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Forfeited to Oregon Law Enforcement in 2011: $1.8 Million in Cars, Trucks
Under Oregon law, in most cases, police must be able to charge a crime before seizing assets. Some exceptions exist, for example where there is a previous pattern of crime. The proceeds are distributed according to a formula that sends percentages to:
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:30P
Study: About 2000 convicted, then exonerated
Two universities have released what they say is the largest database of criminal exonerations in the United States ever put together. The registry was painstakingly assembled by the law schools at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University.
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:19P
Study: About 2000 convicted, then exonerated
Two universities have released what they say is the largest database of criminal exonerations in the United States ever put together. The registry was painstakingly assembled by the law schools at the University of Michigan and Northwestern University.
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:19P
HIPAA Criminal Penalties – Defendant May Be Found Guilty without “Knowledge
by Mintz Levin - Health Law on 5/21/2012 Individuals who access protected health information without authorization may be found guilty of a misdemeanor even if they lack knowledge that their actions are illegal. On May 10, the US Court of Appeals for
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:17P
George Will: Call it robbery by government
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 05:08P
Government Thuggery In Massachusetts And Beyond
The Caswells are represented by the Institute for Justice, a libertarian public-interest law firm. IJ explains that civil forfeiture is a proceeding in which property is said to have acted wrongly. This was useful long ago against pirates,
Updated: 05/21/2012 04:49P
Law and Order Porter County
A man told police it was a shortcut to drive through the playground of Aylesworth Elementary School, 5910 Central Ave., after an officer reportedly witnessed the act at about 3:15 am Sunday. Scott Murphy, 27, of Portage, was arrested for misdemeanor
Updated: 05/21/2012 04:47P
What causes wrongful convictions? Lies, mistaken eyewitnesses top the list.
The number is tiny compared with the hundreds of millions of criminal cases handled over the same period, says Samuel Gross, a University of Michigan law professor and lead author. The figure is based on formal decisions by courts or executive officers
Updated: 05/21/2012 04:45P
Ex-student in Rutgers webcam case gets 30-day jail sentence
the first part of the legal odyssey in an unusual, emotional and tragic case dealing with the consequences of bad decisions by young people in the Internet age — but certainly not ending the debate surrounding New Jersey's tough hate-crimes laws.
Updated: 05/21/2012 04:44P
Holy See eyes legal action over continued 'Vatileaks'
Last month, Pope Benedict established a special commission of three cardinals, chaired by the Spanish Cardinal Julian Herranz, to investigate the source of the internal leaks. “The Holy See will continue to explore the different implications of these
Updated: 05/21/2012 04:19P
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