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Vessels best choice for law director position
In several cases individuals continue to deal drugs while out on bond awaiting sentencing. Susan Vessels is interested in the betterment of this community and making it as safe as possible for everyone. She will consider all aspects of each case within
Updated: 04/16/2011 02:04A
Future of Canada's polygamy law rests in hands of chief justice
After 42 days of hearing evidence and argument about whether Canada's polygamy law is constitutional, it's now up to Chief Justice Robert Bauman of the BC Supreme Court to make his decision. In doing so, he must balance guaranteed individual rights to
Updated: 04/16/2011 02:03A
Third killer granted chance for escorted trips
Less than two months later, on April 6, the review board, an independent tribunal under the Criminal Code of Canada, ruled the man “may have escorted access to the community, having regard to his mental condition and the risk he poses to himself or
Updated: 04/16/2011 02:03A
Ottawa nightclubs still at top of provincial security law violators, but
“There have been incidents where security people have overused the use of force and put himself in trouble, put the security of the people attending bars at risk and put the owner at risk,” said Van Houtte. “Nightclubs are known to hire people more for
Updated: 04/16/2011 01:44A
Jamaica Cabinet approves cyber crime law amendment
Minister with Responsibility for Information and Telecommunications, Daryl Vaz, said the bill was drafted in response to crimes that have been largely attributed to the use of computer technology and the electronic environment of the Internet.
Updated: 04/16/2011 01:07A
Error in the DNA: Shanoff
While young offenders may have a privacy interest in relation to the public at large, they have no such privacy interest in relation to law enforcement personnel investigating criminal activity. The requirement to provide a post-conviction DNA sample
Updated: 04/16/2011 01:01A
Deal: Immigration bill sends 'signal'
Various groups, including those that represent agricultural businesses, restaurant owners and other business interests in Georgia, had fought to weaken the bill, worried they could be penalized for failing to screen new hires. The final version allows
Updated: 04/16/2011 12:07A
Law would allow guns
The Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee voted 7-4 to approve the measure, LD 932, sponsored by state Rep. Dale Crafts, R-Lisbon. One Democrat, state Rep. Stephen Hanley, D-Gardiner, voted with committee Republicans in favor of the bill,
Updated: 04/16/2011 12:05A
Australian gov't failed to reduce aboriginal deaths in custody
The Royal Commission report into Aboriginal deaths in custody, released 20 years ago, found 269 aboriginal deaths have occurred in custody, an average of about one a month, and the percentage of indigenous people in the criminal justice system
Updated: 04/15/2011 11:58P
Criminal controversy
And Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, a former mob defense lawyer, plans to launch his Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement later this year. For Las Vegas, the attractions represent an unprecedented embrace of its infamous founders.
Updated: 04/15/2011 11:34P
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