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Editorial: New sex-trafficking law overdue
New Yorks Safe Harbor laws, enacted in 2008, need to be strengthened. Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, D-Scarsdale, has proposed legislation to increase accountability for the criminals, the buyers and the traffickers who are fueling the underground
Updated: 04/25/2012 02:34A
Proposed bill would empower 'rent-a-cops'
The bill is intended to repeal around 10 existing Criminal Code provisions dealing with self-defence, defence of property and citizen's arrest, and collapse them into three easier to understand sections. Green Party leader Elizabeth May - the only MP
Updated: 04/25/2012 02:22A
Texas' 'Castle Doctrine' law protects our citizens
The "Castle Doctrine" comes from the common law principle that people's homes are their castles, and they have the right to defend themselves from criminal intruders. The Texas law presumes that the use of force is reasonable and necessary when someone
Updated: 04/25/2012 02:14A
Texas' 'Castle Doctrine' law protects our citizens
The "Castle Doctrine" comes from the common law principle that people's homes are their castles, and they have the right to defend themselves from criminal intruders. The Texas law presumes that the use of force is reasonable and necessary when someone
Updated: 04/25/2012 02:14A
Oil field justice: Bakken booms – and so does crime on the Plains
But it also has brought more crime, forcing law enforcement from the US and Canada to deal with spiking offenses ranging from drug trafficking and gun crimes to prostitution. The rural region is emerging as one of the top oil-producing areas of North
Updated: 04/25/2012 01:54A
When sexual orientation should not matter
So, at the forum titled “Homosexuality: A right or a crime?” at International Islamic University Malaysia two weeks ago, when the question was posed by an audience, “Aren't the laws we already have enough to protect the LGBTs? We have laws for murder,
Updated: 04/25/2012 01:51A
When sexual orientation should not matter
So, at the forum titled “Homosexuality: A right or a crime?” at International Islamic University Malaysia two weeks ago, when the question was posed by an audience, “Aren't the laws we already have enough to protect the LGBTs? We have laws for murder,
Updated: 04/25/2012 01:51A
MPs debate Data Protection in the Areas of Police and Criminal Justice (EU
The directive would repeal and replace the 2008 framework decision on data protection in the police and criminal justice sector. It is an important instrument for law enforcement in this country and across the European Union, and it is right that this
Updated: 04/25/2012 01:32A
Law enforcement typically the first responders for crime victims
By Tim Ryan tryan@shawanoleader.com Editor's note: This is the first of several stories running this week in observance of National Crime Victims Rights Week. Law enforcement is most often the first responder when the victim of a crime begins the
Updated: 04/25/2012 01:24A
Law enforcement typically the first responders for crime victims
By Tim Ryan tryan@shawanoleader.com Editor's note: This is the first of several stories running this week in observance of National Crime Victims Rights Week. Law enforcement is most often the first responder when the victim of a crime begins the
Updated: 04/25/2012 01:24A
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