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  Category: Department of Justice


Biden Urges Congress to Increase Federal Funding for Victims of Crime

Department of Justice | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2012

51 Attorneys General propose raising spending cap on Crime Victims Fund Wilmington – Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and his colleagues in 50 states and territories urged Congress this week to increase support for victim services through a federal grant program that provide essential funding for state and local victim assistance programs.  In a joint […]




Jury Recommends Death Sentence For Convicted Murderer James Cooke

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, May 3, 2012

Wilmington – Today a New Castle County Superior Court jury recommended, in a vote of 11 – 1, that James Cooke received a death sentence for the rape and murder of University of Delaware student Lindsay Bonistall in her off-campus apartment in Newark, Delaware.  On April 13th, after a trial that lasted five weeks the […]




Jury Recommends Death Sentence For Convicted Murderer James Cooke

Department of Justice | Date Posted: Thursday, May 3, 2012

Wilmington – Today a New Castle County Superior Court jury recommended, in a vote of 11 – 1, that James Cooke received a death sentence for the rape and murder of University of Delaware student Lindsay Bonistall in her off-campus apartment in Newark, Delaware.  On April 13th, after a trial that lasted five weeks the […]




Biden Warns Motorists Of Dangers of Distracted Driving

Department of Justice | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Joins Federal, State Officials To Call For Safer Driving on Inaugural Stop the Texts Day Wilmington – Citing the alarming statistic that a majority of young drivers admit to texting while behind the wheel, Attorney General Beau Biden today joined the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, State Attorneys General and Consumer Protection Agencies, and the […]




Biden Urges Delawareans To “Take Back” Unneeded Prescription and Over-The-Counter Drugs

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, April 27, 2012

Attorney General’s Office to Sponsor 3 Sites in Free Statewide Initiative Tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.   Wilmington – Noting that in 2009 7 million Americans 12 years of age and older abused prescription drugs for non-medical reasons, Attorney General Beau Biden urged Delaware consumers to participate in tomorrow’s free statewide prescription drug […]







  Category: Department of Justice

Biden Urges Congress to Increase Federal Funding for Victims of Crime

Department of Justice | Date Posted: Wednesday, May 9, 2012

51 Attorneys General propose raising spending cap on Crime Victims Fund Wilmington – Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden and his colleagues in 50 states and territories urged Congress this week to increase support for victim services through a federal grant program that provide essential funding for state and local victim assistance programs.  In a joint […]




Jury Recommends Death Sentence For Convicted Murderer James Cooke

Criminal Division | Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, May 3, 2012

Wilmington – Today a New Castle County Superior Court jury recommended, in a vote of 11 – 1, that James Cooke received a death sentence for the rape and murder of University of Delaware student Lindsay Bonistall in her off-campus apartment in Newark, Delaware.  On April 13th, after a trial that lasted five weeks the […]




Jury Recommends Death Sentence For Convicted Murderer James Cooke

Department of Justice | Date Posted: Thursday, May 3, 2012

Wilmington – Today a New Castle County Superior Court jury recommended, in a vote of 11 – 1, that James Cooke received a death sentence for the rape and murder of University of Delaware student Lindsay Bonistall in her off-campus apartment in Newark, Delaware.  On April 13th, after a trial that lasted five weeks the […]




Biden Warns Motorists Of Dangers of Distracted Driving

Department of Justice | Date Posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Joins Federal, State Officials To Call For Safer Driving on Inaugural Stop the Texts Day Wilmington – Citing the alarming statistic that a majority of young drivers admit to texting while behind the wheel, Attorney General Beau Biden today joined the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, State Attorneys General and Consumer Protection Agencies, and the […]




Biden Urges Delawareans To “Take Back” Unneeded Prescription and Over-The-Counter Drugs

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Friday, April 27, 2012

Attorney General’s Office to Sponsor 3 Sites in Free Statewide Initiative Tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.   Wilmington – Noting that in 2009 7 million Americans 12 years of age and older abused prescription drugs for non-medical reasons, Attorney General Beau Biden urged Delaware consumers to participate in tomorrow’s free statewide prescription drug […]