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Source: Google News Alert Service, March 21-23, 2009.

Drug War Casualty: The Bill of Rights and Constitutional Liberty ...
By Tenth Amendment
"By 1937, however, there was no more such deference to Constitutional procedure. That year, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Marijuana Tax Act into law, effectively banning marijuana at the federal level. All the major federal drug laws .... The Sixth Amendment reads, ?In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall ..."
Tenth Amendment Center - http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/

Government crackdown on drug industry imminent - General News
By Olesia Plokhii
"The Anti-kickback statute is a federal statute -- although many states have parallel ones -- that states that if the reimbursement for the medical procedure or device is being paid by a federal program such as Medicaid or Medicare, ... The law, almost 40 years old, states that anyone caught receiving or paying anything of value to influence the referral of federal health care can be charged with a violation and punished by five years in prison, $25000 in criminal fines, ..."
OhMyGov! - Government News, Knowledge... - http://ohmygov.com/blogs/

Zuma's Commentary: The War Against Inmates
By Daniel Zuma
"The sense of injustice surrounding this victimization is compounded when the ?criminal? in question has no victim, where his crime is a matter of civil disobedience (as are drug crimes), or where the crime is so petty that it is a stretch to send him to prison in the first ... Unfortunately, there is no shortage of racists and sadists who find their way into prisons, where they can manipulate the rules and the situation in order to victimize others under the color of law. ..."
Zuma's Commentary - http://drzuma.blogspot.com/

Sentencing Law and Policy: The latest news on Maryland's ...
By Doug B.
"Under the Senate proposal, prosecutors could seek capital punishment only in murder cases in which the crime was caught on videotape, the defendant confesses on video tape, or DNA or biological evidence links the defendant to the crime. ..."
Sentencing Law and Policy - http://sentencing.typepad.com/

Cardinal calls for end to immigration raids - Chicago Breaking News
"In Arizona, they actually charge EWI in federal court, then send the violators to a federal prison for 6 months. After that, they then administratively deport the illegals. Other federal prosecutors should follow their lead. ... Sorry TL, breaking immigration law is as criminal as any other statutes. That is why they don't call them "immigration recommendations". I would never break the laws of any country that I visit and do not condone people breaking U.S. laws. ..."
Chicago Breaking News - http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/blog/

Sarbanes-oxley Act | sarbanes-oxley
By admin
"Under the Act members of the board risk large fines and prison sentences in the case of accounting crimes. Internal control is now the direct responsibility of directors. This means that the vast majority of public companies now have hired internal ... Title IX consists of two sections. This section is also called the ?White Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002.? This section increases the criminal penalties associated with white-collar crimes and conspiracies. ..."
sarbanes-oxley - http://sarbanes-oxley.pliggza.com/

Former San Bernardino County assistant assessor, Jim Erwin, is ...
By bbvm
"A widening criminal probe of the San Bernardino County assessor?s office led to the arrest Thursday of James Erwin, chief of staff for county Supervisor Neil Derry and a former assistant assessor, on 10 felony counts including ?failure to disclose ... On or about April 1, 2008, in the above named judicial district, the crime of PERJURY BY DECLARATION, in violation of PENAL CODE SECTION 118, a felony, was committed by James H. Erwin, being a person who testified, declared, ..."
Big Bear Observation Post - http://bbvm.wordpress.com/

Sentencing Law and Policy: Headlines showing how a down economy is ...
By Doug B.
"These two headlines caught my eye this morning as evidence of how persons in prison also have reasons to be concerned a 'bout the US economy's problems: From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel here, 'Economy concerns inmates, too" ...
Sentencing Law and Policy - http://sentencing.typepad.com/

Concealed Weapon Restrictions are Mandatory | Big Sky Blawg
By Paul Sullivan
"(c) has been convicted in any state or federal court of a crime punishable by more than 1 year of incarceration or, regardless of the sentence that may be imposed, a crime that includes as an element of the crime an act, attempted act, or threat of intentional ... Because Van der hule?s past convictions were punishable by more than a year in prison and included sexual abuse and sexual intercourse without consent, his application for a concealed weapon permit was denied. ..."
Big Sky Blawg - http://bigskyblawg.com/

Mafia and Mafia-type organizations in Italy by Umberto Santino ...
By Daniel Verhoeven
"Therefore, it is misleading to sustain that the Mafia or any other criminal organization has a monopoly on world crime. There isn?t a monarchy, a Number One, in the Organized Crime world, but there are many republics that variously ..... The new law introduces further measures for 'pentiti', arrange severe prison terms for Mafiosos and has two clauses regarding elections. The first states that it is Organized Crime of the Mafia-type when intimidation is used: to hinder or ..."
remixing the web for social change - http://2bloggen.org/

Voice of Women and Families in India (VOW India): We need special ...
By Voice of Women (VOW)
" 'Such acts do not fit the conventional definition of a crime as the motive of the criminal is not that of a normal person facing trial,' said IPS officer-turned-lawyer Y P Singh. 'They are reflective more of psychological depravity ...' "
Voice of Women and Families in... - http://voiceofwomenindia.blogspot.com/

Groups seek closer checks on police profiling
"I want the police and government organizations to prevent crime and help those in need, and not be bogged down with stupid limitations by these left wing organizations. These groups handicap policing and make our protection more difficult. ... We should only expect law enforcement to use profiling based on the likelyhood that they?ve found a potential criminal. The opposite is absurd and leads to weakening of law enforcement and harassment of majority groups that are ..."
Most Popular Stories - http://www.nationalpost.com/most-popular/

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