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Updated on October 29, 2020
Plan to introduce Eye Scan for Sex Offenders
The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office is reportedly becoming the first public agency in the Bay Area to force sex offenders to submit iris scanning. Many anticipate that this new strategy will jump-start debate regarding how police officials should be using …
Updated on October 29, 2020
Officials in South Carolina Fight over Parole
At the same time, the attorney general in South Carolina is pushing for an end to parole, the state’s prisons director is opposing an action he says will crowd the prison system and cost the state hundreds of …
Updated on October 29, 2020
Emergency E-mail System Created after Execution Controversy
An emergency e-mail system was created by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to deal with last-minute pleadings made on behalf of inmates facing imminent execution. The action was prompted by controversy over an execution carried out in September. …
Updated on October 29, 2020
Multiple Personality Disorder Cited in Murder Defense
The defense attorney for a man charged with two counts of first-degree murder claims that the man was incapable of “cool reflection”—which is necessary for a conviction—because he suffers from multiple personality disorder. Case “Simple” for Prosecutor John M. …
Updated on October 29, 2020
New DNA Evidence Could Help Convicted Killer
Defense attorneys are optimistic that new DNA evidence will help overturn the conviction of Damien Echols, a death row inmate accused of killing three boys in West Memphis more than a decade ago. According to lead defense attorney Dennis Riordan, …
Updated on October 29, 2020
Fingerprint Ruling May Have Broad Implications
A judge’s decision to bar fingerprint evidence in a Baltimore homicide trial could have far-reaching implications, according to some legal experts. The ruling is unprecedented, largely because fingerprints have been a crucial aspect of forensic science for nearly …
Updated on October 29, 2020
Rate of Domestic Violence Dramatically Drops
The number of domestic violence cases in the U.S. fell dramatically from 1993 to 2004, according to the Justice Department who also added that native Alaskan women and American Indian women face an increased risk of being victimized …
Updated on October 29, 2020
Legal Group: Death Penalty System in U.S. Flawed
The nation’s largest association of lawyers recently released a report citing serious problems with the death penalty system in the United States. A halt on executions is justified until issues of fairness and accuracy in capital punishment are reviewed, the …
Updated on October 29, 2020
Teen Sex Offender Released After Long Legal Battle
A controversial teen sex offense case came to a conclusion today after the Georgia Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that Genarlow Wilson be released from prison. According to the court, Wilson’s sentence violated the constitutional ban against “cruel and unusual” …
