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Pre-Crime Detection Scanners Heighten Legal and Scientific Debates
Associating these actions with “…deception is a leap of gargantuan dimensions not supported by scientific evidence,” notes John Jay College of Criminal Justice psychology professor Maria Hartwig. [9] With the current US Supreme Court's decision on the
Updated: 11/17/2011 01:47A
U.S. Attorney reports collecting $85 million in criminal and court actions
This fiscal year $1.68 billion was collected in asset forfeiture actions and deposited into the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund and Department of Treasury Forfeiture Fund used to restore funds to crime victims and other law enforcement
Updated: 11/17/2011 01:38A
Ten Years After Aaron Webster's Death, What's Changed?
But the fight to include violence against transgender people in hate crime law continues. [Editor's note: This is the sixth and final article in a Tyee series about past crimes and unexpected consequences. Find an introduction to the series here.]
Updated: 11/17/2011 01:35A
Texas law on reporting child abuse tougher than Pennsylvania's
John Whitmire, D-Houston, chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. A Dallas Morning News survey of Texas universities also found that some now are reviewing their internal reporting procedures. Texas A&M President R. Bowen Loftin said
Updated: 11/17/2011 01:17A
Criminal barrister facing serious drug charges
The phone number for Wootton's West Auckland legal practice listed with the law society was disconnected this afternoon and he was not able to be reached for comment. Comeskey was suspended last year for nine months for professional misconduct for
Updated: 11/17/2011 01:11A
Morton Prosecutor Wrote the Book on Crime: Judge Ken Anderson as a prosecutor
At issue now is whether Anderson has lived up to his words – most specifically, whether he was the "right" person to serve as district attorney and prosecutor of Michael Morton, who was recently released from prison after DNA testing demonstrated that
Updated: 11/17/2011 01:06A
Racial hate crimes surge 39% in Phoenix
The FBI, which released the data earlier this week, classifies hate crimes in five categories that cover race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity and disability. Nearly every state, including Arizona, has a hate-crime law that allows the
Updated: 11/17/2011 01:05A
Texas executes convicted child rapist and murderer Guadalupe Esparza
There was blood on his clothing. Besides DNA evidence, a detention officer testified at trial that Esparza admitted to him he murdered the little girl. "To the family of Alyssa Vasquez, I hope you find peace," Esparza said shortly before his lethal
Updated: 11/17/2011 12:49A
He fought pot, now leads effort to make it legal here
For 90 minutes Wednesday, the former federal prosecutor from Seattle blasted drug laws as failed, antiquated policies that were a limitless cash machine for murderous organized-crime syndicates feeding America's seemingly bottomless appetite for
Updated: 11/17/2011 12:20A
Venue: Rappahannock Regional Criminal Justice Academy
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Updated: 11/17/2011 12:14A
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