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Criminal pasts to be secret
It soon will be easier for many convicted drug offenders to conceal their criminal histories, and — for the first time — dealers and illegal growers will have a shot at sealing their records too. A law passed in March requires drug
Updated: 04/18/2011 03:03A
Drug war: Mexico's weak rule of law
President Felipe Calderon has responded by dispatching troops to the area to patrol the highways where migrants are often targeted by criminal gangs that operate with impunity. And last week, authorities arrested 16 local police officers believed to
Updated: 04/18/2011 03:01A
Suspected suicide bomber called father infidel
Syarif had also said the Indonesian Criminal Code was mostly inherited from Dutch laws, which was made by “infidels”. He said the Indonesian Criminal Code should instead be based on Islamic law, since the majority of the Indonesian people were Muslim.
Updated: 04/18/2011 02:16A
Biz Buzz for April 18, 2011
She has 14 years of experience within the Superior school district food service staff. She is Level One certified with the School Nutrition Association, a national organization for school food professionals. Area Family YMCA. He succeeds Jeff Palmer,
Updated: 04/18/2011 01:43A
When kids go bad: Discernment in the age of Twitter
Escudero said he supports the intention of the Juvenile Justice Law, which is meant to rehabilitate youth offenders instead of treating them like common criminals. He, however, noted that the Senate has been receiving numerous reports of criminal
Updated: 04/18/2011 01:39A
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Following an extensive application and site review process, the Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence received reaccreditation from the National Children's Alliance, the main accrediting agency for Children's Advocacy Centers across the
Updated: 04/18/2011 01:05A
Law and Order: Los Angeles is back - but for how long?
In the TV justice system, the people have no say whatsoever in the fate of a program. Go ahead, call your lawyer. In case you hadn't noticed, Law & Order: Los Angeles (NBC, CTV, 10 pm) slipped quietly back into prime time last Monday night.
Updated: 04/18/2011 12:02A
Nicholas Cage fought the law and the law won
When police arrived on the scene, a reportedly drunken Cage not only refused to quiet down–he dared police to arrest him. The arrest marked the latest in a series of legal and criminal troubles in which Cage fought the law and the law won.
Updated: 04/17/2011 11:54P
Ontario judge rules mentally ill can be held in jails
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 11:36P
Big Inquiry Into Ticket-Fixing in New York
It is a practice that by all accounts has been around almost as long as the traffic laws: fixing a traffic ticket. In the annals of small-bore corruption, there are few things more commonplace than a police officer's making a ticket disappear for a
Updated: 04/17/2011 10:55P
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