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| Sunday 11th of May 2008 11:24:44 PM Inmate Count in U.S. Dwarfs Other Nations? The U.S. has less than 5 percent of the world?s population but almost a quarter of its prisoners. Click here to read this news article. |
| Sunday 11th of May 2008 11:24:44 PM A Name and Face No One Knew, but Never Forgot A grisly murder is solved with the resolve of a determined forensic anthropologist and an online database.Click here to read this news article. |
| Sunday 11th of May 2008 11:24:44 PM Justices Uphold Lethal Injection in Kentucky Case The Supreme Court upheld Kentucky?s method of execution by lethal injection, rejecting the claim that its protocol posed an unconstitutional risk. Click here to read this news article. |
| Sunday 11th of May 2008 11:24:44 PM The Limits of the Death Penalty The Supreme Court should stand by its past rulings that murder is the only crime committed by one person against another that can be punished by death. Click here to read this news article. |
| Sunday 11th of May 2008 11:24:44 PM Lawyers Fight DNA Samples Gained on Sly DNA gathered surreptitiously helps get guilty verdicts, but critics say the practice violates privacy rights.Click here to read this news article. |
| Sunday 11th of May 2008 11:24:44 PM Prison Nation Persuading public officials to adopt a more rational approach to prison policy is a daunting prospect, not least because building and running jailhouses has become a major industry. Click here to read this news article. |
| Sunday 11th of May 2008 11:24:44 PM Mexico?s Congress Passes Overhaul of Justice Laws The historic overhaul introduces for the first time the presumption of innocence for defendants, among other reforms. Click here to read this news article. |
| Sunday 11th of May 2008 11:24:44 PM Venezuelan Pleads Guilty in Cash Delivery Carlos Kauffmann pleaded guilty to taking part in a conspiracy to cover up Venezuela?s role in delivering $800,000 to the campaign of Argentina?s president. Click here to read this news article. |
| Sunday 11th of May 2008 11:24:44 PM U.S. Imprisons One in 100 Adults, Report Finds With 1.6 million people in prison, the incarceration rate is now the highest in American history, a new report says. Click here to read this news article. |
| Sunday 11th of May 2008 11:24:44 PM 43 Days Without a Homicide, and Then a Newark Man Is Shot A 43-day stretch without a homicide in Newark the city?s longest such period in decades came to an end Tuesday night in front of a bodega in the violence-prone South Ward, where the police said a young man was fatally shot in the head. Click here to read this news article. |
| Sunday 11th of May 2008 11:24:44 PM A Precinct?s Hard Road Back On the 20th anniversary of the murder of a rookie cop in the 103rd Precinct in Queens, these streets have become the most heavily patrolled in the city. Click here to read this news article. |
| Sunday 11th of May 2008 11:24:44 PM A $1 Million Donation to a College, and $250,000 to Explain It Crime novelist Patricia Cornwell donated $1 million to the John Jay College of Criminal Justice for a crime scene investigation academy. Click here to read this news article. |
| Sunday 11th of May 2008 11:24:44 PM Newark?s Recent Drop in Crime Highlights Mayor?s Annual Speech NEWARK Thursday night?s State of the City speech was the annual occasion for Mayor Cory A. Booker to highlight his accomplishments and broadcast his grand plans, but for many here including, to a significant extent, Mr. Booker himself the actual state of the city can be summed up in a single digit: 2. Click here to read this news article. |
| Sunday 11th of May 2008 11:24:44 PM Illegal Globally, Bail for Profit Remains in U.S. Bail bondsmen, who post bail for people accused of crimes in exchange for a fee, are all but unknown outside the U.S.Click here to read this news article. |
| Sunday 11th of May 2008 11:24:44 PM Vietnam Agrees to the Return of Deportees From the U.S. Vietnam, which had generally refused to issue travel documents for the deportees, agreed to accept the return of the immigrants, many of whom are convicted criminals. Click here to read this news article. |



