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Updated: 02/01/2011 06:50P

Real CSI: Investigation Shows Dysfunctional System Across Country
An autopsy can trace the path of a bullet through a body, or reveal microscopic damage to blood vessels in the brain, or identify a lethal clog in an artery
Updated: 02/01/2011 06:14P

Warrantless GPS Tracking Facing Fourth Amendment Challenges [FEATURE]
Clarence Walker is a Houston-based criminal justice journalist. He can be reached at cwalkerinvestigate@gmail.com.] Recent federal and state court decisions
Updated: 02/01/2011 06:05P

"Anti-Murder Act" wastes money, doesn't advance justice
The law puts released felons back in jail for weeks while they wait for hearings on technical probation violations, wasting criminal justice resources and
Updated: 02/01/2011 06:01P

Pakistan: Drop Blasphemy Charges Against 17-Year-Old
Pakistan has applied the blasphemy law to children before, Human Rights Watch said. On February 9, 1995, Salamat Masih, a Pakistani Christian boy who was
Updated: 02/01/2011 05:59P

Joint Committee on Human Rights met today to hear from Liberty, Fair Trials
In reply, Sally Ireland, Director of Criminal Justice Policy, JUSTICE called for greater clarity on how the human rights bar should operate.
Updated: 02/01/2011 05:52P

Tonight's Law & Disorder: Feb. 1, 2011
The following items are based on information provided by officials in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. u Larceny: James A. Thompson, 45,
Updated: 02/01/2011 05:49P

UKRAINE: UNODC Nuclear Legislation Workshop - A Model for Future Efforts
a "Legislative Drafting Expert Workshop on the Criminal Law Aspects of the Universal Legal Framework Against Nuclear Terrorism" in Kyiv March 11-13.
Updated: 02/01/2011 05:20P

Budget cuts would have dramatic effect on prison, courts
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah House of Representatives has passed a base budget that would have dramatic effects on the criminal justice system in the state.
Updated: 02/01/2011 05:16P

Sociological Aspects of Crime
The crimes are events and actions that are proscribed by the criminal law of a particular country (Wilkins 1968) In general, the society and its existing
Updated: 02/01/2011 04:33P

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