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FTC Picks Internet Privacy Expert for Senior Adviser
According to his biography on his website, Ohm is an Associate Professor who specializes in information privacy, computer crime law, intellectual property, and criminal procedure. Most of his published articles involve different legalities with regard
Updated: 05/21/2012 03:49P

2000 and Growing: Revealing Statistics in Exoneration Study
Someone who's served several years in prison gets released after DNA evidence either proves that he wasn't at the scene of the crime — or puts someone else there in his stead. It raises the question: Just how many exonerations (due to DNA evidence or
Updated: 05/21/2012 03:46P

'Sorry' isn't enough
More than 2000 Americans falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated during the past 23 years, according to a new data archive created by two law schools. The University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at
Updated: 05/21/2012 03:43P

'Sorry' isn't enough
More than 2000 Americans falsely convicted of serious crimes have been exonerated during the past 23 years, according to a new data archive created by two law schools. The University of Michigan Law School and the Center on Wrongful Convictions at
Updated: 05/21/2012 03:43P

Overreaching Feds Poised To Seize Motel
The government says the rooms were used to "facilitate" a crime. It does not say the Caswells knew or even that they were supposed to know what was going on in all their rooms all the time. Civil forfeiture law treats citizens worse than criminals,
Updated: 05/21/2012 03:37P

Overreaching Feds Poised To Seize Motel
The government says the rooms were used to "facilitate" a crime. It does not say the Caswells knew or even that they were supposed to know what was going on in all their rooms all the time. Civil forfeiture law treats citizens worse than criminals,
Updated: 05/21/2012 03:37P

New law database includes over 2000 wrongful convictions since 1989
Two universities have released what they say is the largest database of wrongful criminal convictions in the United States ever put together. It includes nearly 2000 cases since 1989. By Fox59 Two universities have released what they say is the largest
Updated: 05/21/2012 03:28P

New law database includes more than 2000 wrongful convictions since 1989
Two universities have released what they say is the largest database of wrongful criminal convictions in the United States ever put together. It includes nearly 2000 cases since 1989. By Fox59 Two universities have released what they say is the largest
Updated: 05/21/2012 03:28P

Davis Wright Tremaine | Jeffrey B. Coopersmith, Litigator Experienced with
Jeffrey B. Coopersmith, Litigator Experienced with White Collar Criminal Matters, Joins Davis Wright Tremaine LLP MAY 21, 2012 –Jeffrey B. Coopersmith, a former federal prosecutor with extensive experience defending clients in white collar criminal
Updated: 05/21/2012 03:19P

REGION: Grand jury praises local law enforcement for handling of extra inmates
The San Diego County Grand Jury released a report Monday praising local criminal justice officials for their approach to a new state law that sees far more convicted felons housed in county jails rather than state prison. "It is too early to tell what
Updated: 05/21/2012 03:04P