“Those two guys came out of nowhere, made everyone go to the corner,” the bagboy said/. Also, according to the bagboy, one of the masked men took the clerk working at the time, Celeste Turner, to the register. During the investigation, investigators found that the store only had two surveillance cameras, one over the register and one in the loading docks. After all the damage, the robbery left five dead bodies, including one police officer, two customers and the gunmen. Story 2 Las Vegas, NV— Officer involved in grocery store shooting is put on leave Officer Frank Fromanski has been going through questioning from Internal affairs this week, about his connection in last Monday’s grocery story robbery.
Watergate Scandal LaToya R. Williams History 145 January 5, 2012 Watergate Scandal "Five Held in Plot to Bug Democratic Offices Here," said the headline at the bottom of page one in the Washington Post on Sunday, June 18, 1972. The story reported that a team of burglars had been arrested inside the offices of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate office complex in Washington. (Lewis, 1972, pA01) This was the opening line to the Washington Post newspaper after the men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters of the Watergate complex. This signified the beginning of political scandal widely known as the Watergate scandal. The Watergate scandal included the president’s staff as
Some 60 people have been prosecuted and more than 160 children have been identified as victims and rescued, officials said. At the sentencing hearing on Tuesday, Portway's attorney, Richard Sweeney, said his client was "sick" and should be punished, but added that he had only "immersed himself in a world of fantasy on the Internet" and never intended to carry out any plans to harm children. Portway, wearing a brown prison uniform, glasses and white sneakers, did not speak during the sentencing. He was sentenced to 320 months in prison, and will be deported to the UK after he completes his term. He was also ordered to pay $3,000 each to five unnamed victims whose images were found on his
The Three (3) Most Important Lessons America Learned From the Watergate Scandal “What is morally wrong can never be politically right” (Zeifman 210). This was said by President Abraham Lincoln and can be applied to many aspects of our American culture, most notably the controversial Watergate Affair. On June 17, 1972, five men attempting to break into and wiretap the Democratic National Committee offices located in the Watergate complex were apprehended by the police. These five gentlemen along with two other accomplices were tried and convicted in January 1973. These seven men were either directly or indirectly employees of President Nixon’s re-election committee and many persons, including the trial judge, John J. Sirica, suspected a conspiracy involving higher-level government officials.
Prisons are overcrowded and the cost to incarcerate and maintain them is very high (Kouri). However, the opposing side believes “Illegal Alien” is not a legal term. An Alien is defined as anyone who is not a citizen or national of the United States. For some, the use of the term “illegal alien” is likely based on misconception that an immigrant´s very presence in the United States is a criminal violation of law. While the act of entering to the country without inspection is a federal misdemeanor, and for repeat offenders could be a felony, the status of being presence in the United States while being out of status is a civil infraction, not a criminal
One of the problems is booking in and putting away of the stock, as this is new the guns do not seem to be fully compatible with the Duty Management system in place already, this in turn is causing system errors, stock not recording correctly, Po’s (which are programs that allow you to see what stock has been delivered and enable you to correctly book in stock onto the duty management system, these are generated by the customer) not being excepted on the Guns, not being able to shut down Po’s once opened. This has made booking in very difficult and long winded. Also one major problem as well is that the Guns are losing signal strength due to either all the metal in the building as we have mezzanine floors or the signal boxes are not in the correct place and not the correct
Leonard Birts ENF 234 Computers in Law Enforcement October 30, 2011 The growing danger from crimes committed against computers, or against information on computers, is beginning to claim attention all around the world. This lack of legal protection means that businesses and governments must rely solely on technical measures to protect themselves from those who would steal, deny access to, or destroy valuable information. Self-protection, while essential, is not sufficient to make cyberspace a safe place to conduct business. Countries where legal protections are inadequate will become increasingly less able to compete in the new economy. As cybercrime increasingly breaches national borders, nations perceived as havens run the risk of having
Different areas had different standards where one area would decide to tick off another may choose to prosecute. The police were allowing too many weak cases to go to court, this lead to judge directed releases and not enough preparation time for cases as in R v Lawrence. It was the total non-existence of uniformity on which the Commission elected on total restructuring on prosecutions, and recommended the formation of a new independent prosecuting authority as an Act of Parliament. The term prosecution is stated
“False Confessions … The Unfortunate Truth” “False Confessions … The Unfortunate Truth” Rick Riso Interviewing & Interrogation / Topic Paper Argosy University – Los Angeles Professor David Campbell November 2010 In today’s criminal justice system, even though legislation exists which attempts to minimize things like unjustified arrests, unwarranted prosecution and even wrongful convictions, there is cumulative evidence of false confessions which continue to present troublesome legal issues. Not only is there presently no official way to monitor the increased frequency of what some have referred to as “police-induced” false confessions, but an apparent disregard for this growing problem as well as the corresponding increase in wrongful convictions which have occurred as a result. The substantial loss to individuals as well as to society as a result of these false confessions has yet to be calculated but it
The government hopes to also gain the two hotels involved in the crime, sell them, and gain money for taxpayers (Barr). Unfortunately business owners aren’t the only citizens that neglect to report illegal immigrants, such as those in favor of illegal immigration. Those who disregard the law only undermine the policies set forth by the American government and ultimately hinder the enforcement of said laws. Here lies the biggest problem of present-day immigration, the United States government simply does not have the capacity to fully implement and uphold the current policies and laws that it has put in place. From massive borders to disobedient citizens, the United States government is unable to enforce their own policies of immigration.