Would-be Bush assassin gets life sentence in Georgian Republic
A man from the Georgian Republic who lobbed a grenade toward US President George W. Bush while he was on a visit there in May last year was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday by a Georgian court. Vladimir...
Virginia Governor Mark Warner on Thursday ordered that DNA evidence from a 1980s rape and murder case be tested to determine whether the man convicted and executed for the crime was innocent. Roger Keith Coleman ...
Leading Friday's states brief, as Connecticut becomes the second state to offer same-sex couples civil unions October 1, town clerks are saying they are ready, but some employers may not be prepared. While only a few town...
A North Korean official said Friday that his country has "fully resolved" all issues regarding North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens , and would not cooperate in any further investigations regarding missing Japanese nationals...
Army investigating allegations of falsified DNA results used as criminal evidence
The Army's Criminal Investigation Command announced Friday that it is investigating a civilian lab worker who admitted to falsifying DNA test results in at least one instance, examining over 475 criminal cases dating back almost a decade....
States brief ~ NC lawmakers urge General Assembly to pass gang prevention law
Leading Wednesday's states brief, North Carolina lawmakers and law enforcement officers today urged the state's General Assembly to pass legislation unveiled seven months ago to combat gang member violence in the state. The bill would create additional...
DNA evidence exonerates Pennsylvania man jailed for 19 years
A Pennsylvania man jailed for 19 years was released from prison in Pittsburgh Monday after DNA evidence cleared him of rape charges. Thomas Doswell , an African-American, was convicted of raping a hospital worker in 1986,...
States brief ~ Kentucky judge stays executions to resolve lethal injections constitutionality
Leading Tuesday's states brief, a Kentucky circuit judge issued two stays of execution today to allow two prisoners to continue their challenge to the state's use of lethal injection as a form of execution. Last week, the same judge...
States brief ~ CA high court rules "forgetting" to register as sex offender no excuse
Leading Thursday's states brief, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a 4-3 decision that forgetting to register for Megan's Law because of stress is an insufficient excuse. The Supreme Court overturned the decision...
Ruling on constitutionality of FBI DNA database collection [3rd Circuit]
United States v. Sczubelek, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, March 21, 2005 ....
