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Government gives new guidance on employee background checks
Not necessarily, the government said Wednesday in new guidelines on how employers can avoid running afoul of laws prohibiting job discrimination. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's updated policy on criminal background checks is part of an
Updated: 04/25/2012 11:44P

Officers getting training on eyewitness ID policy
By Cindy George The state's law enforcement management institute will begin free eyewitness identification training sessions this spring to help agencies avoid miscarriages of justice and meet a fall deadline for adopting policies on the practice.
Updated: 04/25/2012 11:37P

Debate: International Law: ineffective imperialism?
The vast majority of those tried within the International Criminal Court (ICC) are African, and neither America nor Russia are ICC members, granting them immunity from prosecution. The invasion of Iraq in 2003 seems like a prime example of this double
Updated: 04/25/2012 11:25P

Feds launch '11th-hour' bid to keep Ontario pimping law in place
“If the stay is not extended, the public interest, communities and neighbourhoods and the proper administration of justice will suffer irreparable harm,” Mr. Morris said. “It does so without affording any opportunity for the various levels of
Updated: 04/25/2012 11:21P

Canada to appeal ruling allowing brothels
"Prostitution is harmful for society as it exploits Canada's most vulnerable people, especially woman," Minister Rob Nicholson said in parliament. "Canadians can continue to count on this government to protect those that are vulnerable to this
Updated: 04/25/2012 10:51P

Justices grill Obama administration attorney as Supreme Court hears Arizona
By CAROLINE WARD Justices of the Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared to favor Arizona's tough immigration law, poking holes in the Obama administration's argument that legal control of who is — and who is not — here is primarily a federal
Updated: 04/25/2012 10:43P

SANDAG: Crime Hits 30-Year Lows
The analysis, "Thirty Years of Crime in the San Diego Region: 1982 through 2011," details crimes for all 18 cities and the unincorporated areas of the county. It is intended to serve as a tool for local law enforcement agencies in gauging the success
Updated: 04/25/2012 10:22P

Local MP's motion to define human being seeks to criminalize abortion
“In my respectful submission, it is a back-door way of trying to amend the Criminal Code such that abortion … becomes criminalized again,” said panelist and lawyer Neena Gupta. As it stands, Canada's Criminal Code states that human life begins at the
Updated: 04/25/2012 10:17P

Out goes Privy Council
She said yesterday she had informed Chief Justice Ivor Archie, acting Chief Justice Wendell Kangaloo, president of the Law Association Dana Seetahal and president of the Criminal Bar Association Pamela Elder of the proposed change.
Updated: 04/25/2012 10:14P

Out goes Privy Council
She said yesterday she had informed Chief Justice Ivor Archie, acting Chief Justice Wendell Kangaloo, president of the Law Association Dana Seetahal and president of the Criminal Bar Association Pamela Elder of the proposed change.
Updated: 04/25/2012 10:14P