One by one, senators at last revealed their views Wednesday on the complicated and controversial topic of the death penalty with simple ayes and nays during a roll-call vote in the waning hours of the legislative session.
Read More →Registration for TREXPO East is now open for its August 18–20 event in Chantilly, Va. Internationally recognized scholar, author, soldier, and speaker Lt. Col. Dave Grossman returns to TREXPO on Aug. 19 and 20. Grossman is one of the world's foremost experts in the field of human aggression and the roots of violence and violent crime.
Read More →Anyone convicted in South Carolina of breaking into someone's home with a weapon and seriously injuring or killing those inside would be sent to prison for at least 25 years under a bill up for debate.
Read More →Gov. Bill Richardson went to Mass on Wednesday morning, then went to inspect the state penitentiary's high-security area and execution chamber. Then, shortly after 6 p.m., the governor signed legislation to repeal New Mexico's death penalty. He called it the toughest decision he had ever made.
Read More →Just another run-down of things on the law enforcement radar that have been on my addled mind as of late, that while individually not warranting an entire column collectively could prove momentous for the world.
Read More →The Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Police Department has signed a contract to license New World Systems’ Aegis/MSP Public Safety Solution on the Microsoft platform. The new software will replace New World’s Aegis 400 solution, on the IBM iSeries 400 platform, that the department has used since 1998.
Read More →The group, called Moratorium Now!, has gathered support from roughly 300 churches, businesses and private organizations. It plans to deliver a petition pushing for the death penalty freeze to Gov.-elect Jay Nixon and legislative leaders.
Read More →With the economy's current troubles, many people assume a crime wave is just around the corner. But criminologists say that's just an American myth.
Read More →Seattle Police Officers' Guild President Rich O'Neill said he and others were puzzled by the South Dakota prosecutor's decision to file gun charges against Smith and McCoy, who, he said, were lawfully armed when a Hells Angels member attacked Smith at a Sturgis bar.
Read More →TREXPO West registration is now open. The tactical conference and trade show will take place in Long Beach, Calif., Mar. 31–Apr. 3, 2009. And because these days it's all about saving and getting more for your dollar, registration fees will remain the same as last year.
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