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Report: Florida troopers erred before Jan. interstate crashes
A Florida Department of Law Enforcement report released Thursday concluded troopers made errors before the crash, but it found no criminal violations. The Associated Press A Florida Highway Patrol lieutenant didn't have any formal training or know the
Updated: 04/27/2012 12:09A
War crimes panel convicts Taylor
There is no death penalty in international criminal law, and any jail term would be served in a British prison. The fighting for control over one of the world's poorest regions also involved Liberia, where many more died, and threatened to spill over
Updated: 04/27/2012 12:08A
Saudi Arabia: Abolish Terrorism Court
The same relative told Human Rights Watch, however, that a royal decree had ordered trials of peaceful dissidents to be transferred to regular Sharia (Islamic law) courts away from the Specialized Criminal Court, and that this had occurred with
Updated: 04/27/2012 12:05A
Saudi Arabia: Abolish Terrorism Court
The same relative told Human Rights Watch, however, that a royal decree had ordered trials of peaceful dissidents to be transferred to regular Sharia (Islamic law) courts away from the Specialized Criminal Court, and that this had occurred with
Updated: 04/27/2012 12:05A
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the university administration and campus police identified several students who had participated in the obstructive protests for prosecution by the County District Attorney, under state penal code sections making it a misdemeanor to willfully
Updated: 04/27/2012 12:03A
Home > Constitutional Law > Five Free Speech Myths of Which College
the university administration and campus police identified several students who had participated in the obstructive protests for prosecution by the County District Attorney, under state penal code sections making it a misdemeanor to willfully
Updated: 04/27/2012 12:03A
EEOC Offers Guidance...and Warnings to Employers Using Criminal Records to
are proscribed and "[a] policy or practice that excludes everyone with a criminal record from employment will not be job related and consistent with business necessity and therefore will violate Title VII, unless it is required by federal law.
Updated: 04/26/2012 11:22P
Effort to scale back California's Three Strikes Law appears headed for ballot
The measure is modeled on Cooley's attempt in 2006 to modify the law and his long-standing policy to rarely seek a third strike unless the offense is a violent or serious crime. The new measure would allow only certain hard-core criminals to be put
Updated: 04/26/2012 11:20P
Justice Minister admits gaps in gun control laws
JASON CLARE: The Crime Commission gave us a report two weeks ago that indicated there's tens of thousands of illegal firearms out there including more than 10000 hand guns. These are guns that haven't been handed in after the Port Arthur massacre which
Updated: 04/26/2012 11:20P
Making the CCJ dream a reality
50th anniversary of Independence, the Government has indicated its intention to table legislation to abolish appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in criminal matters and cede such jurisdiction to the Caribbean Court of Justice.
Updated: 04/26/2012 11:00P
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