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Exonerations correct only a small fraction of false convictions

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Criminal justice scholars often say that the true number of innocent people convicted of crimes is unknown—in fact, unknowable. A new University of Michigan study challenges that belief in one important context.





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Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

Framed for child porn -- by a PC virus

Technology / Internet

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

(AP) -- Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.


School sued for punishing teens over MySpace pix

Technology / Other

created Nov 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 6

(AP) -- Two sophomore girls have sued their school district after they were punished for posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace during their summer vacation.


Legal counsel affects death penalty cases

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Legal counsel is a matter of life and death in Houston, but it is not necessarily tied to a defendant's socioeconomic status, according to new research by Scott Phillips, associate professor of sociology and criminology at ...


Rare economic espionage case going to trial

Technology / Other

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Two men accused of stealing computer chip blueprints - and trying to tap the Chinese government to help launch a startup built on the contraband - are becoming the first defendants charged with economic espionage ...


First-of-Kind Study Shows Model Can Be Used to Rate Courtroom Psychiatric Experts Performance

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- What does it mean when expert psychiatric witnesses in a court case reach opposing conclusions on the same sets of evidence? A new study out of the University of Cincinnati College of Law suggests via mathematical ...


Investigators in the United States and Egypt have smashed a computer "phishing" identity theft scam

FBI smashes US-Egypt cyber 'phishing' ring

Technology / Internet

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Investigators in the United States and Egypt have smashed a computer "phishing" identity theft scam described as the biggest cyber-crime investigation in US history, officials said Wednesday.


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Amazon, Apple, Google, Yahoo! targeted in patent case

Technology / Business

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 7

A US technology company which won a patent case against software giant Microsoft filed suit on Tuesday against nearly two dozen other high-profile firms accusing them of violating the same patent.


Wyeth sues FDA to block rival generic antibiotic

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Drugmaker Wyeth on Wednesday sued the Food and Drug Administration to block the sale of a generic rival to its intravenous antibiotic Zosyn, claiming the generic is not an equivalent product and could harm critically ...


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Facebook to end Beacon tracking tool in settlement

Technology / Internet

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Facebook is shutting down its much-maligned Beacon marketing program, launched nearly two years ago amid fanfare only to generate a storm of privacy complaints over tracking of user activities at ...


River heals as lawsuit against Big Poultry looms (AP)

River heals as lawsuit against Big Poultry looms

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- David Overbey is no scientist, but he says a person doesn't have to be to see how much the Illinois River has improved in recent years.



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