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News.com.au - THE Director of Public Prosecutions, Robert Cock QC, will be called to give evidence under oath at the Corruption and Crime Commission tomorrow. Mr Cock is expected to testify about his handling of the Andrew Mallard case, including the decision to ...

News.com.au - POLICE will soon be able to hand out on-the-spot fines of up to $350 for foul language, shoplifting and holding up traffic under new powers to be trialled in NSW. Premier Morris Iemma today said the Criminal Infringement Notices Scheme (CINS) - which ...

Guardian Unlimited - Public confidence in the supervision of high-risk offenders released from prison suffered a fresh blow yesterday with the disclosure that 83 have been charged with a further serious offence, such as murder or rape, in the last year. The figure for ...

News.com.au - VICTIMS of crime - including entire neighbourhoods - will have the right to tell courts how crimes have affected their lives under new legislation introduced into State Parliament today. Attorney-General Michael Atkinson said the Government would ...

Houston Chronicle - Harris County judges Monday began re-examining 180 criminal convictions involving problematic Houston crime lab evidence, asking inmates via video hearings if they wanted their cases included in the review process. Of the 19 inmates questioned Monday ...

New York Times - ROME, Oct. 22 — Organized crime represents the biggest segment of the Italian economy, accounting for more than $127 billion in receipts, according to a report issued Monday. The new figure reflects a trend that has been under way for a few years ...

San Diego Union-Tribune - ROME – Revenue from organized crime amounts to an estimated $127 billion annually in Italy, making it the largest segment of the economy, a lobby group for small businesses said Monday. The figure, representing about 7 percent of the country's ...

Bloomberg - Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. President George W. Bush asked Congress to increase funding to help combat Mexico's illegal drug trade more than tenfold, saying the country's military crackdown on traffickers is working. Bush asked for $500 million and ...

Baltimore Sun - Yes, crime is a factor and certainly schools are, but the property tax has a very negative impact on development in the city. It's one reason you see property values low compared to surrounding [county] subdivisions." Adds Donald C. Fry, president of ...

Baltimore Sun - Their goal is to produce 10,000 men at an assembly today, a symbolic show of force that they compare to the 1995 Million Man March in Washington. But organizers also hope to have an impact on crime by persuading those men to patrol the city's most ...