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State Auditor Finds Vermont Sex Offender Registry Unreliable by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 25, 2010, the Vermont State Auditor released a report entitled Sex Offender Registry: Accuracy Could be Significantly Improved. As the title implies, the auditors found critical or significant errors in 79% of the community-based …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
Audit Report Finds Georgia Sex Offender Registry Needs Complete Overhaul by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The federal Jacob Wetterling Act of 1994 imposed a duty on the states to establish sex offender registry programs, including life-long registration for offenders classified as sexually violent predators. In 1996, Megan’s Law …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
California Governor Orders Corrections Officials to Retain Parole Files Indefinitely by The killing of a 17-year-old girl by a sex offender whose parole records had been destroyed resulted in a minor political frenzy in California. The Associated Press requested the parole records of John Albert Gardner III, who was charged …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Privacy Concerns Raised Over New Law Enforcement Data Mining Technology by David Reutter by David M. Reutter New technology that helps law enforcement officials track sexual predators, terrorists and other criminals has been an effective tool that has led to thousands of arrests, but privacy experts are concerned about the …
Publication • November 1, 2010
The Use of Crim. Records in College Admissions Ctr. for Community Alternatives 2010 THE USE OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS RECONSIDERED THE USE OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS RECONSIDERED Acknowledgements This report was written by staff of the Center for Community Alternatives (CCA), Marsha Weissman, Ph.D., …
Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions by Matthew Clarke To millions of people whose knowledge of crime labs comes from television shows such as CSI, Bones, Crossing Jordan and the venerable Quincy M.E., the forensic experts who work at such labs seem to be infallible scientists …
Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010
Incomplete DNA Databases Result in Tragic Consequences by Justin Miller A review by the Associated Press has found that state crime lab databanks are missing thousands of DNA samples. The missing samples and backlogs in processing those that have been collected raise questions concerning serious crimes that otherwise might have …
Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009
FBI And States Expand Collection Of DNA To The Innocent by Brandon Sample DNA collection is expanding to individuals arrested or detained as state and federal law enforcement officials seek to solve more crimes. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) joined 15 states in April 2009 that collect DNA from …
Indiana Lifelong Violent Offender Registration Preliminary Injunction Upheld in Part by On December 29, 2008, an Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a superior court’s preliminary injunction against lifelong registration for violent offenders. A July 1, 2007 Indiana statute added people who had been convicted of certain violent crimes to the …
FBI Arrests Former Prisoner Indicted for Hacking Massachusetts Jail Computer by On November 5, 2008, the FBI arrested Francis G. Janosko, 42, for hacking into a computer at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility (PCCF) while he was incarcerated at the Massachusetts jail. A previously-sealed indictment was handed down a week …
Article • August 15, 2008
Wyoming Criminal History Records May Only Be Disseminated to Law Enforcement Agencies for Investigatory Purposes by Upon the request of the Wyoming state Director of the Criminal Identification Division (CID), the state Attorney General (AG) issued Opinion lc. 85-008 explaining to whom and for what purpose the CID could disseminate …
Article • August 15, 2008
Minnesota Commissioner Says "Mug Shots" Are Public Records by Upon request of the attorney for Dakota County, Minnesota, the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Administration IPAD (Commissioner) opined as to whether "mug shots" (jail booking photos) are public records for disclosure purposes. In her opinion, the Commissioner considered Minn. …
Publication • April 14, 2008
Department of Homeland Security - ICE Undercover Operations Handbook, 2008 Department of Homeland Security Office of Investigations Undercover Operations Handbook OI HB 08-04 April 14, 2008 OFFICIAL USE ONLY Foreword The Undercover Operations Handbook provides a single source of national policies, procedures, responsibilities, guidelines, and controls for U.S. Immigration and …
Article • February 15, 2008 • from PLN February, 2008
Overdetention: When Completing a Prison Sentence Just Isn’t Enough by David Reutter Overdetention: When Completing a Prison Sentence Just Isn't Enough by David M. Reutter One of the most basic functions of a prison system is releasing prisoners when their sentences expire. In April 2007, the Massachusetts Department of Correction …
New Investigative Solution by LexisTracks Sex Offenders, Wherever They Are by LexisNexis, an information industry leader, has created a new advanced investigation solution to track and locate sex offenders. The solution is being touted as a tool for law enforcement to use when a child is abducted. There are over …
Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007
Colorado Successfully Pressures FBI To Release DNA Info; Racial Bias Infects DNA Databases by Gary Hunter State law enforcement agencies have struck a tentative deal with FBI officials that allows agencies to share previously privileged information. The deal resulted from the brutal rape and beating of a Colorado woman who …
Article • May 15, 2007
Second Circuit: Bank Larceny Not Qualifying Federal Offense For Probationer's DNA Collection by Second Circuit: Bank Larceny Not Qualifying Federal Offense For Probationer's DNA Collection by Michael Rigby On January 10, 2005, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that bank larceny was not a "qualifying federal offense" for …
Article • May 15, 2007
DNA Collection From Prisoner Constitutional by The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the collection of DNA Samples from felons pursuant to a state statute does not violate the Fourth Amendment. This action, filed by a Texas prisoner, sought damages and injunctive relief, including deletion of his DNA sample …
Article • May 15, 2007
Required DNA Submission Under Patriot Act Constitutional by The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas held that the relevant portions of the Patriot Act, which require persons convicted of various felonies to submit a DNA sample for inclusion in the FBI's Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) database, were …
California Inspector General Assesses DOC’s Compliance With Past Audit Recommendations by John Dannenberg California Inspector General Assesses DOC's Compliance With Past Audit Recommendations by John E. Dannenberg California's Inspector General (IG), Matthew Cate, who has oversight responsibility over the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), issued an exhaustive 363 …
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