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Study: Potential criminals deterred by longer sentences

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

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 ...


Gov't won't classify proxies as 'sophisticated' (Update)

Technology / Internet

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(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.


US mulls stiffer sentences for common Net proxies

Technology / Internet

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

(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.





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Prosecutors seek 3-year prison term in cyber-bullying case

Technology / Internet

created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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.


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fMRI scans used in murder trial sentencing

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created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 15

(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.


Newly revised guidelines for managing thyroid cancer published in Thyroid journal

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The American Thyroid Association has released new, revised Management Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. The new guidelines are published in Thyroid, a peer-reviewed journa ...


New guidelines for broadcasters on user-generated content

Technology / Other

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For the first time guidelines are to be published on how broadcasters around the world can encourage audiences to produce better quality user-generated content and to improve media and information literacy.


New guidelines identify best treatments to help ALS patients live longer, easier

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology identify the most effective treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often called Lou Gehrig's disease. The guidelines are published in the October 13, 2009, ...


Report: 20-somethings can go 2 years between Paps

Medicine & Health / Health

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

(AP) -- Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.


NICE guidelines ration affordable osteoporosis drugs

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (December 11, 2009) - Low cost osteoporosis drugs are strictly rationed for the under 75s, and UK physicians hampered by restrictive guidelines, according to findings ...


Ex-CEO of BetOnSports pleads guilty

Technology / Business

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The former chief executive of BetOnSports pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal racketeering conspiracy, admitting that the Internet company falsely portrayed Web-based gambling as legal and caused customers to lose ...


Study: Heart failure drug guidelines often ignored

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Most hospitalized heart failure patients are sent home without widely recommended inexpensive pills, despite a program to get more doctors to follow treatment guidelines, a study suggests.


New clinical guidelines for exacerbations in cystic fibrosis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The American Thoracic Society has released new clinical guidelines for the treatment of exacerbations in cystic fibrosis based on a review of the literature on current clinical practices.



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