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...most any episode of CSI will tell you, DNA testing is a staple of modern crime investigations. But only now is the U.S. Supreme Court wading into the murky legal terrain surrounding high-tech fingerprints in forensics. A sharply divided court ruled on June 18 that prisoners do not have a constitutional right to DNA testing that could prove their innocence, deciding against an Alaska man convicted of rape and assault who sought a more sophisticated test of genetic material found at the crime scene. Four Justices supported the man, William Osborne, but the court's majority said the decision...
...Read "Iraq's Unspeakable Crime: Mothers Pimping Daughters...
...date, Obama has mostly avoided confrontations with Congress on major agenda items, including repeals of "Don't ask, don't tell" and the Defense of Marriage Act, which restricts federal recognition to heterosexual marriages. The Administration did push a hate-crime bill (a gay-rights priority), which has already passed the House, and it is working on a rule-making process that is likely to lead to a lifting of immigration and visitation restrictions for HIV-positive foreigners, another priority for the gay and lesbian community. In his office on June 17, Obama announced his support of a Senate bill...
...spokesman W. Larry Ford said the two agencies are working on a new agreement "to combat violent crime along the Southwest border." Ford added, "ATF prides itself on the strength of its relationships with law enforcement partners at every level of government throughout the country...
...like buying the least rotten fruit," says Jose Antonio Crespo, a well-known historian backing the movement. "I prefer to leave a note saying, 'Hey. All your fruit is rotten. I'll come back next time and I hope you have something fresh and edible.' " (See pictures of crime in Mexico City...