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The California Supreme Court has issued this press release with a proposal to modify the system of appealing all capital cases directly to the Supreme Court. In noncapital felony cases, the appeal lies to the intermediate appellate court, the Court of Appeal,.

False Positives Often Send Innocent People To Jail While many of today's medical tests are accurate, false negative or positives do occur. The problem of false test results are so numerous the National Institute of Health issued a whitepaper on the subject.

Occupy Las Vegas: The Spirit Lives On When the tsunami rolled from New York, down the east coast through the plains and over the Rocky Mountains, America started to take notice. When the surge engulfed nations around the planet, governments paid attention.

Casey Anthony's trial from May to July 2011 may not have been the "trial of the century," but it did keep the nation riveted for six weeks. Anthony, accused of killing her two-year-old daughter, Caylee, stood trial for murder and the televised.

National Crime Statistics Released — Nevada Isn't Looking Good Just how bad is the crime in Las Vegas? No one knows for sure. Reclassifications, shifting populations and other factors muddy the waters on statistics. The only thing city agencies can agree on.

The Ongoing Marijuana Discussion is Starting to Sound Like a Bad Cheech and Chong Routine Despite the growing legalization of marijuana, at least for medicinal purposes, state and city governments in America are still trying to "tweak" the laws (check marijuana charges.

Ann Miller recently made the case that the MD DREAM Act encourages legal immigrants to become illegal. While I like Ann and think she generally does a good job with her writing, she’s really missed the mark on this one. In essence,.

The Patriot Act Storms a Nevada Strip Club According to some, Ben Franklin said: "Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Franklin's quote was a little different and said under different circumstances — he couldn't have.

June files. Zero files. I-drive. The FBI has a history of putting information in locations unknown outside the bureau, making them almost impossible to access from the outside. Now with the discovery of a new drive, a federal judge has ordered the.

Wells Band Colony - Tribal Police Department Wells Colony is just one of four colonies which make up the Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians. Members, called “Newe” (The People), are the heirs of a rich tradition which once trailed game and.