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	ireland.com - Breaking News - McDowell publishes Criminal Justice Bill
		The Bill also made some changes to the right-to-silence rule in criminal cases, clarifying the circumstances where inferences may be drawn if an accused person fails to answer certain questions when questioned by gardaí.
		The Bill's main provisions are "very clearly focused on adding to the armoury of measures aimed at tackling gangland crime," he said.
		Labour Party justice spokesman Brendan Howlin said members of the Oireachtas had today "finally" received copies of the Bill, allowing just a week for an examination of "some of the most serious proposals ever to be put before the Dáil in terms of the criminal law".
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/breaking/2007/0315/breaking39.htm (862 words)

	McDowell publishes Criminal Justice Bill 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Bill presents a comprehensive package of anti-crime measures which will enhance the powers of the Gardaí in the investigation and prosecution of offences and generally provide for improvements to the operation of the criminal justice system.
		The Bill has it origins in the report of the Expert Group chaired by the late Eamonn Leahy S.C. and which was appointed to consider changes in the criminal law as recommended in the Report of the Steering Group on the efficiency and effectiveness of the Garda Síochána.
		In preparing the Bill the Minister paid particular attention to getting the balance right between maintaining the rights of the individual and at the same time ensuring the optimum protection of society by ensuring adequate criminal law measures are available to deal with offenders.
	www.justice.ie /80256E01003A02CF/vWeb/pcJUSQ62QFCP-en (785 words)

	Texas Defense Lawyers Worried DNA Bill Doesn't Go Far Enough
		Under the bill, an inmate requesting DNA testing of biological evidence -- such as hair or bodily fluids -- must establish by "a preponderance of the evidence" that the test results would show a "reasonable probability" that he would not have been tried or convicted.
		The bill's requirement that the biological evidence be in the state's possession at the time of the trial also is a problem, Schaffer says.
		The bill would authorize the testing if it could be shown that the plea was entered at no fault of the convicted person and would further the interests of justice.
	www.truthinjustice.org /insufficient.htm (1369 words)

	Criminal Justice Bill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The National Audit Office inquiry Justice Working Together revealed that half of all court hearings that are delayed or abandoned are due to poor liaison between the courts and other criminal justice agencies such as the CPS or the Probation Service, and that approximately over £41million was wasted on ineffective trials.
		Section 32 of the Bill puts the defence is under an obligation to give the court and prosecution the name, address and date of birth of each proposed witness and any information in the defendant’ s possession which might be of material assistance in identifying or finding any proposed witness.
		Criminal offences under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 are replaced in the Communication Bill by clauses 356-361.
	www.citizensadvice.org.uk /macnn/index/campaigns/social_policy/parliamentary_briefings/pb_legalaffairs/cr_criminal_justice_bill (3428 words)

	Circ 106/02 - Criminal Justice Bill: Victims & Witnesses
		The Criminal Justice Bill was published on 21 November and had its Second Reading in the House of Commons on 4 December.
		A summary of the Bill’s provisions is at Annex A.
		The Bill has now been referred to Standing Committee B and the members of the Committee are detailed at Annex B.
	www.apa.police.uk /apa/archive/members/circulars/2002/dec106_02.htm (485 words)

	FreeB.E.A.G.L.E.S.: Proposed Changes to the Criminal Justice Bill
		The Bill is proposing radical changes to the law regarding admissibility of evidence of character and hearsay evidence, with a general rule that such evidence be admissible unless the defence successfully argues that it will be prejudicial to the defendant.
		It is proposed to bring the criminal law in line with the civil law, with a general rule that all hearsay evidence should be admissible if it falls within a certain category, or alternatively if a court decides it is in the interests of justice that it should be admissible.
		The white paper on criminal justice noted that in 2001, 30,000 cases were abandoned because witnesses and victims refused to give evidence or failed to turn up in court.
	www.freebeagles.org /articles/cj_bill_changes.html (4614 words)

	Criminal Justice Bill (Programme) (...: 19 May 2003: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)
		Having said that, I entirely accord with the view that the programme motion is an admission of defeat by the Government in that it is clear that this important measure—what we are told is the flagship criminal justice Bill of this Parliament—will not receive the scrutiny it requires.
		It was already a substantial Bill of 280 clauses and 29 schedules, so it was always going to be difficult to give these important matters proper scrutiny, even in the three days originally allotted.
		As one who was similarly underprivileged and down-trodden to the extent that I was denied a place on the Standing Committee upon the Bill, and in view of the importance of the public understanding why we are inveighing against the programme motion, will my right hon.
	www.theyworkforyou.com /debates/?id=2003-05-19.688.0 (2607 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 352 - 21 June, 1984 - Criminal Justice Bill, 1983: Committee Stage (Resumed)
		This Bill should consider that fact and provide reasonable security for the Garda to rebut evidence of alibis where the Garda are taken by surprise, by allowing for a reasonable adjournment in which to allow the Garda to investigate the truth [116] of an alibi pulled out of the hat at the last minute.
		Deputy John Kelly drew the methaphor of the terrain of criminal law being divided into two provinces, one where an investigative proceeding holds sway and another where there is an accusatorial system and said that we were moving our territory from one side of the line to the other.
		The Criminal Law Revision Committee in England recommended that the police should be instructed that, where they propose to interview an alibi witness, they should take reasonable efforts to allow the solicitor for the accused to be present.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0352/D.0352.198406210049.html (17920 words)

	Explanatory memo of the Criminal Justice Bill 2004
		The Bill proposes a number of amendments to the criminal law, particularly in the area of criminal investigations, which will enhance Garda powers in tackling crime and will generally improve the efficiency and the effectiveness of the criminal justice system.
		Subsection (c) increases the fine in respect of a person dealt with under the Probation of Offenders Act 1907 or who is convicted and who refuses to comply with a requirement under section 28 of the 1984 Act or to allow his or her fingerprints, palmprints or photograph to be taken pursuant to that section.
		Subsection (1) provides that in any criminal proceedings where it is proposed to call a person to give evidence, and the person has a medical condition, an application can be made for an order prohibiting the publication of anything related to the proceedings which would identify the person as a person having that condition.
	www.feargalquinn.ie /m/cj04.htm (4924 words)

	Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
		Circuit judges to act as judges of criminal division of Court of Appeal.
		Expenses in criminal appeals in Northern Ireland Court of Appeal.
		Further amendment of Schedule 6 to the Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993: application of "new provisions".
	www.opsi.gov.uk /acts/acts1994/Ukpga_19940033_en_1.htm (1111 words)

	Criminal Justice Faculty
		His comparative justice interests have resulted in invitations to speak at universities throughout Europe and at several universities in the U.S. Currently he serves as the International Section Chair in the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
		Bill Perrill is a graduate of Northern Arizona Univesity and Bowling Green State University with degrees in Sociology/Criminology.
		Mary West-Smith is currently completing her doctoral dissertation in Public Affairs, with a concentration in criminal justice and criminal justice policy, from the University of Colorado at Denver's Graduate School of Public Affairs.
	www.unco.edu /nhs/criminaljustice/faculty.htm (686 words)

	Criminal Justice IT bill hits £2bn - Law & Policy - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com
		Funding for the government's criminal justice IT programme is to get an £800m boost, putting the total investment at £2bn.
		In its strategic plan for criminal justice from 2004 to 2008, the government has outlined how it plans to use leading edge technology to transform the detection of crime and management of offenders.
		But criminal justice IT plans have hit problems in the past few years, with money wasted on failed systems, and the report is open about the challenges still faced, with information having to be re-keyed into different systems as it travels between individual agencies, and a lack of access to email and internet systems
	management.silicon.com /government/0,39024677,39122421,00.htm (543 words)

	Judicial corporal punishment, UK, Nov 1947 - CORPUN ARCHIVE ukju4711
		In the Criminal Justice Bill, the text of which was issued yesterday, the Government propose to enact a series of penal reform measures which will make important changes in the treatment of juvenile and other offenders and in the administration of criminal justice and the prison system.
		The Bill reproduces a great part of the similar Bill which reached its committee stage in the House of Commons in the session of 1938-39, and was abandoned when the war began after its progress had been delayed by Conservative opposition to the proposed abolition of corporal punishment.
		The proposals in the Bill were not brought forward as the result of any sentimental regard for convicted persons, nor from any sentimental assumption, which had been disproved by the history of the last 150 years, that rigorous punishment was all that was necessary to safeguard society against criminal activity.
	www.corpun.com /ukju4711.htm (1286 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Criminal Justice Bill passed
		A motion in the name of Justice Minister Jim Wallace was passed with 71 votes for, none against and 15 abstentions.
		The bill's key proposals include measures to tackle sectarian behaviour, a ban on certain forms of physical punishment, longer sentences for wildlife criminals and new powers to tackle human trafficking.
		The SNP said many of the bill's provisions had been SNP policy for some time, including lifelong supervision for sex offenders and the rollout of special drugs courts, while the Tories described the legislation as "an opportunity lost".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/scotland/2782205.stm (607 words)

	'Criminalising dissent: ASBOs and the Criminal Justice Bill' - swp.ie - Socialist Worker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Criminalising dissent: ASBOs and the Criminal Justice Bill
		Most were later acquitted but if this latest bill had been law there is no doubt the police would have used it against both strikers and protesters.
		Not only does this bill attack our constitutional rights, obstruct justice and encourage an unaccountable police force it has at its root the criminalisation of dissent and disagreement.
	www.swp.ie /socialistworker/2005/sw242/socialistworker-242-7.htm (446 words)

	Criminal Justice Act 2003 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Criminal Justice Act 2003 is a wide-ranging Act of Parliament introduced to modernise many areas of the criminal justice system in England and Wales and, to a lesser extent, in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
		It amends the law relating to police powers, bail, disclosure, allocation of criminal offences, prosecution appeals, double jeopardy, hearsay, evidence of bad character, sentencing and release on licence.
		The regime set out in the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 was almost wholly replaced, even though it had only been passed three years previously and was itself coming slowly into force.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Criminal_Justice_Act_2003 (3434 words)

	UNISON Scotland Police Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill Response
		While UNISON Scotland does not in principle oppose the setting up of a single service authority to provide police support services we are disappointed to note that the proposals for the membership of the board do not take account of the large number of Police Staff whose employment would be transferred to the proposed agency.
		Unfortunately this Bill does not give detail on how the terms and conditions of staff would be affected during and after transition.
		The Bill does not state whether it will provide that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulation 1981 (TUPE) will apply in relation to the terms and conditions of staff whose functions transfer from one body to another.
	www.unison-scotland.org.uk /response/policepo.html (1257 words)

	RTE News - McDowell publishes Criminal Justice Bill
		The bill presents a package of anti-crime measures designed to enhance the powers of the gardaí.
		The measures include increased detention powers of up to 24 hours for arrestable offences and a provision on the admissibility of statements by witnesses who later refuse to testify or retract their original statements.
		Under the new bill, applicants for firearm certificates will be required to show satisfactory evidence that they have provided secure accommodation for the firearm.
	www.rte.ie /news/2004/0708/mcdowell.html (148 words)

	Military Education Benefits - Montgomery GI Bill - Criminal Justice Degree
		Jobs in Criminal Justice are expected to grow by an average of 23.5% by 2010, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
		The growing emphasis on homeland security has created an unprecedented demand for criminal justice and security professionals and an accelerated degree program can help you put your fingerprint on this growing employment trend.
		A Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice degree program is specifically targeted towards current law enforcement professional looking to climb the ranks or students considering a career change to the rapidly expanding field of Criminal Justice.
	www.gibill.com /criminaljustice.cfm (265 words)

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		The information is collected to identify any pattern or practice of misuse of sex offender registration information such as the commission of a criminal act against a registered sex offender or any attempt to falsely portray an individual as a sex offender.
		The Division of Criminal Justice Services collects information about registered sex offenders from the registration agency, which may be a court, a State or local correctional facility or a probation or parole agency, or from the sex offender directly.
		If you believe that any of the information found in these records is in error, please contact the Sex Offender Registry at the Division of Criminal Justice Services, 4 Tower Place, Albany, NY 12203-3764 or by E-mail.
	criminaljustice.state.ny.us /nsor/search_index.htm (875 words)

	Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 was an act of parliament brought into law by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
		EP was titled "Criminal Justice Bill?"; it consisted of about four minutes of silence.
		Commentators have seen the Act as a draconian piece of legislation which was "explicitly aimed at suppressing the activities of certain strands of alternative culture", the main targets being squatting, direct action, hunt sabotage and the free party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Criminal_Justice_and_Public_Order_Act_1994 (667 words)

	The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
		Simultaneously, the criminal justice system has often been criticized for giving an appearance of protecting the rights of the accused at the expense of these victims.
		The primary objectives of these initiatives have been to improve the treatment of victims by assisting them in the difficult process of recovering from the criminal act, and to support and facilitate them as their cases proceed through the criminal justice process.
		It is the general consensus of many experts in the field of criminal justice that the system consists of three primary components which are comprised of law enforcement, courts and corrections.
	www.state.ga.us /cjcc/billofrights.html (1573 words)

	Criminal Justice Bill - BLF Statement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Included in the governments proposals are measures to disclose previous convictions in court, greater use of hearsay evidence, changes to double jeopardy law, the introduction of a new "custody plus" sentence for short-term prisoners, and tougher sentences for violent and sex offenders.
		It is understandable to want to ensure justice when an acquittal has been called in doubt, however we believe that any relaxation of the bar on double jeopardy might result in repeated prosecutions of unpopular defendants to achieve a popular result.
		Contrary to popular perceptions, wrongful criminal convictions are a normal, everyday feature of the criminal justice system - the system doesn't just sometimes get it wrong, it gets it wrong everyday, of every week, of every month of every year.
	www.blacklondon.org.uk /news/cjb_statement.htm (1122 words)

	swp.ie - Campaigning against the Criminal Justice Bill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Public Order Act and this new Criminal Justice Bill is about increasing the control of the state over everyone, and especially over rebellious young people.
		Section 2 of the Criminal Law Act, 1997 provides, in part, that an "arrestable offence" is an offence for which a person of full capacity and not previously convicted may, under or by virtue of any enactment, be punished by imprisonment for a term of five years or a more severe penalty.
		In response to the eruption of the global justice and anti-capitalist movement onto the streets in Seattle in 1999 governments have had an undeclared war against civil liberties.
	www.swp.ie /html/criminal_injustice.htm (3235 words)

	Criminal Justice Bill will overhaul system
		A Criminal Justice Bill which aims to rebalance the criminal justice system in favour of victims, witnesses and communities has been published by Home Secretary David Blunkett.
		The Bill safeguards the central principles of the justice system: that a person is innocent until proven guilty and that jury trial is and should be the norm.
		Crime impacts most on the poorest members of society and reducing it and bringing offenders to justice efficiently and effectively is a matter of social justice.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/page1074.asp (474 words)

	Sinn Féin: Criminal Justice Bill regressive, disproportionate and unnecessary - Ó Snodaigh
		Criminal Justice Bill regressive, disproportionate and unnecessary - Ó Snodaigh
		Speaking today Deputy Ó Snodaigh said, "The Criminal Justice Bill 2004 is Minister McDowell's response to crime and anti-social behaviour.
		The Bill, if passed in its current form, will extend the powers of the Gardaí without safeguards or measures to ensure transparency and accountability.
	sinnfein.ie /gaelic/news/detail/14828 (453 words)

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