News tagged with criminal conviction
Kim Dotcom's money won him New Zealand residency
(AP) -- In the eyes of New Zealand immigration authorities in 2010, Kim Dotcom's money trumped his criminal past.
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Terrorists no part of wireless company's growth plan
Digi International Inc. produces an array of wireless devices that allow businesses to do all sorts of things by remote - from monitoring the temperature of a brewer's beer tanks to connecting police and fire departments ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Supreme Court to review warrantless GPS tracking (Update)
(AP) -- The Supreme Court will weigh in on an important privacy issue for the digital age: whether the police need a warrant before using a global positioning system device to track a suspect's movements.
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Childhood self-control predicts adult health and wealth
A long-term study has found that children who scored lower on measures of self-control as young as age 3 were more likely to have health problems, substance dependence, financial troubles and a criminal record by the time ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 24, 2011 |
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'Bad' science still rampant in US justice system
The story of an American man cleared of a rape and robbery conviction by DNA evidence after spending 30 years in jail made headlines across the world on Tuesday.
Jan 04, 2011 |
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Gun buyers with criminal record likely to offend: study
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new UC Davis Health System study finds that handgun buyers, if they have any prior criminal record, go on to commit felonies and violent misdemeanor crimes at much higher rates than law-abiding gun owners ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 19, 2010 |
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Appeals court orders new trial in Brocade case
(AP) -- A federal appeals court has tossed out the criminal conviction of the first Silicon Valley executive to go to trial in a stock options scandal that triggered charges against at least a dozen executives.
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Ruling delayed again by judge in cyber-bullying case
A federal judge in Los Angeles has once again delayed a ruling in the criminal case against Lori Drew in a St. Louis-area cyber-bullying linked to the suicide of teenager Megan Meier.
May 19, 2009 |
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