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Rogue cops are punished - Overland
Twenty-five serious and 56 minor assault complaints proven included officers striking, choking, kicking, manhandling, pushing and spitting at people. Other substantiated complaints include hundreds of incidents of cops behaving badly - making threats,
Updated: 04/17/2011 10:37P
'Reform' overblown
Every day we are exposed to newspaper articles and electronic news programs referring to the “reform” of the education system, the financial system, Social Security, energy systems, Medicare and the big one — the medical system.
Updated: 04/17/2011 10:35P
More Victims Accuse New Mexico Man Of Molestation
FARMINGTON, New Mexico -- A Mexican man accused of molesting multiple children in Farmington could be in even deeper trouble with the law. A Farmington police officer told the Daily Times that more charges against Humberto Hernandez are certain.
Updated: 04/17/2011 10:31P
Quote of the Day: A Call for Reform
New York Times op-ed piece, arguing that habeas review of state criminal cases should be limited to “capital cases and cases in which the prisoner can produce persuasive new evidence of his innocence.” Get Above the Law updates in your inbox!
Updated: 04/17/2011 10:24P
Violent inmates man the fire lines 1 in 5 has 'serious' criminal history
Law enforcement leaders said they were stunned by theseverityof theoffenses, particularly the crimes against police. "These are the same people who we're putting anaxorachainsawintheir hands," said Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko.
Updated: 04/17/2011 10:13P
Tonga Law Society says judge applied English not Tongan law in perjury case
But Justice Robert Shuster had quashed the charge on a technicality - namely that the indictment hadn't been signed. The law society's president, Laki Niu, says under English law there're statutory provisions to that effect, but under Tongan law
Updated: 04/17/2011 09:59P
Ontario judge rules mentally ill can't be detained in police cells
The standoff began when some judges used a Criminal Code provision that allowed them to remand offenders “forthwith” to hospitals. The orders meant that jails could no longer legally accept them, so offenders were redirected to cells in police
Updated: 04/17/2011 09:42P
For Clemens and Bonds, a Difference in Audience
Clemens was not subpoenaed and voluntarily gave a deposition to Congressional staffers in February 2008 in which he denied using performance-enhancing drugs. He repeated the denials in a hearing a week later, even though Congressional leaders have said
Updated: 04/17/2011 09:25P
Third killer granted escorted trips from psychiatric hospital
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: 04/17/2011 09:02P
Ruth Sherlock: Old enough to hold a gun, old enough to fight - how the law is
Some rights groups estimate that worldwide, 30000 children are under arms and some guerrilla groups, notably the Lords Resistance Army in Uganda, prefer child soldiers as they are less likely to question orders. Libya will have a hard time claiming
Updated: 04/17/2011 08:59P
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