9th Circuit Takes New Look at DNA Collection
9th Circuit Takes New Look at DNA Collection
(CN) – Opponents of California's mandatory DNA collection statute told an en banc panel of the 9th Circuit that the law violates the constitutional rights of people who are arrested but never charged. The 9th Circuit, which has reviewed the … Voter …
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On the Rocks
But on Oct. 28, just days before Jones took second place at the International Drug Free Athletics bodybuilding championships in Ontario, one of his employees, George Sylvester Frink Jr., was charged in Maryland U.S. District Court with possessing 15 …
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Wiretap issues plague case against drug bust
What perhaps seemed like an open-and-shut case, though, continues four years later, thanks to questions raised by an inmate and a California defense attorney regarding records of federal phone surveillance. Last week a federal judge in … residences …
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Crime and Courts: The music industry's year in review
Authorities say the singer of Grammy-nominated heavy metal band As I Lay Dying has been arrested Tuesday May 7, 2013 in Southern California after trying to hire an undercover detective to kill his estranged wife. The San Diego County Sheriffís …
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