Contra Costa County Deputy Public Defender II examination opens on June 6, 2012 to June 29, 2012. Please view the Job Announcement and Supplemental Questionnaire (link directly below to the PDF document). 2012-June-Contra-Costa-County-DPD-II-Job-Announcement-Supplement
The New York Times – By THOMAS KAPLAN – June 3, 2012 Wading into the debate over stop-and-frisk police tactics, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to ask legislators on Monday for a change in New York …
The New York Times – By JIM DWYER – June 5, 2012 On Tuesday afternoon, a 51-year-old black man was led into Manhattan Criminal Court to be arraigned on a charge that he broke a law …
Cal/OSHA announced that it is investigating two suspected heat related deaths in the construction and agriculture industries that occurred over the past month. This…
by Al Menaster, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office PUNISHMENT FOR GANG CRIME AND SUBSTANTIVE FELONY BARRED The substantive gang crime, PC 186.22(a), requires gang membership but also an act which promotes, …
The Huffington Post – June 6, 2012 – SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon doesn’t mince words when it comes to the war on drugs. “It has been a failure,” he told The …
Interpol and the United Nations have joined forces to launch an initiative to tackle global forest crime.
WY: Gov. Asks Feds to Fast-Track Grizzly Delisting
MEXICO CITY, Jun 7, 2012 (IPS) – Small farmers in Mexico, who receive little institutional support, are drawing on their traditional knowledge to deal with and adapt to climate change, experts say.
ScienceDaily (June 7, 2012) – A new scientific study has identified two distinct populations of white shark at the east and west of Bass Strait in Australian waters, prompting researchers to suggest the huge fish may need regional conservation plans.
