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Drunk Driving Penalties Vary Widely From State to State

admin — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 20:40:58 +0000

If you are caught drunk driving in Alaska you could face a vastly different penalty than if you are charged with DUI in Indiana. A new article in USA Today looks at just how differently drunk drivers are penalized from state to state and even county to county. Some states require jail time for a [...]

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Stalking by Cellphone

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:28:04 +0000

A fascinating and scary article in the Wall Street Journal about how apparently easy it is to stalk someone by their cellphone GPS system. photo credit: dusk-photography There are a few different methods to accomplish this that rely on phone with GPS locator systems. The FCC mandated in 2005 that cell phone carries have 95% of their [...]

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New Court Evidence Ruling Coming Soon

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:37:26 +0000

Only a year after the Supreme Court’s controversial Melendez-Diaz decision, court watchers are awaiting possible revisions to that decision. According to Forensic Magazine, the court has already heard arguments in Briscoe v. Virginia, a case that re-opens the question of whether requiring a lab analyst to testify about forensic and scientific evidence is necessary to [...]

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Auto Thefts Most Common in West

admin — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:36:44 +0000

A recent report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau reveals that the American West has the highest auto theft rates in the nation, this despite the national rates of car theft declining over the last 6 years. Interestingly smaller and midsized cities outranked the larger ones this past year, with the town of Laredo Texas [...]

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Mass Court Limits Use Of Melendez-Diaz in OUI Case

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:25:35 +0000

The Massachusetts Supreme Court rejected a challenge to blood evidence in an OUI case on grounds of violation of the confrontation clause and the Melendez-Diaz case. As reported in Mass Lawyer’s Weekly, a blood test taken at a hospital, and submitted as evidence of intoxication in a drunk driving case, could be used without additional [...]

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License Plate Scanners as Profit Centers

admin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:40:15 +0000

Automatic license plate reader technology has been deployed in police cars across the nation for years now. And adoption rates are skyrocketing, as the systems get cheaper, and the benefits to public safety and efficient police work have become clear. Typically, the uses for these license plate scanners include locating stolen cars, amber alter searches, [...]

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Massachusetts Appeals Court Cites Melendez-Diaz in Firearm Possession Case

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:56:02 +0000

The Melendez-Diaz decision continues to reverberate in criminal court cases that use documentary evidence without expert testimony. In Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Hollister, the Massachusetts Appeals Court determined that a certified document of ballistic evidence in a gun possession case violated the defendants right to confront his accuser, as outlined in Melendez-Diaz. photo credit: Ultor83 [...]

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More Teen Sexting Cases in Pennsylvania

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:11:29 +0000

Seven teens in Perry County, Pennsylvania face criminal juvenile charges, as well as school administered punishment, in another teen sexting case.As we previously reported, Pennsylvania District Attorneys have been aggressively getting the word out about the dangers and criminal penalties for sexting. This report from the Fox 43 Pennsylvania indicates that it is certainly an [...]

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DNA Evidence in Criminal Cases Can Be Falsified and Manufactured

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:24:56 +0000

A new article in the New York Times outlines how comparatively easy it is to falsify DNA evidence in criminal cases. DNA evidence has always been considered the “gold standard” of evidence in criminal cases. DNA recovered from crime scenes decades ago before such testing was available has been used many times to overturn convictions,and [...]

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The Importance of Melendez-Diaz and How it Could Be at Risk

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:30:21 +0000

Great post on Melendez-Diaz over at Reason by Radley Balko. He takes the position that the ruling is an important check on an often psuedo-sceintific approach to forensic evidence in criminal cases, and that the decsion could be rolled back or muted in the next Supreme Court session. The Importance of Melendez-Diaz and How it [...]

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