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Attorney General Eric Holder Demads A New Season of 'The Wire'
Three actors from the show, Wendell Pierce ("Bunk"), Sonja Sohn ("Kima") and Jim True-Frost ("Prez") visited the Justice Department for its Drug-Endangered Children Task Force website and public awareness campaign launch. But during the presentation,
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:01P
Behind the barbed wire
The food? “The loaf,” consisting of yeast, flour and potatoes with a side of cabbage. New York is one of five states that use food as a disciplinary measure. Many spend years in SHU Judith Brink told the club of a penal system that has lost sight of
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:01P
KTRV Fox 12 Tanks, troops leave heart of Bahrain's capital
The Justice Ministry on Tuesday called the demonstrations "criminal acts and abuses against the nation's security and unity" and warned that any further challenges will have "consequences." The sharply worded statement contrasted with a message from
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:01P
KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, LouisianaTenn. passes Web entertainment theft bill
Bill Ramsey, a Nashville lawyer who practices both entertainment law and criminal defense, said that he doubts the law would be used to ban people in the same household from sharing subscriptions, and that small-scale violations involving a few people
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:01P
Thugs behead 18 birds and spear frog in Manchester park
'This is an appalling crime which has affected a community facility and the offenders need to be brought to justice,' said PC Terina Wild. 'The level of vandalism and cruelty shown by the offenders is shocking and distressing.
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:00P
French telecom company to pay $92 million
Alcatel was ordered to pay a $92 million penalty as part of a deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department in a Miami federal court Wednesday, El Heraldo reported. Prosecutors say the bribes enabled Alcatel to win numerous major
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:00P
Driver Accused In Fatal DUI Crash Remains In Jail
Murphy's attorney, Jim Michael, claimed his client was not guilty. Murphy was arrested on a DUI charge in October 2009, a Michael said. A spokeswoman for the Fulton County Sheriff's department confirmed that Murphy pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:00P
More Than 3000 Students to Graduate From John Jay College of Criminal Justice
In teaching, scholarship and research, the College approaches justice as an applied art and science in service to society and as an ongoing conversation about fundamental human desires for fairness, equality and the rule of law.
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:00P
SAF Files Amicus Brief in San Diego County Gun Permit Case
The brief, submitted by attorney Alan Gura, is also on behalf of the Calguns Foundation and two Yolo County residents, Adam Richards and Brett Stewart, who are parties to a separate, but fundamentally related lawsuit. The case at hand, Peruta v.
Updated: 06/01/2011 02:00P
S.C. Senate to vote on changing immigration law
COLUMBIA - South Carolina officials are advising lawmakers to change the state's anti-illegal immigration law to put it in line with last week's US Supreme Court ruling. The Senate could take up the proposed changes later Wednesday as part of a bill
Updated: 06/01/2011 01:59P
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