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Odor sensor could help find decomposing bodies

Posted on August 29, 2008
Cadaver dogs searched for more than two days but could not find the body of a young woman who disappeared in 2000 while jogging in a Nashville park. A day later, a searcher spotted the body in a place the...

DNA taint found on gun in officer shooting case

Posted on August 29, 2008
A city crime lab employee left his own DNA on the pistol police say was used to kill an off-duty Baltimore detective, indicating that a recently discovered problem with contamination at the lab may be more widespread than officials originally...

Cincinnati ron right track

Posted on August 28, 2008
U.S. District Judge Susan Dlott praised the Cincinnati Police Department for improved relations with the community on Tuesday while presiding over the last hearing of the Collaborative Agreement. Dlott said outside monitoring of the department will end with one final...

Lawyers in Supreme Court Gun Case Ask for $3.5 Million in Fees

Posted on August 28, 2008
The lawyers who defeated Washington, D.C.'s handgun ban in the Supreme Court, successfully arguing that Americans have an individual right to arm themselves, want about $3.5 million for their trouble, according to a motion for attorney fees and costs filed...

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IMPD tries out DNA swabs on guns

Posted on August 28, 2008
Indianapolis metropolitan police will be testing a new tool that will allow officers to gather DNA from handguns at a crime scene. During the next six months, officers will be using the Trigger ID device to swab guns before they...

DOJ Responds to Privilege Ruling in Congress' U.S. Attorney Investigation

Posted on August 28, 2008
Congress and the Bush administration headed for a pre-election showdown Wednesday over executive privilege, with House Democrats scheduling a hearing that would put a key administration figure under oath and the Justice Department mapping a last-ditch court appeal...

Cards could help uncover cold case clues

Posted on August 27, 2008
TROY, New York (CNN) -- While inmates in jails across New York pass the time by playing card games -- poker, gin rummy and solitaire -- they may also be helping crack cold cases. The idea is simple: Each of...

Ethics Of Criminal Investigations

Posted on August 27, 2008
Talk of the Nation, August 14, 2008 � The recent anthrax investigation has brought to light the aggressive tactics of the FBI. It brought on questions about how far investigations should go and whether hardball tactics should remain legal. Guest:...

Panel reviews law for teen criminals

Posted on August 27, 2008
At a time when two studies question the validity of a state law that placed all 17-year-old criminal offenders in adult court, a committee of state legislators and other stakeholders has begun reviewing whether the law should be changed. The...

Unique investigative agency tackles NYC corruption

Posted on August 26, 2008
NEW YORK ? A little-known law enforcement agency -- the only one of its kind in the country -- has been behind some of the most sensational headlines to hit New York City over the last several years. The city's...

Authorities seek programs for youths to reduce violence

Posted on August 26, 2008
At 14, Javier Quiroz was starting to take pride in his appearance. He liked to wear nice clothes, and his hair was rarely out of place. He played soccer and swam with friends, and he worked part time at a...

Afghan Opium Harvest Down?

Posted on August 26, 2008
Afghanistan?s opium harvest has dropped from last year?s record high, the United Nations announced Tuesday, contending that the tide of opium that engulfed Afghanistan in ever rising harvests since 2001 was finally showing signs of ebbing. ?The opium floodwaters in...

Lawyers Conned by Internet Scam

Posted on August 26, 2008
Atlanta securities lawyer Gregory Bartko said he is the victim of an Internet fraud scheme that is apparently targeting law firms throughout the country and the banks where lawyers have their escrow accounts. As a result, Bartko is now a...

Stick to your guns, Joe

Posted on August 26, 2008
DENVER ? It was on July 23 last year in Charleston, S.C., that Joe Biden really showed what he is made of. It was at a Democratic debate ? one of approximately 700 or 800, as I recall ? that...

Our View: A question of judgment

Posted on August 25, 2008
Normally we don't give much credence to allegations hurled by candidates at their opponents during a political campaign. That said, the accusations from Peoria County State's Attorney Kevin Lyons that challenger Darin LaHood acted improperly and perhaps unethically by injecting...

Execution delayed to test inmate's competency

Posted on August 25, 2008
HUNTSVILLE ? A federal judge on Thursday delayed the execution of a condemned Texas inmate so he can be tested to determine whether he's mentally competent to understand why he would be put to death. Jeffery Wood was set to...

Crack Resentencing Controversy Comes Before 11th Circuit

Posted on August 25, 2008
Today, two of the most controversial issues in sentencing law -- the length of sentences for crack cocaine offenders and judges' ability to go outside the federal sentencing guidelines -- will intersect in arguments at a federal appeals court panel...

Professor Steiker University of Texas Austin

Posted on August 24, 2008
Jordan M Steiker Cooper K. Ragan Regents Professor JD 1988, Harvard BA 1984, Wesleyan University Professor Steiker joined the faculty in 1990 after serving as a law clerk to Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States Supreme Court. He teaches...

LAPD ordered to mediate race profiling cases

Posted on August 23, 2008
Acknowledging that racial profiling exists among some LAPD officers but is almost impossible to prove, the Los Angeles Police Commission ordered the department on Tuesday to create a mediation process that allows citizens to confront cops they accuse of targeting...

Education In A Crime Control Frame

Posted on August 22, 2008
Framing matters, especially when it comes to news. And today we witnessed a very interesting framing strategy on the education front. A national organization called Fight Crime: Invest in Kids is pushing a new study showing that a ten percent...

Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran's in the jailhouse now

Posted on August 22, 2008
Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran walked into the county jail in Waukegan on Wednesday wearing a gray suit and necktie, but before long he changed into the outfit he'll wear for the next week: a navy blue inmate uniform and...

City crime lab director fired

Posted on August 22, 2008
Baltimore crime analysts have been contaminating evidence with their own DNA - a revelation that led to the dismissal this week of the city Police Department's crime lab director and prompted questions yesterday from defense attorneys and forensic experts about...

Study finds adult court promotes recidivism

Posted on August 21, 2008
Wisconsin?s tough-on-crime policy of placing 17-year-old criminal offenders in adult court is a failed experiment that only increases the likelihood the teens will commit more crimes, according to a study released Tuesday. The study by the Wisconsin Council on Children...

Inmates Counseled on Voting Rights

Posted on August 21, 2008
Many former felons don't know they can vote in Texas. That's why Steve Huerta visits jails, telling visitors the laws have changed. ?We don't want more people to necessarily vote Democrat or Republican. We want them to vote the way...

Sex crime registry may add juveniles

Posted on August 20, 2008
Tennessee's failure to include sex offenses by juveniles on its public sex offender registry could start costing the state federal money in 2009. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Kristin Helm said the agency is going to "wholeheartedly push" to have...

'A Lot of People Just Don't Take the Basic Precautions'

Posted on August 20, 2008
At the end of the Black Hat hacker convention in Las Vegas this month, James Finch, head of the FBI's Cyber Division, sat down for an interview about crime and the Internet. About 4,000 people gathered at the annual convention...

College presidents seek debate on lower drinking age; critics say highway deaths would rise

Posted on August 20, 2008
College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus...

Letters from federal prisoners going electronic

Posted on August 20, 2008
MIAMI (AP) ? When Melvin Garcia was sent to prison almost a decade ago for racketeering, he had never used a computer. Now he sends 50 e-mails a month from a federal prison in West Virginia, punctuating notes with emoticons....

Prison factories produce a range of items, including hope

Posted on August 19, 2008
HUNTINGDON, Pa. -- Wanted: Convicted felons with good behavior, for part-time jobs making Big House products at state prison workshops. Opportunities available in printing, textiles and soap making. Salary range -- 19 to 42 cents per hour, with bonuses up...

U.S. May Ease Police Spy Rules

Posted on August 19, 2008
The Justice Department has proposed a new domestic spying measure that would make it easier for state and local police to collect intelligence about Americans, share the sensitive data with federal agencies and retain it for at least 10 years....

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