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Hearing in Susan Powell father-in-law's case under way
Quigley and Currie argue taking the CDs violated Steve Powell's Fourth Amendment rights since law enforcement didn't explain why the journals would have any evidence of criminal conduct, what type of information may be in the journals,
Updated: 04/23/2012 02:01P
Supreme Court weighs fate of Arizona's immigration law
The state passed an anti-human-smuggling act in 2005 to allow prosecutors to charge border-crossers with state crimes. And in 2007, Arizona passed a law aimed at denying work for illegal immigrants. All three laws were challenged by civil rights groups
Updated: 04/23/2012 01:58P
Justices to Hear Appeal Over Controversial Immigration Law
Justice Elena Kagan will not hear this case, because as solicitor general, before taking the bench last year, she had been involved in the administration's initial legal opposition to the law. A 4-4 high court split would be likely to keep the Arizona
Updated: 04/23/2012 01:57P
Transnational Crime Threatens Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), says UNODC
(un) The 21st Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice opened today with speakers acknowledging that transnational organized crime is one of the 21st century's key challenges and a threat to sustainable development and the
Updated: 04/23/2012 01:55P
Communal Violence Bill will divide country: Justice Patil
He was speaking at a national-level seminar on 'Indian Constitution: Protecting the rights of minority and majority' organised by JSS Law College and Akhila Bharatha Sharana Sahitya Parishat at JSS Women's College here on Monday.
Updated: 04/23/2012 01:37P
Criminal activity increases in the summer
by Preston Tolliver When the weather gets warm, and school lets out and people are just having too much fun in the sun, some local law enforcement officials say crime can be expected to follow suit. "Summer gets here and there are different parties
Updated: 04/23/2012 01:35P
Presidential Proclamation -- National Crime Victims' Rights Week, 2012
This week, we rededicate ourselves to securing the full measure of justice for every crime victim, resolving disparities in our criminal justice system, and preventing crimes before they occur. The incidence of crime in the United States is an affront
Updated: 04/23/2012 01:28P
Crime one of the world's "top 20 economies" : UN
Criminal groups have shown "impressive adaptability" to law enforcement actions and to new profit opportunities, a senior US official told the meeting in Vienna. "Today, most criminal organizations bear no resemblance to the hierarchical organized
Updated: 04/23/2012 01:24P
Eric Shiener hopes experience gives him edge in Livingston County district
He noted that he has experience leading a DA staff, traveling to crime scenes, and making the tough decisions. “I have tried more felony cases than anyone currently practicing criminal law in Livingston County,” he said. Schiener grew up in Sardinia,
Updated: 04/23/2012 01:19P
HC Absolves Dawood's Aide of MCOCA Charges
PTI | New Delhi | Apr 23, 2012 Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's alleged aide Khalil Ahmed, accused of attempting to extort money from a trader here, was today acquitted by the Delhi High Court of the charges under stringent anti-organized crime law
Updated: 04/23/2012 01:18P
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