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KOAM TV 7 Joplin and PittsburgGov. Deal signs criminal justice system overhaul
Nathan Deal has signed legislation that will overhaul the state's criminal justice system to provide alternative sentences for nonviolent offenders and reduce soaring prison costs. Faced with budget pressures, Deal and other law-and-order Republican
Updated: 05/02/2012 05:33P

13abc.com: Breaking News, Weather and SportsGov. Deal signs criminal justice
Nathan Deal has signed legislation that will overhaul the state's criminal justice system to provide alternative sentences for nonviolent offenders and reduce soaring prison costs. Faced with budget pressures, Deal and other law-and-order Republican
Updated: 05/02/2012 05:32P

CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMGov. Deal signs criminal justice system overhaul
Nathan Deal has signed legislation that will overhaul the state's criminal justice system to provide alternative sentences for nonviolent offenders and reduce soaring prison costs. Faced with budget pressures, Deal and other law-and-order Republican
Updated: 05/02/2012 05:32P

Gov. Deal signs overhaul of criminal justice system to change sentencing, cut
Nathan Deal has signed legislation that will overhaul the state's criminal justice system to provide alternative sentences for nonviolent offenders and reduce soaring prison costs. Faced with budget pressures, Deal and other law-and-order Republican
Updated: 05/02/2012 05:29P

Dallas News | myFOXdfw.comGov. Deal signs criminal justice system overhaul
Nathan Deal has signed legislation that will overhaul the state's criminal justice system to provide alternative sentences for nonviolent offenders and reduce soaring prison costs. Faced with budget pressures, Deal and other law-and-order Republican
Updated: 05/02/2012 05:28P

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Birkett tried to question the man, who ran to the back of the business. Police found Green and other employees who seemed to be passing something from one to another. They smelled marijuana in the area, but could obtain no information from the workers
Updated: 05/02/2012 05:23P

Case dropped against casting director over sex crime disclosure
But, he said, the law didn't prohibit Murphy from using a shortened version of his legal name professionally and the fact he used his legal name on payroll sheets and tax forms made his criminal history available to his bosses.
Updated: 05/02/2012 05:19P

Groups find proposed elder abuse commercial too creepy
“We know that a crime has been committed and we are going to identify who and how.” The Canadian Press obtained the focus-group report under the Access to Information Act. The Tories have introduced legislation that would amend the Criminal Code to
Updated: 05/02/2012 05:13P

Deal signs bill revamping many criminal sentences
Nathan Deal on Wednesday signed into law major changes to how the state punishes non-violent criminals. Deal signed House Bill 1176 at the Capitol surrounded by lawmakers and members of his Special Council on Criminal Justice Reform, which recommended
Updated: 05/02/2012 04:53P

Gov. Deal signs criminal justice system overhaul
Faced with budget pressures, Deal and other law-and-order Republican governors have pushed to overhaul years of policies that were designed to lock up more criminals and put them away for longer periods of time. In many cases, Republicans had pushed
Updated: 05/02/2012 04:53P