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Flash, Jill and others present news clips from the media. Let the newshawks program the VCR so you don't have to!
Flash, Jill and others present news clips from the media. Let the newshawks program the VCR so you don't have to!
Alleged Police Torture Cannot Be Prosecuted
Report Released Wednesday Alleged Abuse Of 192 Men 19 Jul 2006 (CBS) CHICAGO A report released Wednesday says there is evidence that Chicago Police mistreated suspects under former Cmdr. Jon Burge, but the crimes are too old to prosecute.Special prosecutors Robert D. Boyle and Edward J. Egan released their long-awaited report on allegations that Chicago homicide detectives in the 1970s and 1980s tortured African-American men in interrogation rooms.
B.C. men who dug drug tunnel to U.S. sentenced
16 Jul 2006 U.S. district attorneys said three British Columbia men hoped to make more than $100,000 a day smuggling marijuana through a cross-border tunnel. Instead, the men will spend nine years in prison.Francis Raj, 31, Timothy Woo, 35 and Jonathan Valenzuela, 28, received the sentence Friday in a Seattle courtroom
180 pounds of marijuana seized at border
12 Jul 2006 The Jefferson County Sheriff's Department seized 180 pounds of marijuana at the border.Sheriff John Burns said a suspicious tractor trailer was pulled over at US Customs Monday.
Officials said the marijuana has a street value of about $800,000.
Medical marijuana ordinance passes
12 Jul 2006 BAKERSFIELD - Kern County Supervisors have approved an ordinance that will give sheriff’s deputies the power to view the sales records of businesses that dispense medical marijuana.The new ordinance will also allow deputies, who have a warrant, to find out the names of the patients using the drug.
Originally, the sheriff department wanted access to all patient and financial records, as well as information on firearms being kept in the pot dispensaries.
ACLU backs CA's medical marijuana law
08 Jul 2006 The American Civil Liberties Union is stepping in to defend California's medical marijuana law in the wake of Thursday's raids of medical marijuana dispensaries in San Diego. The ACLU is asking the state court to force San Diego to comply with the state law. KPBS reporter Amy Isackson has details.California voters passed Proposition 215 a decade ago. It allows sick and dying patients to grow and use marijuana for medical purposes
RCMP seize 22.5 tonnes of hashish in sting
07 Jul 2006 A successful international operation off the coast of Angola has prevented 22.5 tonnes of hashish from entering Canada, the RCMP says.After receiving a tip 18 months ago, RCMP in Montreal and Halifax launched 'Operation Chabanel' -- an investigation that reached all the way to the African country.
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