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San Diego police may soon get uniform cameras – San Diego, California News Station – KFMB Channel 8 – cbs8.com
By Abbie Alford, Reporter A new piece of technology may help monitor and protect San Diego’s officers. The San Diego Police Department is considering equipping officers with body cameras that will record their every move. From Fort Worth, Texas police departments to sweet home Oregon, law enforcement agencies of all sizes are adding a new…
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The Keith Harris Case – Innocence Project – University of Illinois Springfield – UIS
The Keith Harris Case – Innocence Project – University of Illinois Springfield – UIS.
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GOP governor hopefuls: Prisons too crowded, but none in favor of building new ones (2/21/14 1:44 pm)
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer February 21, 2014 – 1:44 pm EST SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — The four Republican candidates for governor are in agreement when it comes to Illinois prisons: There are too many inmates, not enough cells and quick action is needed to address what they say is a public safety threat. “The population…
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Inmate held up as example of injustice at former Tamms prison given new sentence (2/21/14 12:35 pm)
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS February 21, 2014 – 12:35 pm EST SPRINGFIELD, Illinois — An Illinois prison inmate held up as an example of injustice at the former Tamms supermax prison has had his sentenced recalculated. WJBC Radio in Bloomington reports (http://bit.ly/1p1UcCv ) Friday that Anthony Gay will be eligible for release from the prison in…
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Facial recognition tool: High-tech police aid or invasion of privacy? | Q13 FOX News
by John Hopperstad Q13 FOX News reporter and weekend anchor SEATTLE — Seattle police are considering a high-tech tool to help capture criminals. But it’s also raising concerns about privacy. Previously, surveillance drones were to fly high in the skies above Seattle. But they got shot down before they took off. Then surveillance cameras were…
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DNA testing ordered in 40-year-old Omaha rape case – seattlepi.com
By MARGERY A. BECK, Associated Press Updated 10:37 am, Friday, February 21, 2014 OMAHA, Neb. AP — A man convicted of rape nearly four decades ago should be allowed to seek new DNA testing, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday, upholding an earlier Nebraska Court of Appeals ruling. Juneal Pratt, 58, is serving 32 to 90 years…
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Activists Stand In Support Of Menard Prison Hunger Strikers; IDOC Pushes Back Against ‘False’ Allegations | Progress Illinois
by Ellyn Fortino Friday February 14th, 2014 A small group of Chicago protestors demonstrated outside of the Thompson Center Thursday evening to call attention to the inmates at Menard Correctional Center, who they say are on a hunger strike for due process and humane conditions. Approximately 14 inmates at Menard began a hunger strike on…
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Innocent, but still guilty
Illinois Innocence Project helps free imprisoned Chicago man with imperfect compromise Although Anthony Murray walked out of prison on Oct. 31 a free man after 14 years, gaining his freedom required admitting to a murder he says he didn’t commit. “It’s been a long road,” the 41-year-old Chicago resident said in a Marion County courtroom…
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Chicago Police Misconduct Lawsuit: Brandy Allen And Nicholas Timmons Claim Authorities Robbed Apartment And Illegally Detained Them
By Howard Koplowitz A Chicago-area couple are accusing local law enforcement of misconduct. Creative Commons/Yumi Kimura A Chicago-area couple is suing local law enforcement agencies, saying officers ransacked their apartment and car looking for drugs but instead stole thousands of dollars’ worth of items. Brandy Allen and Nicholas Timmons, a couple living together in North…
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Is DNA analysis stuck in the past? | The Verge
By Matt Stroud A few weeks ago, the Innocence Project of New York IP announced that it had helped to release another innocent person from prison. This time it was Gerard Richardson. As The Verge outlined in September, Richardson was convicted of murdering a New Jersey woman in 1994 after a forensic odontologist concluded that the shape…