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![Former cop faces criminal probe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Former cop faces criminal probe
Police Commissioner Howard Broad has launched a new criminal investigation into the behaviour of the police's former national manager of professional standards, Jon Moss.
![Offender levy kicks in Thursday](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Offender levy kicks in Thursday
New on-the-spot orders will allow police to remove an alleged offender from a home for up to five days to "calm things down".
![Man alleged to have threatened to kill John Key awaits verdict](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Man alleged to have threatened to kill John Key awaits verdict
A jury has been reassured about the state of mind of Mark Stafford Feary after it asked a question during verdict deliberations in court.
![Rugby star faces knife charge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Rugby star faces knife charge
A Super 14 rugby star has been charged with a domestic violence incident involving a knife and given name suppression.
![Tui billboards headed for the axe](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tui billboards headed for the axe
Irreverent Tui billboards will survive even if liquor laws are reviewed the way the Law Commission envisages: Yeah, Right.
![Increase in alcohol excise tax 'extremely unlikely' - Power](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Increase in alcohol excise tax 'extremely unlikely' - Power
The Govt says it's likely to reject a recommendation to lift alcohol prices.
![RWC safe from liquor law changes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
RWC safe from liquor law changes
Closing times at 4am could put a dampener on RWC festivities but the Government says any changes would likely come in after 2011.
![David Bain's compensation test revealed](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
David Bain's compensation test revealed
David Bain will have to meet an "extraordinary circumstances" test in his bid for compensation for wrongful conviction.
![Minister orders review of 'greater good' defence](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Minister orders review of 'greater good' defence
Simon Power orders a law review after three men successfully used a "greater good" defence to justify extensively damaging the Waihopai spybase.
![Competency tests for legal aid lawyers under reforms](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Competency tests for legal aid lawyers under reforms
New Government reforms of the legal aid system include steps to monitor the competency of legal aid lawyers.
![UN 'out of touch' on tasers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
UN 'out of touch' on tasers
The Police Association says the United Nations Human Rights Committee is out of touch, after it criticised police adoption of Tasers.
![Child sex tours put into three strikes law](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Child sex tours put into three strikes law
People who travel overseas to have sex with children will face a "strike" towards life imprisonment under new proposals that widen the net of the three strikes bill.