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Youth Justice: the minister's view
Since I became Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice last May I have been working with Ken Clarke and the other Ministers within the department to make radical changes to the criminal
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:04P
Drug addict steals from good Samaritan
Charlene Y. Gowans breached the trust of "someone who took her under her care because she was down and out," Mr. Justice Ray Taillon said in court Tuesday. Gowans, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to possession of property obtained by crime and two
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:04P
Governor delivers State of the State address
President Haridopolos, Speaker Cannon, Chief Justice Canady, members of the Supreme Court, members of the Cabinet, members of the Legislature, my fellow Floridians: It is an honor to appear before this body for the first time as Governor of the Great
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:04P
Gas tanker overturns on Connecticut highway
The accident was reported around 1 pm local time not far from the start of the interstate highway that runs from Connecticut through Massachusetts and Vermont to the Canadian border. State environmental officials called to the scene planned to empty
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:04P
LHCBA condemns Taseer, Bhatti's assassination
Justice (r) Nasira Javed Iqbal, while condemning the murder of Salmaan Taseer, said that it was the beginning of a new wave of hatred. She also condemned garlanding of Taseer's confessed killer, Mumtaz Qadri, by lawyers. She asked the LHCBA to write a
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:04P
Renwick wasn't acting as teacher when he abused students, board responds to suit
Renwick Spence is seen during recess at a pre-sentencing hearing at the St. Jrme courthouse on Oct. 29, 2007. Convicted sex offender Renwick Spence wasn't acting in
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:04P
Man charged in January hit and run case
MEBANE — A man has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run accident in January, Mebane police said Tuesday. Robert Michael Webster, 39, of E. Washington St., Mebane, was arrested Tuesday. He is accused of driving away from a Jan.
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:03P
MACC officer: I didn't bother about Teoh
asked Justice Foong. When Commissioner Prof Dr Mohamed Hatta Shaharom asked Mohd Ashraf if he knew what had happened to Teoh then and that Teoh “was no more his concern”, he said he had no instruction about Teoh. This prompted Justice Foong to ask if
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:02P
Tears of joy for freed ex-bodyguard
Mohamad Shakib Abdul Wahib, 43, was seen smiling and wiping his tears when High Court Justice Kamardin Hashim said the prosecution had failed to prove that he had the intention to traffic the drugs. Mohamad Shakib had been charged with trafficking the
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:02P
Items can't be used as evidence
High Court judge Justice Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah said in his ruling in a trial-within-a-trial here yesterday that the items could not be used as evidence. “I find that the DNA sample from the items was obtained by unfair means and (therefore they)
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:02P