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Thousands may lose criminal record
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke plans to reduce the length of time during which job applicants are legally required to disclose past criminal convictions. Prison terms of up to six months would be spent two years after the end of the sentence,
Updated: 02/02/2012 12:42P
Mexico's democracy needs justice system to match
By Enrique Krauze, Bloomberg News Mexican culture doesn't have much room for fiction about criminal investigations or the solving of crimes by the police. Comments are moderated by SDDT, in accordance with the SDDT Comment Policy, and may not appear on
Updated: 02/02/2012 12:37P
Nunavut justice minister trashes Tory crime bill at Senate hearings
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews (left) and Justice Minister Rob Nicholson wait for the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs committee to begin on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday Feb.1, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld OTTAWA - Nunavut's
Updated: 02/02/2012 12:36P
Campaign supporters host birthday celebration and fundraiser for Justice of
The event also served as a campaign fundraiser for Merkel who is running for Brazoria County Justice of the Peace, Pct 3-1. Picture here from left: David Smith, Mike Merkel and Pearland Mayor Tom Reid. A group of roughly 100 people gathered at Billy's
Updated: 02/02/2012 12:34P
GOP Report: Justice Officials Were on Top of Fast and Furious
By William La Jeunesse & Laura Prabucki | FoxNews.com Top Department of Justice officials had extensive knowledge of and involvement in Operation Fast and Furious, claims a new report released Thursday, hours before Attorney General Eric Holder's
Updated: 02/02/2012 12:33P
Empty seats, bored audience mark Day 11
By Michael Lim Ubac MANILA, Philippines—Empty seats and a sleepy audience marked the 11th day of Chief Justice Renato Corona's impeachment trial. Former Senators Ernesto Maceda and Francisco Tatad, who have been religiously attending the trial since it
Updated: 02/02/2012 12:31P
Pakistan Supreme Court to charge PM Gilani with contempt
Government supporters say the court is trying to oust Zardari because of enmity between the president and the chief justice. They also claim the case can't be separated from tensions between the government and the army, which has carried out three
Updated: 02/02/2012 11:24A
SC asks Centre to examine Tata s plea on Radia tapes row
The report said the starting and the end point of the conversations do not match with the original tapes, Justice Singhvi had earlier said referring to the report. He said the report also said officers, who had conducted the probe, do not know who has
Updated: 02/02/2012 11:23A
Google has right to remove content, court told
The court posted the matter for further hearing on Feb 14. The court was hearing a plea filed by Facebook and Google challenging a trial court's order to prosecute them for allegedly hosting objectionable content. Vinay Rai requested the trial court to
Updated: 02/02/2012 11:21A
Ill. court allows torture case to proceed
By Karen Hawkins AP CHICAGO — An inmate who says Chicago police officers tortured him into confessing to a brutal rape can present evidence of coercion that was denied at trial, the Illinois Supreme Court decided Thursday in a ruling that could have
Updated: 02/02/2012 11:18A