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County considering electronic bracelets to free up jail space
A plan to expand the electronic bracelet program received the endorsement Tuesday of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Board with Board Chairman Judge Kendall Kelley saying, "it sounds like an attractive thing." Only nonviolent offenders could be
Updated: 06/02/2011 08:44A
Son of Dallas bail bond company owner charged
DALLAS (AP) - A father and son have been accused of a killing at the family's Dallas bail bond company in a dispute with a business partner. James Beavers Jr. of Duncanville is the third person jailed Thursday on a capital murder charge over Monday's
Updated: 06/02/2011 08:43A
Justice Department Settles Allegations of Immigration-Related Employment
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today reached a settlement agreement with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), an organization of 60000 pediatricians based in Elk Grove Village, Ill., resolving allegations that the organization impermissibly
Updated: 06/02/2011 08:43A
Justice Department Settles Allegations of Immigration-Related Employment
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today reached a settlement agreement with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), an organization of 60000 pediatricians based in Elk Grove Village, Ill., resolving allegations that the organization impermissibly
Updated: 06/02/2011 08:43A
Mega-trials are here to stay: top prosecutor
But Superior Court Justice James Brunton ruled Tuesday that 31 of them who have not been charged with the more serious crimes of conspiracy to commit murder and murder should instead go free. Given the few resources at hand, to try them would take
Updated: 06/02/2011 08:43A
State continues delay of medical marijuana
Last month, Dennis Burke, the US Attorney for Arizona, sent him a letter detailing that while going after medical marijuana patients was not a priority for his office, the possession, sale and transportation of the drugs remains illegal under federal
Updated: 06/02/2011 08:42A
Son of Dallas bail bond company owner accused of killing, 3rd man charged with
AP DALLAS — A father and son have been accused of a killing at the family's Dallas bail bond company in a dispute with a business partner. James Beavers Jr. of Duncanville is the third person jailed Thursday on a capital murder charge over Monday's
Updated: 06/02/2011 08:42A
Malaysia playing hardball over refugee swap
"The treatment of the Transferee while in Malaysia will be in accordance with the Malaysian laws, rules, regulations and national policies," the document said. Refugee and Immigration Legal centre coordinator David Manne says the documents expose
Updated: 06/02/2011 08:41A
Egypt judges criticise military, probed
Now R389.95 Cairo - Egypt's justice ministry is investigating three judges who spoke out against military trials of civilians, state media reported on Thursday. The three judges, in media interviews, criticised the military for not transferring
Updated: 06/02/2011 08:41A
Billy Bob Thornton's daughter guilty of manslaughter
The Orange County State Attorney's Office says the verdict against 32-year-old Amanda Brumfield was returned Friday. She faced murder charges in the 2008 death of her best friend's 1-year-old daughter, Olivia Madison Garcia. She was found not guilty on
Updated: 06/02/2011 08:41A
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