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Pennsylvania's Long Arm of the Law Could Stretch into Neighboring States
At the direction of Governor Tom Corbett, Pennsylvania is working with neighboring states to share information about violent or potentially violent offenders who move or travel from one jurisdiction to another. Representatives of the Pennsylvania
Updated: 04/24/2012 02:32P
SB 1070 and Racial Profiling in the Supreme Court
Second, and more important, is the nature of immigration law itself, and how a person might become an "illegal" alien under the law. Standard criminal laws that local police enforce every day involve prohibited actions: killing, stealing, assaulting or
Updated: 04/24/2012 02:06P
Charter marks 30 years
By Shelley Tomlinson “Issues involving the Charter that I most commonly dealt with involve criminal law and the rights of the accused person in terms of the administration of criminal law. Prior to the Charter of Rights, right to counsel wasn'ta very
Updated: 04/24/2012 01:13P
Breaking News, First criminal charge filed in connection with BPs Deepwater
"The Deepwater Horizon Task Force is continuing its investigation into the explosion and will hold accountable those who violated the law in connection with the largest environmental disaster in US history." According to the affidavit in support of a
Updated: 04/24/2012 12:57P
Breaking News, First criminal charge filed in connection with BPs Deepwater
"The Deepwater Horizon Task Force is continuing its investigation into the explosion and will hold accountable those who violated the law in connection with the largest environmental disaster in US history." According to the affidavit in support of a
Updated: 04/24/2012 12:57P
Senate Judiciary Committee Takes Up Arizona 1070 Law
Another problem is its purposeful and misleading use of the term "criminal alien." As any law enforcement official should know, "criminal aliens" are not just those here illegally. They include visa and green card holders. Permanent legal residents who
Updated: 04/24/2012 12:31P
Arizona's controversial immigration law to be heard by supreme court this week
Another makes it a crime for an illegal alien to seek work or take a job. Both offenses potentially carry prison time. Police officers are required to enforce these new laws by seeking to determine the immigration status of any person they stop,
Updated: 04/24/2012 11:56A
Sins and crime
many sins, but no crime." This is is really about thorny issues of legality, not morality. I recognize that focusing on campaign finance law in a John Edwards trial is a lot like reading Playboy magazine for the articles, but let's try anyway.
Updated: 04/24/2012 11:23A
Returning to the Scene of the Crime: Phoenix, Two Years Later
The truth is, those of us seeking justice are not the criminals. The true crimes are being committed every day that SB1070 remains a standing law. Every day that the State of Arizona and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio use SB1070 to justify bigotry
Updated: 04/24/2012 11:18A
Crime is now one of world's top 20 economies, says UN
"Instead, they consist of loose and informal networks that often converge when it is convenient and engage in a diverse array of criminal activities," Brian Nichols of the US Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs told the
Updated: 04/24/2012 11:01A
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