Police immunity in enforcing restraining order ruling [US SC]
Castle Rock v. Gonzales, Supreme Court of the United States, June 27, 2005 [ruling 7-2 that a woman whose estranged husband murdered her three children did not have a constitutional right to police enforcement of the restraining order in place...
Zimbabwe's police chief has confirmed that 46,000 people have been arrested in "Operation Restore Order," a highly controversial government initiative to reduce crime and illegal buildings in Harare and other towns. The state demolition of "illegal" backyard shacks and...
Supreme Court eminent domain ruling riles private property champions
The US Supreme Court's Thursday ruling in Kelo v. New London allowing local governments to expropriate private property for development has sparked intense negative reaction from defenders of private property rights, with a number hailing this...
Kelo v. New London, Supreme Court of the United States, June 23, 2005 [ruling 5-4 that a local government authority can expropriate private property — land, homes and businesses — for private redevelopment that would confer economic benefits on the...
California high court declares coastline commission constitutional
The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the membership configuration of the California Coastal Commission's does not violate the separation of powers clause of the state's constitution. Four of the commissioners are appointed...
Supreme Court says city can expropriate land for private redevelopment
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Thursday in Kelo v. New London that a local government authority can expropriate private property - land, homes and businesses - for private redevelopment that confers economic benefits on the...
States brief ~ CT Supreme Court orders town to release aerial photos, maps to public
Leading Wednesday's states brief, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled today that the town of Greenwich must release its computer database of aerial photographs and maps to the public. The Supreme Court rejected the town's argument that the...
German authorities announced Tuesday that they have detained three men who allegedly spent thousands of dollars to fund the Ansar Al-Islam terror network in its terrorist attacks in Iraq. On Tuesday more that 150 German police officers...
Top court nixes more limits on decisions putting inmates in "supermax" prisons
In a unanimous decision Monday, the US Supreme Court declined to impose stricter procedural limits on decisions by state officials to place certain inmates in "super-maximum security" prisons. Read the Court's opinion in...
2004 Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report, FBI, June 6, 2005 . Excerpt:The number of violent crimes reported to law enforcement agencies in the...
