A Report of the Violence Policy Center* authored by Senior Policy Analyst Tom Diaz Introduction Mexico is under siege, its democratic governance is at risk. This report examines the role of the U.S. civilian gun market in the drug-related violence in Mexico that is creeping northward into the United States.…
New York Governor David Paterson, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith announced an agreement of Friday March 27 that would effectively end the harshest provisions of the New York Rockefeller Laws The Agreement ends mandatory jail for first-time and non-felony offenders. It also gives judges total…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. March 26, 2009 CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE People v. Bauman, No. 38 The dismissal of an indictment for depraved indifference assault is affirmed, where one count of the indictment charged eleven acts…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. March 24-26, 2009 CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, SENTENCING US v. Samas , No. 05-5213 Conviction and sentence for possession with intent to distribute and distribution of cocaine and cocaine base is affirmed…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. March 24-25, 2009 CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, HABEAS CORPUS Knowles v. Mirzayance, No. 07-1315 The District Court’s grant of Petitioner’s habeas petition is reversed, where, whether the state court’s denial of his…
Top Ten Stories of the Week ending March 27, 2009: Law Practice Management Why WolfBlock Didn’t Merge to Survive Mar 24, 2009, 05:58 pm CDT Law Firms March Began With Mayhem, But Blistering Layoffs Pace is Slowing Mar 26, 2009, 01:34 pm CDT But not yet stopping: 125 Laid Off…
Case Discussed: U.S. v. Wellman, 2009 WL 37184 (S..D W. Va. 2009) From: Quinlan Law Enforcement E-News*, March 26, 2009. Search and Seizure in Cyberspace: Fourth Amendment issues abound in P2P child porn case The emergent nature of the Internet has caused the Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and…
Criminal Mental Health and Disability Law, Evidence and Testimony: A Comprehensive Reference Manual for Lawyers, Judges and Criminal Justice Professionals Exaamines in detail the legal relationships that link criminal justice, mental health, and disability discrimination law. Co-sponsored by ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law and the ABA Criminal…
March 2009 Volume 2 Number 3. Social Networking Sites: How To Stay Safe From the Desk of David G. Badertscher The popularity of social networking sites–such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and others–has exploded in recent years, with usage in the United States increasing 93% since 2006, according to Netpop Research.…
The TS-SIS Awards Committee is pleased to announce that the recipient of the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship for 2009 is Curt E. Conklin. Curt is the Associate Director for Technical Services at the Brigham Young University Howard W. Hunter Law Library…