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Solicitor Linda Bakewell died after being strangled or smothered, murder trial
in the back of a car, prosecutors in a murder trial have alleged. Linda Bakewell, 45, was found “naked, scraped and bruised” in the boot of Philip Martins' car, days after she was last seen alive meeting him in a bar, Chester Crown Court was told.
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:25P
CGI Group gets 5-year contract from Quebec's Department of Justice
By The Canadian Press | September 20, 2011 MONTREAL - CGI Group Inc. has been awarded a five-year contract valued at $24.9 million from the Quebec's justice department. The information technology company said Tuesday that under the agreement it will
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:25P
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Tough on Kids: Rethinking Approaches to Youth Justice by Ross Gordon Green and Kearney F. Healy discusses Canada's dismal record with youth justice and reclamation. Canada imprisons four times as many young people as we do adults and according to the
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:25P
New Missouri laws could help residents and insurers during natural disasters
The first law, Senate Bill 101, will bar contracting companies from paying a clients insurance deductible. Some companies participate in the practice as a way to secure business, but that can often leave homeowners open to backlash from insurers and
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:24P
Harper administration pushes extensive crime bill » The Harper government
Reportedly, the crime bill, called the Safe Streets and Communities Act, includes nine individual justice bills. Most of these bills were initially launched in the last parliamentary session but Tory administration could not get them approved.
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:24P
Dodd-Frank Wears the Bull's-Eye on GOP Campaign Trail
Republicans have repeatedly invoked the law's 848-page girth — and its rules on, among other things, trading derivatives and swaps — as a symbol of government overreach that is killing jobs. But in trying to turn Dodd-Frank into the new “Obamacare,”
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:24P
Tory crime bill cracks down on drug and sex offences
Speaking to reporters, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson expressed the government's "deep appreciation" for the support of Canadians in the last election, who gave the Conservative government "a strong mandate to move forward." The minister said he was
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:24P
Tory crime bill cracks down on drug and sex offences
Speaking to reporters, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson expressed the government's "deep appreciation" for the support of Canadians in the last election, who gave the Conservative government "a strong mandate to move forward." The minister said he was
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:24P
Tory crime bill cracks down on drug and sex offences
Speaking to reporters, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson expressed the government's "deep appreciation" for the support of Canadians in the last election, who gave the Conservative government "a strong mandate to move forward." The minister said he was
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:24P
US Court terms Dirty Bomber sentence too Merciful
A Panel of three Judges on the 11 th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday said that the sentence which was imposed by a Miami federal judge was too merciful. After a three-month long trial Jose Padilla and two other fellow conspirators were convicted
Updated: 09/20/2011 12:24P
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