Law Enforcement Witsec Inside the Federal witness protection Program by Pete Earley, Gerald ShurFor decades no law enforcement program has been as cloaked in controversy http://www.karisable.com/crle.htm
Extractions: Books Articles News Resources ... Government L aw Enforcement E-mail Discussion Lists Message Board Guestbook Home ... True Blue: Police Stories by Those Who Have Lived Them by Randy Sutton Hostage Takers The situations where an armed assailant is holding innocent people hostage are among the most difficult in all of law enforcement. From the Hanafi siege of three Washington DC buildings in 1977 to the 12- hour standoff at an Alabama elementary school in 1988. Trained negotiators reveal the approaches they use to end the standoffs, while SWAT commanders taking control of these situations by force. Relive famous cases through interviews with former hostages, and explore the phenomenon of hostages who end up feeling sympathy for their captors. Police Unbound: Corruption, Abuse, and Heroism by the Boys in Blue by Anthony V. Bouza Anthony V. Bouza is a retired Minneapolis police chief, former Bronx force commander, and author of The Police Mystique . Bouza an officer of 36 years reveals the secret world of law enforcements unspoken codes. Bouza considers the problem in policing: the white, wealthy, educated, suburbanites voting that police keep the underprivileged out of sight. Los Angeles, New York, and Minneapolis departments are analyzed. Heat: Fire C.S.I. and the War on Arson and Murder
Extractions: UK Lord Chancellor's Department - useful links to legal resources The following areas of UK and EC law apply to bullying although some of those at the end of the list are at present untested: Employment Rights Act (1996) (formerly the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978): unfair dismissal, constructive dismissal, wrongful dismissal. The maximum amount that can be awarded (as of 2005) for unfair dismissal is £56,800, unless the claim contains a Protected Disclosure as defined by the... Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 : unfair dismissal or redundancy or detriment for blowing the whistle in the public interest, or... you have suffered an act of Victimisation on the grounds of a) membership or non-membership of a Trade Union, b) Sunday working, c) being a pension fund trustee, or d) you have reported a threat to the health and safety of workers
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Extractions: Thanks to posts at TalkLeft and How Appealing , I saw news of a new study from California documenting the impact of race of the victim in the imposition of the death penalty. The study, entitled "The Impact of Legally Inappropriate Factors on Death Sentencing for California Homicides, 1990-99," can be
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Extractions: State Farm: Information for Used Motor Vehicle Owners The Attorney General protects consumers and the legitimate business community by filing civil lawsuits under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act and other consumer protection statutes. Lawsuits are filed on behalf of the State of Texas and the public good. This agency cannot represent individual consumers. Nevertheless, some legal actions do produce restitution for individual consumers. Read about major Attorney General consumer protection cases on the lawsuits and settlements page. Consumer Complaints filed with this agency may form the basis for an investigation into a company's business practices. In some cases, significant numbers of complaints about a business may give rise to legal action, not on behalf of the individual complainants but to enforce state law. The decision to investigate or file a lawsuit is based on a number of factors. Consumer Education is a third vital part of the Attorney General's mission. The best consumer protection is widespread public awareness of consumer rights and common snares. This Web site therefore offers information about consumer issues as well as a consumer alert page and a consumer alert e-mail notification subscription.
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Extractions: Ashcroft v. ACLU (formerly ACLU v. Reno II) Latest News Procedural History Legal Documents Press Releases Supreme Court Maintains Block on Web Censorship Law. In a decision issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a lower court injunction against enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA). EPIC joined a coalition of plaintiffs in a challenge to the Internet censorship law in 1998 and has served as co-counsel in the case. The Court found that the government has not shown that there are no "less restrictive alternatives" to COPA, and that "there is a potential for extraordinary harm and a serious chill upon protected speech" if the law goes into effect. (June 29, 2004) Court Strikes Down Censorship Law (Again) The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has, for the second time, ruled that the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) is unconstitutional. In a decision (pdf) issued on March 6, 2003, the court found that the law violates the First Amendment because it improperly restricts access to a substantial amount of online speech that is lawful for adults. The decision follows a Supreme Court decision that sent the case back to the appeals court, which had previously ruled that COPA was unconstitutional. EPIC is co-counsel in the case. Supreme Court Maintains Ban on COPA Enforcement.
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Extractions: Home Violence Aging Healthy Adolescents Project ... Publications Professional, Ethical, and Legal Issues Concerning Interpersonal Violence, Maltreatment, and Related Trauma A report of the ad hoc Committee on Legal and Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Interpersonal Violence Table of Contents Introduction Section IV: Collateral Issues Section I: Professional roles Section V: Forensic Psychology ... Section III: Treatment This introduction provides a brief review of the issues faced by psychologists working in the areas of interpersonal violence. The problem includes the perception of a harassing backlash against psychologists who have been involved in interpersonal violence cases and issues. In particular, some psychologists who work with child or elder maltreatment, spousal / partner battering, and adults who recall memories of childhood abuse have been targets or personal and organized harassment. The forms of harassment have included personal threats and picketing of offices, media campaigns, as well as ethic and licensing board complaints and lawsuits. Psychologists who find themselves subjected to a nuisance or unsubstantiated grievance may experience vulnerability, loneliness, PTSD symptoms, or professional and financial consequences. They often experience isolation and secondary traumatization. Our committee was particularly concerned with various organized efforts developed to help alleged perpetrators of interpersonal violence and others pursue board actions, ethics complaints and nuisance lawsuits against psychologists who have served as therapist, forensic evaluator, expert witness, or client advocate for victims of interpersonal violence. Templates to file such complaints have been developed by various groups. In addition, our committee was concerned about the negative perceptions portrayed in the media and among consumers about psychologists and psychotherapy. Such perceptions could have far reaching implications for policy and practice. For example, malpractice insurance carriers may attempt to deny converge to psychologists working with clients who have experienced various forms of interpersonal violence.
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Extractions: Presentation by Ingela Klinteberg Mini Conference - The Hague, 28-30 March 2001 One of the overarching goals of the Public Prosecution Service is to ensure the individual legal security and respect for the rule of law. In that light we look seriuosly upon issues concerning victims and witnesses. Before focusing on these I would like to draw your attention to the criminal justice system in Sweden. Its organisation guidens us prosecutors in our treatment of victims and witnesses. The criminal justice system in Sweden The pre-trial investigation The criminal procedure is initiated with the pre-trial investigation. It can be initiated either by a police officer or a prosecutor. The prosecutors are responsible for the prosecution of crimes. He or she, who is a trained lawyer, takes charge of the investigation, unless it is a simple case, as soon as someone is reasonably suspected of having committed the crime. The actual investigation is carried out by the police under the lead of the prosecutor. The right of the prosecution rests with the prosecutor. He or she is not only a part in the trial but also decides on all coercive measures during the investigation such as arrest, application for pre-trial detention, bodily search, search of premises, application for prolonged detention or application for telephone tapping.
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Extractions: The child's attorney should attend all hearings and participate in all telephone or other conferences with the court unless a particular hearing involves issues completely unrelated to the child and the lawyer has waived an appearance. The child's attorney should explain to the client, in a developmentally appropriate manner, what is expected to happen before, during and after each hearing. The child's attorney should make appropriate motions, including motions in limine and evidentiary objections, to advance the child's position at trial or during other hearings. If necessary, the child's attorney should file briefs in support of evidentiary issues. Further, during all hearings, the child's attorney should preserve legal issues for appeal, as appropriate. D-4. Presentation of Evidence.
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Extractions: The seminar is organised within the Project Against Money Laundering in the Russian Federation (MOLI-RU) in cooperation with the Federal Service for Financial Monitoring the seminar and workshops will provide an opportunity for specialists in financial intelligence to participate in an interactive forum to explore the important and highly complex issue of terrorist financing in the Euro-Asian Region. The seminar is therefore intended for senior representatives of Financial Intelligence Units or other competent authorities that have a particular remit to deal with terrorist financing issues within. More then 150 high-level participants are expected to discuss such issues as, inter alia,
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Extractions: Identity Theft and Privacy Expertise of Mari J. Frank Thank you for your interest in our services as a privacy consultant, attorney/mediator, expert witness or professional trainer in privacy issues. The following will give you a brief background of Maris expertise. Mari is an attorney and the author of the Identity Theft Survival Kit (Porpoise Press, Inc.1998, 2000) , the audiocassette series Identity Theft Prevention and Survival , the book From Victim to Victor A Step by Step Guide for Ending the Nightmare of Identity theft With CD Porpoise Press,) , the booklet Privacy Piracy Office Depot, 1999 She has also written a chapter in Protection Security, and Safeguard (CRC, 2000) and the Introduction for Consumer Financial Privacy (LRP Publications) as well as a chapter in the 2003 State Bar of California Business Section Book. She is also the author of another new book Safeguard Your Identity: Protect Yourself with a Personal Privacy Audit (Porpoise Press 2005) t o be released in 2004 with the new edition of From Victim To Victor with CD as pledges for the PBS Television program she hosted entitled : Identity Theft Protecting Yourself In the Information Age
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Extractions: The Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic serves two vital and interdependent functions: providing an opportunity for law students to practice environmental advocacy and serving New Jersey's environmental community through trial and appellate litigation, administrative advocacy and policy development. Public Interest Environmental Law in New Jersey
