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Expansion of DNA Database Hinges on Resolution of Testing, Other Concerns
The addition of petit larceny to a list of crimes requiring DNA samples from convicted offenders has helped solve 51 murders, 222 sexual assaults, 117 robberies and 407 burglaries over the past 5 1/2 years, New York authorities say. Now the Cuomo administration wants to expand the statewide DNA databank.View more book results for the query "*"
Four Convocations Aim to Develop Statewide System
EVAN A. DAVIS, the immediate past-president of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, was not present for the first of four statewide pro bono convocations at Fordham University School of Law last month. But his sentiments on equal justice were, and they set the tone for an historic task taken up by the Unified Court System: the design of a statewide program for lawyers to easily volunteer their services.Law School Provides First Setting for Unifying Legal ServicesUnraised Insufficiency Claims Bring Habeas Grant Reversal
Panel Rejects Claims by Aliens Of Unlawful Prolonged Detention
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld the dismissal of a central claim in a high-profile putative class action filed on behalf of Arab and Muslim non-citizens who were subjected to prolonged, abusive detention by immigration officials in the wake of 9/11. The panel affirmed Eastern District Judge John Gleeson's rejection of the plaintiffs' claim that they were illegally detained for periods longer than necessary to effect their removal. The eight named plaintiffs had contended that the federal government used their immigration violations as a "cover" or "excuse" to investigate possible ties to terrorism.Court Finds Woman Unable To Recover for Loss of Twins
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