News tagged with prison sentence
Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case
A 28-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to hacking into corporate computer networks and carrying out what US officials have described as the largest credit card theft in US history.
Dec 29, 2009 |
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What do the punished think of punishment?
A new study from The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research gives an insight into what offenders really think about their punishment.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 12, 2010 |
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fMRI scans used in murder trial sentencing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans have been used, possibly for the first time, in the sentencing phase of a murder trial in Chicago in the US.
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Study: Potential criminals deterred by longer sentences
Deterrence is often a stated goal of criminal sentencing guidelines, but there is debate about whether the threat of punishment actually discourages people from committing crimes. A new study published in the Journal of Po ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 18, 2009 |
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Pirate Bay financier takes case to Supreme Court
A key financier of the Swedish filesharing site, The Pirate Bay, appealed to the country's highest court on Monday to overturn his four-month prison sentence and fines to the music and movie industry, court ...
Dec 20, 2010 |
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New technology pinpoints anomalies in complex financial data
Identifying atypical information in financial data early could help identify problematic financial trends such as the systemic risk that recently put the U.S. and global financial systems in a downward fall. ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Oct 26, 2011 |
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UAE court jails five Internet activists
A United Arab Emirates court on Sunday sentenced a blogger and four other Internet activists to prison terms after finding them guilty of charges including insulting the Gulf state's leaders.
Nov 27, 2011 |
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