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Coakley: Don't shrink drug-free zones
Coakley says "it's a little bit unusual" that the governor was discussing such criminal law changes in relation to the budget he was unveiling Wednesday.
Updated: 01/26/2011 12:06P

New Jersey eyes reduced sexting penalties for teens
"There are certain aspects (of life) in which the criminal law should not be involved, and this is one of them," said Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll,
Updated: 01/26/2011 11:48A

Mass. AG against reducing school-safety zones
Deval Patrick's idea to shrink the drug-free zone around schools from 1000 feet to 100 feet. Coakley told reporters Wednesday after a speech to the Greater
Updated: 01/26/2011 11:44A

Rwanda to Review Laws Said to Restrict Freedoms
“One of the laws was the media law, which was enacted in 2009. The second was the criminal defamation provision in the old penal code, because Rwanda has
Updated: 01/26/2011 11:31A

Martha Coakley against reducing school-safety zones
Deval Patrick's idea to shrink the drug-free zone around schools from 1000 feet to 100 feet. Coakley told reporters Wednesday after a speech to the Greater
Updated: 01/26/2011 11:14A

New terror suspect rules are 'control orders lite'
Tom Brake, co-chairman of the Liberal Democrat parliamentary committee on home affairs and justice, said: "Sanity and justice have been restored to British
Updated: 01/26/2011 10:52A

New terror suspect curbs 'control orders lite'
Tom Brake, co-chairman of the Liberal Democrat parliamentary committee on home affairs and justice, said: "Sanity and justice have been restored to British
Updated: 01/26/2011 10:49A

Honolulu prosecutor unveils legislative package
HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu Prosecutor Keith Kaneshiro is urging the Legislature to adopt several changes to state criminal law. In his legislative package
Updated: 01/26/2011 10:44A

Should state legalize pot?
Karen Tallian, D- Portage, is sponsoring a bill that would direct the criminal law and sentencing study committee to examine Indiana's marijuana laws next
Updated: 01/26/2011 10:40A

Turkish court failed murdered woman, lawyer says
Yetkin was charged with opposing the law and threatening his wife with a gun and faced between three and seven years in prison. The Ankara 2nd Criminal
Updated: 01/26/2011 10:35A

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