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SJC to review new sex-convict notification legislation
8-4-2013 Massachusetts: A newly adopted law established this month to release information on moderate-risk sex offenders online is on hold until the state can determine whether it's fair and......
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Sheriff: White supremacists' kill claims 'bluster'
8-4-2013 South Carolina: Claims made by a white supremacist couple facing murder charges that they were involved with several different killings and other crimes across South Carolina have not......
View ArticleThe court sentenced the woman to a prison term of three to nine years on her...
A woman filed an appeal from the decision convicting her of the crimes of grand larceny in the second degree and in the fourth degree, forgery in the second degree and identity theft in the third...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court ruled that it was an abuse of discretion to impose a...
It was in the afternoon of July 17, 1973, the female complainant in this case entered the elevator at the first floor of her apartment building. She had a cast on her broken foot and was using...
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Somali Pirates Get Life, Holdout Jurors Reject Death
A federal jury in Virginia has rejected the Government's request for the death penalty in the case of the three remaining Somali pirates charged with killing Americans on their sailboat 40 miles off...
View ArticleIN: Defendant ticketed for expired tag couldn't have backpack searched when...
Defendant was ticketed for an expired tag on his car. He’d been handcuffed and his backpack was in the police car. He was unhandcuffed and was free to go, but not until the backpack was searched for...
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Ohio Inmate Kills Himself Days Before Execution
Billy Slagle has been on death row since his murder conviction in 1988. He was 18 at the time of the crime. His execution date was set for Tuesday. This morning, he was found hanged in his cell. He was...
View ArticleIt Will Be Our House
You buy an axe. The axe consists of two parts, a handle and a blade. After six months, the blade breaks and you replace it with another one. After another six months, the handle breaks and you replace...
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CO - Man wrongly convicted of rape, murder expected to get $1.2 million...
Original Article 08/04/2013 GRAND JUNCTION - A Mesa County man who inspired a new law compensating the wrongly convicted is nearing a monetary settlement with the state. The Daily Sentinel reports that...
View ArticleOpen Your Eyes and Act
Paul Virilio offers up this observation taken from an unknown science-fiction story: There are eyes everywhere. No blind spot left. What shall we dream of when everything becomes visible? We’ll dream...
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INDIA - Child abuse law can’t have retrospective effect
Wikipedia Original Article 08/04/2013 By Sunil Baghel Man accused of sexual abuse of his kids gets anticipatory bail as alleged offence was committed before the Protection of Children from Sexual...
View Article42-Year Sentence For Mastermind of $200 Million Ponzi Scheme
A California man that orchestrated a Ponzi scheme that took in more than $200 million from victims has been sentenced to a 42-year prison term. Shasta County Superior Court Judge Bradley Boeckman...
View ArticleThe Officer responded that he saw the defendant in the house on May 7, 1992
A Suffolk Cocaine Possession Lawyer said that this is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of Supreme Court, Suffolk County, rendered October 22, 1987, convicting him of criminal possession of a...
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DEA's Special Operations Division in Media Crosshairs
I'm delighted to see the media get on the case of the DEA Special Operations division. A secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts,...
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Hackers now stashing child pornography on business websites
Hackers Pirate Flag Original Article So is the FBI, based on these stories. 08/05/2013 By Arturo Garcia A new study from an online watchdog group shows a surge in complaints that hackers are...
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Broward Man Exonerated - 13 Years After Death
In April 1985, a horrific crime was committed. An 8-year-old girl was found unconscious in her Fort Lauderdale home. She had been raped, beaten, suffered an attempted strangling and was left for dead....
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Veteran's Court in Phoenix
In a recent, and very encouraging development, the city of Phoenix municipal court has started a Veteran's Court program. That is a program that is available only to veterans. To qualify, one must have...
View ArticleSaesee v. McDonald, No. 10-15895 (8-5-13)(Noonan with O'Scannlain and N. Smith). Petitioner's counsel, in a state murder case, gave an opening statement where he said that he was "counting" on a...
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View ArticleFla. Prosecutor Gets 2 Years’ Suspension for Improper Contacts With Judge
Florida judges acknowledge that “justice requires the appearance of justice.” And given some of the controversial verdicts coming out of the Sunshine State — Casey Anthony and George Zimmerman come to...
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