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Committee OKs bill to expand drug-induced homicide law
Bill Haine, D-Alton, introduced the amendment last week, which has passed the senate's Criminal Law Committee. It would allow prosecutors to charge someone with drug-induced homicide even when the delivery of the drugs to the victim occurred outside
Updated: 05/23/2012 09:31P
Alleged deadbeat dad nabbed after years on the run
According to Lehigh County officials, Garlathy is the first person in county history to be arrested on a criminal warrant alleging failure to pay child support — a relatively new charge stemming from a 2008 amendment to a state law.
Updated: 05/23/2012 09:31P
Jennifer Aniston ploy nabs deadbeat dad
According to Lehigh County officials, Garlathy is the first person in county history to be arrested on a criminal warrant alleging failure to pay child support — a relatively new charge stemming from a 2008 amendment to a state law.
Updated: 05/23/2012 09:31P
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More than 2000 Americans falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated during the past 23 years, according to a new data archive created by two law schools. The University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at
Updated: 05/23/2012 08:40P
Jindal signs law to crack down on sex offenders and gangs - Bayoubuzz
Currently, sex offenders are required to register and provide certain information to law enforcement agencies, including their address, vehicle license plates, and on-line identifiers. Depending on the crime committed, offenders are supposed to
Updated: 05/23/2012 08:36P
Solicitors must 'wake up and smell coffee' over advocacy scheme
Potentially, everyone who might practise criminal law at any time in the future is going to have to notify the SRA,' he said. He alleged that QASA 'dilutes the qualification of solicitor' and will restrict the work solicitors will be able to do without
Updated: 05/23/2012 08:15P
Lessons of the Rutgers hate crime
Such is the state of the tragic case involving a bullying incident at Rutgers University in New Jersey that turned into a legal and moral quandary, raising questions of hate-crime law, criminal responsibility and cybercivility. On Sept.
Updated: 05/23/2012 08:07P
Lessons of the Rutgers webcam case
Such is the state of the tragic case involving a bullying incident at Rutgers University in New Jersey that turned into a legal and moral quandary, raising questions of hate-crime law, criminal responsibility and cybercivility. On Sept.
Updated: 05/23/2012 08:07P
Lessons of the Rutgers webcam case
Such is the state of the tragic case involving a bullying incident at Rutgers University in New Jersey that turned into a legal and moral quandary, raising questions of hate-crime law, criminal responsibility and cybercivility. On Sept.
Updated: 05/23/2012 08:07P
Jindal signs law to crack down on sex offenders and gangs - WBXH
Currently, sex offenders are required to register and provide certain information to law enforcement agencies, including their address, vehicle license plates, and on-line identifiers. Depending on the crime committed, offenders are supposed to
Updated: 05/23/2012 07:44P
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