CRIME NEWS (Crime)

1st District candidates weigh in on crime, city finances
Journal Times
RACINE — Racine's 1st Aldermanic District stretches south from the State
Street Bridge to the end of the Gateway Technical College campus, and west
from the lakefront along Festival Hall and Pershing Park to beyond City
Hall. It includes the entirety ...

Crime branch officials question kin of Sandhya Singh
Times of India
NAVI MUMBAI: The Navi Mumbai crime branch officials on Saturday called the
family members of Sandhya Singh, whose skeletal remains were found near a
marsh next to Palm Beach Road, to their CBD headquarters for questioning.
However, the police are ...

Officer with anti-crime plan honored
By Kim Vallez
An Albuquerque officer was honored Friday for helping a neighborhood fight
back against crime.

Decreased Funding, Increased Crime: How Kasich failed Conneaut ...
By Joseph
At first, it seemed Kasich was going out on a limb to live up to his
promise: he and the legislature went so far as to change state law to allow
the Ohio State Highway Patrol to investigate crimes at the prison. But once
the transfer happened, ...

Government ready to review sexual crime ordinance
Hindustan Times
After the Union cabinet approved an ordinance to effect changes in laws
against sexual crimes, the government on Saturday said it was open to
consultation and changes after women's groups urged the President not to
sign it. "Justice (JS) Verma ...

Teens in southeast Qld crime spree
The Australian
Members of the public saw the crime unfolding and used their cars to block
in the stolen car until the police arrived. The 14-year-old boy from Inala
was caught in the driver's seat and detained by officers at the scene. He
was charged with nine offences.

Rape is not a crime, it is surprise sex: Sunny Leone
Times of India
The adult-star Sunny Leone is in news again. Recently, she tweeted a
controversial rape comment on micro-blogging site Twitter. The
Indo-Canadian lady tweeted, "Rape is not a crime, it is surprise sex".
However, she soon realized her mistake and ...

A helping hand for victims of crime
The West Australian
The State Government has committed more than $1 million to create a victims
of crime commissioner in WA and will spend $3 million on other support
services over four years. "This is long overdue," Colin Barnett said
yesterday. "A true justice system is ...

Crime lab backlogs weighing down court system
Austin American-Statesman
A mounting backlog of samples awaiting testing at the Austin Police
Department crime lab is causing unprecedented delays in the resolution of
criminal cases, preventing some from going forward for at least six months
and stressing an already bustling ...

Don't sign sexual crime ordinance: Women activists to Prez
Hindustan Times
Some women's organisations on Saturday urged the President Pranab Mukherjee
not to sign the ordinance on criminal law amendments passed by the union
Cabinet to deal with sexual crimes. "The ordinance is a complete betrayal
of the people's faith.

A different kind of crime showOttawa Citizen
He said the show forces the viewer to try to figure out why the person
committed the crime. “You can't turn away from it. That's what I really
like about it. I find it very engaging to find out the next step of what
happened and that's also what makes ...