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Interviews in Stevens probe scheduled with Justice officials
Anchorage :: AK :: USA | about 9 hours ago
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Schuelke III, named to the assignment this year by a U.S. district judge who oversaw the Stevens case, is nearing the end of his investigation and already has sifted through thousands of documents related to the prosecution, said the sources, who spoke...
Tags: Ted Stevens, Justice Department, Henry F. Schuelke III, stevens cases, U.S, Anchorage, Attorney general, Prosecution, Public Integrity Section, Eric Holder, Prosecutor, Ted Stevens, Law Crime
Lawmakers hit silence on Panther complaint
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 21 hours ago
Credibility Two senior lawmakers on Wednesday said the Justice Department, after five months of "repeated questions," again refused to say why it "wrongfully dismissed" a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party who were accused of voter intimidation...
Tags: Justice Department, OPR, political appointee, attorney general, Philadelphia, New Black Panther Party, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Smith, Washington
No Decrease In Death Penalty Approval Rate
Berlin :: Germany | 1 day ago
Credibility With Attorney General Eric Holder running the department, many people expected to see a more limited use of the tactic. But so far, Holder is instructing prosecutors to seek the death penalty at roughly the same rate as President Bush's last attorney...
Tags: federal death, approved rate, attorney general, capital punishment, Eric Holder, Bush, John Ashcroft, penalty cases, Justice Department, George W. Bush, Germany, Berlin, Death Penalty Information Center, Alberto Gonzales, Criminology, Social Issues, Dismissal of United States Attorneys controversy, Law Crime, Michael Mukasey
Nebraska attorney general lauds merger agreement
Omaha :: NE :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Neb. — A deal between the Justice Department and a medical-waste company seeking to buy a smaller rival will ensure the industry remains competitive and costs stay low in Nebraska, the state's attorney general said Wednesday...Department of Justice along...
Tags: Nebraska, Justice Department, attorney general, Kansas City, Stericycle Inc., Missouri, Omaha
GOP Blasts Dems, Obama Over Alleged ACORN Ties
New York :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility Democratic Party," Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., said at Tuesday's two-hour long partisan forum attended by eight Republicans but no Democrats...Obama administration. "These roads will lead to the White House," King asserted. But one of the panel's guest...
Tags: Justice Department, voter registration, Obama, federal funding, White House, New York
PROMISES, PROMISES: Friday is still WH `trash day'
White House :: TN :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility President Barack Obama entered the White House promising a new era of openness in government, but when it comes to bad news, his administration often uses one of the oldest tricks in the public relations playbook: putting it out when the fewest people...
Tags: Barack Obama, ones fridays, Dee Dee Myers, Lanny Davis, White House, Justice Department, west wing, night massacre, Richard Nixon, Clinton
U.S. probes Alabama's funding for court interpreters
Birmingham :: AL :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility The state of Alabama pays for court interpreters in criminal and juvenile proceedings but not civil matters, a practice the U.S. Department of Justice considers a violation of federal civil rights law. The agency is examining the state's compliance...
Tags: Interest Coalition of Alabama, courts interpreters, Administrative Office of Courts, U.S. Department of Justice, Justice Department, civil matters, Brian Huff, Claudia Hendley, Birmingham, Courtroom, Translation, Appeal, Supreme Court of the United States, Communication, Hermeneutics, Language interpretation, Interpreters, Law Crime
Developer of Kevlar vest, Lester Shubin, dies
Fairfax :: VA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Mr. Shubin was working at the National Institute for Justice, the research and development branch of the Justice Department, in the early 1970s when DuPont came out with a fabric that was to replace steel-belting on high-speed tires.
Tags: Justice Department, Mr. Shubin, Kevlar, Nicholas Montanarelli, Fairfax, Armour, Bulletproofing, Personal armour, Ballistic vest, DuPont, Shubin
Acorn Can Be Paid, Government Lawyer Says
Hūd :: Iran | 6 days ago
Credibility The department’s conclusion, laid out in a recently disclosed five-page memorandum from David Barron, the acting assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel, adds a new wrinkle to a sharp political debate over the antipoverty group’s activities...
Tags: Justice Department, Iran, Hūd, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Acorn Computers, Community organizing, Politics, Barack Obama, Acorn, Business Finance, Social Issues, ACORN 2009 undercover videos controversy, James O'Keefe, Law Crime
New-look judiciary mooted
Cape Town :: South Africa | 6 days ago
Credibility New Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo is driving a major initiative to strengthen the independence of the judiciary. The Mail & Guardian has learned that the administrative arm of the country's courts is to come under the direct control of the judiciary. This...
Tags: Sandile Ngcobo, Simon Jiyane, director general, appeal courts, Justice Department, policy document, Superior Courts Bill, South Africa, Cape Town, Supreme Court of the United States, Politics, Supreme Court of Pakistan, South African people, Law Crime, Court of Appeal
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