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Study: Potential criminals deterred by longer sentences
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May 18, 2009 |
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Deterrence is often a stated goal of criminal sentencing guidelines, but there is debate about whether the threat of punishment actually discourages people from committing crimes. A new study published in the Journal of Po ...
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Sentencing postponed in HP phone record scandal
Aug 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sentencing has been postponed for a private investigator who helped Hewlett-Packard Co. unearth private telephone records of board members and journalists.
New research analyzes issues in immigration law
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Nov 17, 2009 |
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University of Miami Law Professor Rebecca A. Sharpless has recently authored a research paper titled, "Toward a True Elements Test: Taylor and the Categorical Analysis of Crimes in Immigration Law."
fMRI scans used in murder trial sentencing
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans have been used, possibly for the first time, in the sentencing phase of a murder trial in Chicago in the US.
US mulls stiffer sentences for common Net proxies
Apr 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- "Proxy" servers are an everyday part of Internet surfing. But using one in a crime could soon lead to more time in the clink.
Wikipedia locks Polanski page after editing war
Sep 28, 2009 |
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A Wikipedia page devoted to Roman Polanski was locked on Monday due to fighting over whether the entry should emphasize his accomplishments as a film-maker or his underage sex case.
Prosecutors seek 3-year prison term in cyber-bullying case
May 07, 2009 |
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Federal prosecutors are asking a federal judge to send Lori Drew to prison for three years for her role in the online harassment of a teenage girl in Dardenne Prairie, Mo., who killed herself.
Non-whites receive harsher sentences for inflicted traumatic brain injury of children
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Non-white defendants are nearly twice as likely to receive harsher prison sentences than white defendants in North Carolina criminal cases stemming from inflicted traumatic brain injury of young children.
Gov't won't classify proxies as 'sophisticated' (Update)
Apr 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The U.S. government has dropped - for now - a plan to classify the use of "proxy" servers as evidence of sophistication in committing a crime.
When is it safe to hire someone with a criminal record?
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May 27, 2009 |
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Carnegie Mellon University researchers have created a model for providing empirical evidence on when an ex-convict has been "clean" long enough to be considered "redeemed" for employment purposes.
Ruling delayed again by judge in cyber-bullying case
May 19, 2009 |
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A federal judge in Los Angeles has once again delayed a ruling in the criminal case against Lori Drew in a St. Louis-area cyber-bullying linked to the suicide of teenager Megan Meier.
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