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Budget committee approves additional DNA analysts for state Justice Dept.
The Legislature in 2007 granted Republican Attorney General JB Van Hollen 31 additional DNA positions to curtail the backlog of evidence waiting for DNA tests at the state crime labs, bring the number of DNA positions at the labs to 60.
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:28P
Daughter knew something awry when she saw mother's car in driveway, Edmonton
Her mother was not home but her car was in the driveway, court heard. Selamawit Negasi was killed at her north-side home. Her husband, Tesfai Negasi, is on trial in Court of Queen's Bench for second-degree murder and indecent interference with human
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:27P
Pike River commissioners costing $1 million
According to Department of Internal Affairs figures, the costs include $952 000 in fees for chairman Justice Graham Pankhurst, Queensland mine-safety commissioner Stewart Bell and the former commissioner of Inland Revenue, David Henry.
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:27P
Additional increments to Judicial Officers for LLM degree – P&H HC
A bench comprising of Justice MM Kumar and Justice Gurudev Singh upheld the decision of Single Judge while dismissing the appeal of High Court. The Single Judge had directed benefit of three additional increments to a judicial officer of Punjab Civil
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:27P
Supreme Court grants bail to Guha
after hearing counsel Prashant Bhushan for the petitioner and senior counsel UU Lalit for the Chhattisgarh government, suspended the sentence and directed Mr. Guha's release on bail upon his executing of a bail bond for Rs. 2 lakh with two sureties
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:27P
Supreme Court grants bail to Guha
after hearing counsel Prashant Bhushan for the petitioner and senior counsel UU Lalit for the Chhattisgarh government, suspended the sentence and directed Mr. Guha's release on bail upon his executing of a bail bond for Rs. 2 lakh with two sureties
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:27P
On Medical Marijuana, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's Position Goes Up In Smoke
And Brewer employed basically the same argument a few months later, after a federal court upheld legal suspension of her state's extreme immigration laws. “The decision of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the suspension of key provisions of
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:25P
Suit against Portsmouth sheriff, deputies dropped
The family of a woman who died at the Portsmouth City Jail dropped their $2.35 million lawsuit against Sheriff Bill Watson and jail staff. Katrina Dee Lassiter of Suffolk was in jail on a heroin charge when deputies found her dead in her
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:25P
Victims in 13-vehicle pile-up on Interstate 610 remain in wheelchairs, 6 weeks
Her 76-year-old mother-in-law, Shirley Wood of Slidell, didn't make it out alive. Bridget Wood was a passenger in the 2001 Ford pickup driven by her mother-in-law when traffic slowed to a crawl that day. Based on police accounts, a dump truck driver on
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:25P
Trial starts in Valentine's Day fatal drunk-driving crash
Vega has a previous DUI conviction, according to a news release issued Tuesday. After pleading guilty Dec. 11, 2006, he signed a form acknowledging his guilt and that he could face murder charges if he killed anyone while driving under the influence,
Updated: 05/31/2011 09:24P
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