifying to Justice Brian Leveson, who is overseeing the Leveson Inquiry, he said that the Ofcom broadcasting code gave no authority to breach criminal law. One hacking incident involved the case of Anne and John Darwin, the so-called "canoe couple"
Updated: 04/23/2012 08:15A
Awaiting legal clarity over HIV non-disclosure
Mabior, the accused had sexual intercourse with a number of women without disclosing his HIV-positive status. None of the women became infected. At trial, he was convicted of six counts of aggravated sexual assault. The Manitoba Court of Appeal
Updated: 04/23/2012 08:04A
Evidence retained longer, law enforcement storage rooms packed with
Evidence in criminal cases continues to pile up in law enforcement storage rooms because of changes in how long the items must be kept. The Fond du Lac Police Department has more than 50000 pieces of evidence packed into three rooms and a caged area.
Updated: 04/23/2012 07:59A
Sky News E-Mail Hack Broke Criminal Law, Ethics Judge Says
By Erik Larson on April 23, 2012 British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc (BSY)'s Sky News channel breached criminal law by hacking into e- mail accounts for stories, a judge said at a media-ethics inquiry triggered by wrongdoing at News Corp. tabloids.
Updated: 04/23/2012 07:46A
Sky News Breached Criminal Law in E-Mail Hack, Ethics Judge Says
Public-interest exemptions don't apply to e-mail hacking, even though the investigation applied to a case on a man who faked his own death to collect insurance money, Judge Brian Leveson, who is overseeing the inquiry, told the head of Sky News,
Updated: 04/23/2012 07:42A
AZ Anti-Immigrant Law Heads to SCOTUS
At issue is Arizona's anti-immigration law, known as SB 1070, which requires police officers to ascertain the legal status of those they suspect of being in the US illegally. There are a variety of legal reasons why the Court can and should strike down
Updated: 04/23/2012 07:38A
Charity calls for reform of the law on child neglect
The charity wants a clearer definition of child neglect and says the law should focus on prevention and support for families rather than on criminalising parents. Mr Kelly said he would like to see the boundaries between the criminal and civil legal
Updated: 04/23/2012 07:23A
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