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Burke suspect escapes Florida police
“Laws is racking up additional criminal charges in multiple counties and now in two states,” Whisenant said. “Laws puts innocent citizens in harm's way with his criminal activity and costs taxpayers considerable funds.” Prison records show Laws has
Updated: 03/19/2012 02:56P

Mexico Takes a Big Step Forward in Protecting Professional and Citizen Journalists
Reporters are routinely threatened, attacked, and killed if they report on crime. Local law enforcement is often in the cartels' pockets, leaving journalists with little protection. Over the past three years, Mexico has climbed to number 8 on the
Updated: 03/19/2012 02:43P

Mexico Takes a Big Step Forward in Protecting Professional and Citizen Journalists
Reporters are routinely threatened, attacked, and killed if they report on crime. Local law enforcement is often in the cartels' pockets, leaving journalists with little protection. Over the past three years, Mexico has climbed to number 8 on the
Updated: 03/19/2012 02:43P

DNA Databank Expansion Signed Into Law
Albany, NY- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill that requires DNA samples be collected from anyone convicted of a felony and certain misdemeanors. This makes New York State the first “all crimes DNA” state in the nation.
Updated: 03/19/2012 02:39P

Cuomo Signs Law to Expand New York's DNA Databank
By WKBW News Albany, NY (WKBW release) -- New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo joined by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on Monday signed into law a historic bill that makes New York State the first "all crimes DNA"
Updated: 03/19/2012 02:38P

Cuomo, thronged by crimestoppers, signs DNA bill
Andrew Cuomo signed a bill expanding the state's DNA database to include misdemeanors in addition to felonies. Left out of that list of crimes: first-offense misdemeanor marijuana possession, a crime that Assemblywoman Barbara Cooke noted scoops up a
Updated: 03/19/2012 02:34P

Andrew Cuomo Makes It Official: Being Loud In Church Could Land Your DNA On
19 2012 at 2:17 PM ?With a few flicks of his pen, Governor Andrew Cuomo this morning signed off on a new law that makes being too loud in church -- and various other supposed "crimes" -- a criminal offense that will land an offender's DNA on a
Updated: 03/19/2012 02:26P

Law students rally for Trayvon Martin
(WOFL FOX 35) - Florida members of the Black Law Students Association and other protesters held a rally on Monday morning. The rally that they're calling "Stand for Justice," was held outside the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center in honor of
Updated: 03/19/2012 02:21P

Bloggings on Immigration Law
immigration consequences for non-US citizens, a number of recent cases in federal courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals (the Department of Justice's immigration court) have questioned which crimes may result in deportation or inadmissibility.
Updated: 03/19/2012 02:06P

Double Jeopardy Prevents Conviction for Criminal Threats Involving Rottweiler
Dale Wensigner was charged with two counts of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury (Penal Code § 245(a)(1)) and three counts of making criminal threats (Penal Code § 422). Double Jeopardy Prevents Conviction for Criminal
Updated: 03/19/2012 02:03P