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In Home Treatment For Medium Risk New York Teens Called Effective

Posted on February 20, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 20, 2008. "A New York City program called the Juvenile Justice Initiative, started last year, sends medium-risk offenders back to their families and provides intensive therapy, the New York Times reports. The city says it already has seen significant success for the juveniles enrolled, as well as savings from the reduced use of residential treatment centers...

Most California Prosecutors Won't Say How They Judge Death Penalties

Posted on February 20, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 20, 2008. "Three-fourths of California's elected district attorneys refused to disclose how they choose defendants to face the death penalty, says a report to the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice quoted by the Los Angeles Times...

DNA Technology Fuels Wrongful Conviction Search Nationwide

Posted on February 20, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 20, 2007. "As DNA technology and investigations identify a mounting number of wrongful convictions, the urgency to find such cases is increasing, USA Today reports. From Virginia to California, local prosecutors, law students, and defense attorneys are combing through hundreds of thousands of old files in search of flawed convictions...

Up to 90% Of Committed Mentally Ill Not in U.S. Gun Database

Posted on February 20, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 20, 2008. "More states are turning over records to a federal database of mentally ill people barred from owning guns, nearly tripling the number in the system since the massacre at Virginia Tech last spring, reports USA Today...

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Philidelphia Police Shooting Probes Can Drag On For Years

Posted on February 20, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 20, 2008. "A Philadelphia police officer shot and wounded an unarmed drug suspect this month. The police Internal Affairs Bureau vowed to investigate the shooting, the eighth involving a cop this year. The Philadelphia Daily News says that if recent history is a guide, the investigation could take years in a city that has one of the highest rates of police shootings in the U...

Employment Opportunity: Research Librarian - Nashville, TN

Posted on February 20, 2008
� Bass, Berry and Sims is an innovative, dynamic law firm with a practice spanning the full spectrum of today?s business environment. We have over 200 attorneys in 3 offices, all within the state of .� We currently seek a Research Librarian for our office...

Electronically Stored Information: Beyond Electronic Documents and E-Mail

Posted on February 20, 2008
Source: Lexology, February 20, 2008. Exotic ESI ? beyond electronic documents and e-mailKramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP"Instant messages, random access memory (RAM), voicemail, graphic images on cell phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), web-based e-mail ? the 2006 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure have made it clear that these types of electronically stored information (ESI) are fair game during discovery, if relevant and not unduly burdensome to produce...

Court Grants Motion To Compel Exact Copy of CD for Review at Counsel's Office

Posted on February 20, 2008
Source: Lexology, February 20, 2008. Court grants motion to compel exact copy of CD for review at counsel?s officeBricker & Eckler LLP"In a case sufficiently bizarre that the court felt obliged to include relevant portions of numerous exchanges between counsel in its Order, Magistrate Judge William E...

How Courts are Intrepreting the Electronic Discovery Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

Posted on February 20, 2008
Source: Lexology, February 20, 2008. One year later: how courts are interpreting the electronic discovery amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil ProcedureKramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP"Just over one year has passed since the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure governing discovery of electronically stored information (ESI) took effect".

How Private are Personal E-Mails?

Posted on February 20, 2008
Source: Lexology, February 20, 2008. How private are personal e-mails?Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP"In an era in which e-mail has, in many contexts, replaced in-person and telephone conversations, it is tempting to assume that courts will afford e-mail from one?s personal e-mail account special protection ? on grounds of privilege, privacy, or both...

Information Broker Fined $200,000 for Pretexting

Posted on February 20, 2008
Source:Lexology. February 20, 2008. Company fined $200,000 for pretextingManatt Phelps & Phillips LLP"At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court has ordered an online information broker to pay $200,000 for illegally obtaining, advertising, and selling confidential consumer phone records"

New York Social Networking Legislation

Posted on February 20, 2008
SourceLexology, February 20, 2008 New York social networking billAddleshaw Goddard LLP"The New York State Attorney General has introduced a social networking bill with the aim of protecting children from sex offenders."

Employment Opportunity: Electronic Access Librarian

Posted on February 19, 2008
ELECTRONIC ACCESS LIBRARIAN The Nimitz Library U.S. Naval Academy Annapolis. MD The Nimitz Library, United States Naval Academy, seeks a dynamic librarian with experience, energy, initiative, and enthusiasm. The Electronic Access Librarian will report to the Head of Collection Development...

Employment Opportunity: Electronic Access Librarian

Posted on February 19, 2008
ELECTRONIC ACCESS LIBRARIAN� The Nimitz Library �Naval Academy . MD� The Nimitz Library,� , seeks a dynamic librarian with experience, energy, initiative, and enthusiasm.� The Electronic Access Librarian will report to the Head of Collection Development...

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

Posted on February 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: Saturday, February 16, 2008 �� 1. People v. Lawrence2008 WL 384550 (Table, Text in WESTLAW), Unreported Disposition, 2008 N...

Prosecutors Not Afraid To Push Controversial Perjury Cases

Posted on February 19, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 19, 2008. "It is not clear whether pitcher Roger Clemens will be prosecuted over his statements on steroids, but federal authorities don't like being lied to, says the Associated Press. Prosecutors have a variety of options to punish people who stretch the truth and they're not afraid to use them...

Prisoner Re-Entry Needs Cited By Panel On D.C. Inmates

Posted on February 19, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 19, 2008. "It has been a decade since Congress handed over all Washington, D.C., inmates to the federal Bureau of Prisons. The main result is that prisoners are separated from their families by long distances...

New York City Jails' Healthy Diet: Skim Milk, Wheat Bread, No Sweets

Posted on February 19, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 19, 2008. "No butter, no sweets, skim milk only. That's a feature of the new diet in New York City jails, where inmates are now feeding on fiber-rich cereals and fresh fruit, the New York Daily News reports...

New York Proposed "Crack-Pot" Tax Called "Weird," "Wacky"

Posted on February 19, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 19, 2008. "New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, struggling to close a $4.4 billion budget gap, wants to make drug dealers pay tax on illegal drugs. The new tax would apply to cocaine, heroin, and marijuana, and could be paid with pre-bought "tax stamps" affixed to the bags of dope, reports the Washington Post...

Cornwell Gives John Jay College $1Million for CSI Academy

Posted on February 19, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 19, 2008. "Crime novelist Patricia Cornwell is donating $1 million to help finance a crime scene investigation academy at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The Associated Press quoted Cornwell as saying, 'I've seen cops walk through blood...

Pressure Is On To Disclose Private College Police Files

Posted on February 19, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 19, 2008. "Like cops in any major city, campus police officers at many private universities carry guns and can arrest people on the spot. Because they don't work for taxpayers, the public can't always delve into the records of what they do and where they do it, says the Christian Science Monitor...

"Mean World Syndrome: Called School Shooting Contributor

Posted on February 19, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 19, 2008. "After the Northern Illinois University shootings on Valentine's Day, Stephanie Simon of the Los Angeles Times reviewed what has been learned about all the school violence cases since the late 1990s...

Yahoo Re-Launches Video Service

Posted on February 19, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, February 19, 2008, Yahoo Re-Launches Video Service "Improvements including a larger viewer, support for files up to 150 MB, and a "my video" section for users to upload, store, and share the content they create"

How to Downgrade From Vista to Windows XP

Posted on February 19, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily, February 19, 2008. How To Downgrade From Vista To Windows XP"Having a little buyer's remorse about buying Microsoft's latest operating system? You can return to the safety of Windows XP in a few simple steps. Here's how...

New Jersey Law Journal: Top Stories February 18, 2008

Posted on February 19, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to 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 Subscription needed for online access: Lawyer Fights Contempt for Having Filed 'Frivolous' Motion To Dismiss�" An African-American lawyer held in contempt and arrested for "frivolously" raising a race-related defense in her client's traffic-violation case is fighting the sanction even as she pursues an ethics complaint against the judge...

New York Legislature: Activity Report for Week Ending February 17, 2008

Posted on February 19, 2008
Source: New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), February 17, 2008. Categories Included: Corrections Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Judiciary Law, Penal Law. CORRECTIONS LAW: Bill No. �A6455A John (MS) -- Provides that an offender who fails to register or verify as a sex offender shall have the length of such failure to register or verify added to the duration of registration No Same as Last Act: 02/11/08 amend and recommit to correction02/11/08 print number 6455aS5047 FUSCHILLO -- Prohibits the use of inmate labor to access, collect or process personal information Same as A 69 Last Act: 02/11/08 ADVANCED TO THIRD READINGS6920 MAZIARZ -- Requires certain registered sex offenders to vote by absentee ballot where the assigned polling place is a school Same as A 9699 Last Act: 02/11/08 REFERRED TO CODESS6930 GRIFFO -- Establishes the violent felony offender registration act No Same as Last Act: 02/11/08 REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION Last Action Date: 02/12/08(Results Count = ) Bill No...

New York Law Journal Technology Today February 19, 2008

Posted on February 19, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to New York Law Journal you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed http://www.nylj.com Subscription needed for online access...

Utah Police Seek To Block Public Access To Disciplinary Files

Posted on February 15, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 15, 2008. "Utah's largest police department and Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker are backing a controversial bill that would severely limit public access to the disciplinary records of police officers, reports the Salt Lake Tribune...

Minneapolis Newspaper Finds 83 Sealed U.S. Criminal Court Cases

Posted on February 15, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 15, 2008 "Two and a half months after 9/11/2001, federal prosecutors obtained two criminal indictments in Minnesota and filed them under seal. They remain secret to this day, says the Minneapolis Star Tribune...

Student Group Presses To Allow Self Defanse Guns on Campus

Posted on February 15, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, February 15, 2008. "Even before a gunman killed seven people and injured more than a dozen others at Northern Illinois University yesterday, what USA Today calls a small but growing movement was under way at universities and state legislatures to allow students, faculty, and staff to carry guns on campus...

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