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Crime Lab Problems Continue In Texas, Elsewhere
More than two years after the closure of its DNA division, the Houston Police Department (HPD) crime lab remains a lesson in how not to run a forensics unit. Recent developments include the discovery of 280 boxes of misplaced evidence and a revelation that an analyst from a private laboratory ...
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- The History of Prison Legal News, by Paul Wright
- PLN in Court
- $600,000 Awarded To Paraplegic Jail Prisoner Hurt By Riding In Non-Handicap-Accessible Vehicle
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- Prison Legal News at 15, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Interview with Leonard Schroeter, by Todd Matthews
- Alabama Prisoner Awarded $90,000 For Work-Related Eye Injury
- Pro Se Tips and Tactics, by Daniel Manville
- Summary Judgment Reversed in Louisiana Jail Conditions Case
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- Three California Prisons Ration Water Due To Contaminated Wells
- Two Pennsylvania Prisoners Win $1.2 Million For MRSA Skin Infections Contracted County Jail
- California Parole Condition Prohibiting Computer Access For Molester Ruled Unreasonable
- U.S. Supreme Court Holds California Policy Of Double-Celling By Race During Prison Intake Must Pass, by Marvin Mentor
- U.S. Department of Justice Reports Soaring Justice Expenditures
- Contraband Cell Phones On The Rise In U.S. Prisons
- Sex Offenders Living In Nursing Homes
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- Wisconsin Appeals Court Orders Photos Delivered to Prisoner, April 15, 2013
- New York: Indigent Defendants' Suit Over Non-representation Ruled Justiciable, March 15, 2013
- Trial and Conviction in Washington Jailhouse Courtroom Overturned, March 15, 2013
- Scientific Advances in Arson Investigations Reveal Wrongful Convictions, Jan. 15, 2013
- Ninth Circuit Rules Right to Court Access Violated When Lockdown Prevents Prisoner from Researching Issues Related to Direct Appeal, Nov. 15, 2011
- Some Agencies Balk at Releasing Prison Phone Data, April 15, 2011
- Facebook Lands Prison Guards, Prisoners in Hot Water, April 15, 2011
- Federal Restitution Law Failing Crime Victims, Jan. 15, 2011
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