Criminal Law 
Governor Quinn signs laws to help crime victims – NBCNews.com
CHICAGO, Ill — Governor Pat Quinn signed a three laws Monday designed to increase assistance for crime victims and their families. Quinn says that the three measures signed today will strengthen crime victims’ rights, ensure that victims know …
PCHR International Criminal Law Moot Court Project – Scoop
Today, 15 July 2012, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) organized a closing ceremony concluding the activities of the international criminal law moot court competition that lasted for 2 days. The ceremony concluded by announcing the winning …
Judges, others laud new Pennsylvania law to lower prison population – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The latest attempt in Harrisburg to reduce the state prison population by changing criminal law is being welcomed by judges and others involved in the criminal justice system. Republican Gov. Tom Corbett signed Senate Bill 100, also known as the … Continue reading
Prosecutors: Tougher laws curbing violent crime – Daytona Beach News-Journal
DAYTONA BEACH — Had a 44-year-old Port Orange man who tried to kill a prostitute years ago been sentenced under today’s laws, he probably would not have been free to be the focus of two recent violent crimes. James Lee … Continue reading
CAMPUS CRIME LAW Penn State report shows limits – Vindy.com
For more than two decades, colleges and universities have been required to publicly share details of campus crimes and report murders, rapes, robberies, arson and other serious offenses to the federal government. That requirement apparently was …
Issa: DHS gives ‘criminal illegal aliens’ privacy rights even Americans don’t have – Washington Examiner
Officials in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a DHS agency, claim to have deported hundreds of illegal immigrants with criminal records through a partnership with local law enforcement called Operation Joint Effort. ICE declined a Freedom of …
Tougher laws curbing violent crime – Corrections.com
DAYTONA BEACH — Had a 44-year-old Port Orange man who tried to kill a prostitute years ago been sentenced under today’s laws, he probably would not have been free to be the focus of two recent violent crimes. James Lee … Continue reading
Criminal,’ a grisly thriller by Karin Slaughter – Washington Post
In addition to being an exhaustive and gimlet-eyed social history of modern Atlanta, especially its flawed criminal justice system and law-enforcement agencies, “Criminal” is the kind of hold-on-to-your-hat, nail-biting story Slaughter has …
Colorado newspaper theft law should be repealed, commission says – Denver Post
A commission that reviews criminal laws recommended Friday doing away with a Colorado law that makes it a crime to steal free-distribution newspapers, rebuffing arguments that the papers have value. “If you take more than one, you probably …
Penn State Report Shows Limits of Campus Crime Law – NBC Philadelphia
For more than two decades, colleges and universities have been required to publicly share details of campus crimes and report murders, rapes, robberies, arson and other serious offenses to the federal government. That requirement was apparently …
