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New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library

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Los Angeles County Wants Hospital For Mentally Ill Youth in Custody

Posted on December 23, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, December 23, 2008. "In a move to improve mental health care in its troubled juvenile justice system, Los Angeles County probation officials want to build a 70-bed hospital to treat the most seriously ill youths in custody, reports the Los Angeles Times...

Florida Threatens Tough Gun Violence Penalties, Rarely Imposes Them

Posted on December 23, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, December 23, 2008. "Florida threatens criminals with up to life in prison if they use a gun, but few suspects in Orange County get tough mandatory penalties even as the campaign to end gun violence enters its 10th year, reports the Orlando Sentinel...

Facial Recognition Software Leads to Washington Conviction

Posted on December 23, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, December 23, 2008. "ATM images of a forgery and theft suspect were e- mailed to Steve Wilkins at the Pierce County, Wa., Sheriff's Department. He picked the clearest one and used new facial-recognition software to compare it to 16 years' worth of prisoner mug shots taken at jail...

States Balk At Adam Walsh Act to Keep Track of Sex Offenders

Posted on December 23, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, December 23, 2008. :An effort to create uniform nationwide standards for how to keep track of sex offenders has stalled largely because states can't or won't pay the costs, the Dallas Morning News reports. Texas legislators must decide whether to comply with a new federal law that came without funding, or to stick with existing state statutes...

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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines December 23, 2008

Posted on December 23, 2008
Source: NLJ.COM, December 23, 2008. Subscription needed for online access: http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THIS WEEK'S ISSUE | A law firm sells itself by not really selling itself"Lightfoot, Franklin & White is a law firm that is notable for what it lacks: a full-service marketing and business development department...

List of Selected U.S. Documents from Gallerywatch.com

Posted on December 23, 2008
Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reporrts, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. Documents listed are accessible through subscription to the GalleryWatch...

New Jersey Law Journal Top Stories December 22, 2008

Posted on December 23, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to the New Jersey Law Journal News Alert Service you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed. The Long Arm of Eminent Domain Reaches Into Neighboring Town" Giving a novel twist to the debate on government takings, a town in Bergen County is trying to condemn property half a mile beyond its border in a municipality next door...

New York Law Journal: Decisions of Interest December 22, 2008

Posted on December 22, 2008
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New York Law Journal: Featured Columnists December 22, 2008

Posted on December 22, 2008
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New York Law Journal Lead Articles December 22, 2008

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights December 22, 2008

Posted on December 22, 2008
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More States Put Crime Records Online, Worrying Civil Libertarians

Posted on December 22, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News, /emDecember 22, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2Vermont's searchable online criminal record database, launched last week, is among about 20 operated by various states, reports the Associated Press...

Chicago Nears 500 Homicides For First Time in Five Years

Posted on December 22, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News, /emDecember 22, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2Brought to Chicago from the FBI to improve the image of a scandal-plagued Chicago Police Department, Jody Weis saw his first year as superintendent dominated by a substantial rise in violent crime, reports the Chicago Tribune...

Economy Changes Priorities For Baltimore Crime Fighting Tools

Posted on December 22, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News,/em December 22, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2Three years ago, the Baltimore Police Department's Marine Unit was viewed as an indispensable crime- fighting tool, reports the city's Sun. The city had spent $143,000 on a state-of-the-art 27-foot SeaArk craft packed with the latest radar, sonar and satellite navigation, and had enough federal homeland security money to buy two more...

Unwritten Rule Not To Cut Police Budgets is Fading in Minnesota

Posted on December 22, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News, /emDecember 22, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2It's an unwritten rule of politics: You don't cut cops. You don't cut firefighters. Especially not after Sept. 11, says the St. Paul Pioneer Press...

Property Crime - Bad Economy Link?

Posted on December 22, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News, /emDecember 22, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2Crime analysts differ over whether an economic downturn always precedes increasing crime rates, says USA Today. One place it is rising is Fitchburg, Ma...

Nineteen States Trim Court Budgets, New Hampshire Stops Jury Trials

Posted on December 22, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemCrime and Justice News, /emDecember 22, 2008./font/p#13; pfont size=2By February, the red-brick Rockingham County Courthouse, one of New Hampshire's busiest, will halt jury trials, as will courts in the rest of the state, reports the Los Angeles Times...

List of Selected U.S. Documents From Gallerywatch.com

Posted on December 22, 2008
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Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines December 22, 2008

Posted on December 22, 2008
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New York Legislature: Chapter Laws Signed by Governor During Week Ending December 21, 2008

Posted on December 22, 2008
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New York Legislature: Activity Report for Week Ending December 21, 2008

Posted on December 22, 2008
pfont size=2strongSource: /strongemNew York Legislative Retrtieval System (LRS), /emSearch run on December 21, 2008/font/p#13; pfont size=2Categories Included: Criminal Procedure Law, Penal Law./font/p#13; pfont size=2To retrieve the text of any of the New York�bills listed below, go to /fonta href=http://public...

New York Appellate Criminal Cases Originating from the New York Supreme Court NY County

Posted on December 22, 2008
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New York Appellate Criminal Decisions Originating from the New York Supreme Court NY County

Posted on December 19, 2008
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New York Law Journal: Decisions of Interest December 19, 2008

Posted on December 19, 2008
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New York Law Journal: Featured Columnists December 19, 2008

Posted on December 19, 2008
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New York Law Journal: Lead Articles December 19, 2008

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights December 19, 2008

Posted on December 19, 2008
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New York Appellate Criminal Cases Originating from the New York Supreme Court NY County

Posted on December 19, 2008
In order to comply with�subscription agreements you will need to use your own Westlaw password to view the full text of cases listed below: Friday, December 19, 2008 � 1. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v...

Westchester County New York Update: No Texting While Driving

Posted on December 19, 2008
Source: Lexology, December 19, 2008. New York - Westchester County update: no texting while driving; Fair Housing ActJackson Lewis LLP"While the New York State Legislature considers banning drivers from reading, writing or sending a text message while driving in a vehicle, the state's Westchester County has taken matters into its own hands...

New York Makes Internet Impersonation a Crime

Posted on December 19, 2008
Source: Lexology, December 19, 2008. New York - New York makes Internet impersonation a crimeHunton & Williams LLP"In a continuing effort to combat identity theft, New York recently enacted an amendment to the Penal Law making it a crime to impersonate another person or pretend to be a public servant by means of online communication...

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