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Texas prison chief says execution drug will be found
"We're likely to see several ideas or processes come out," Board of Criminal Justice Chairman Oliver Bell said. Livingston warned budget challenges still
Updated: 02/12/2011 12:18A
Juror's tweets raise ethical, legal questions
Massachusetts Trial Court policy states that jurors, until their service is concluded, are not allowed to discuss the case with others unless authorized.
Updated: 02/12/2011 12:18A
Counties will join with feds to battle illegal immigration
Under 287(g), a county can help ICE enforce immigration law but must "hire more officers who are then cross-trained as customs officers with the authority
Updated: 02/12/2011 12:17A
Mixed views heard on immigration bill
Jack Murphy, R-Cumming, would require law enforcement officers who stop a criminal suspect to verify the person's immigration status if they believe he or
Updated: 02/12/2011 12:17A
N.C. looks to lower rate of school suspensions
rates be imperiled, but troubled students will be at a greater risk of bouncing out of school and into the criminal justice system, they argue.
Updated: 02/12/2011 12:16A
In brief Staff and wire reports
The event is sponsored by The Edge Theatre Company, Chickaspeare and Winthrop's Women's Studies Program. V-Day Rock Hill is part of a global V-Day movement,
Updated: 02/12/2011 12:16A
Two people killed in crash on Interstate 40 in Cumberland County
Troopers said Anderson was in the bunk of the truck's sleeper when the crash happened. Burkins was wearing a seat belt and Anderson was not, according to
Updated: 02/12/2011 12:16A
After School Mistake Leaves Child Abandoned By Accident
A 6-year-old child was accidentally abandoned after he was dropped off for an after school program in McKeesport. Ja-vonta-Belton left George Washington
Updated: 02/12/2011 12:16A
Ridgeland's cameras working as intended
Repeat offenders need attitude adjustment via the criminal justice system. Just about all of those fined through the camera system have admitted their guilt
Updated: 02/12/2011 12:15A
Texas high court justice Greenhill dies at 96
Greenhill served on the state's highest civil court from 1957 until 1982 and was chief justice the final 10 years. In 1946, as first assistant attorney
Updated: 02/12/2011 12:15A