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28 Jun 2008, 12:35 am
" After five years in prison her appeal was successful and sentence was overturned by a New Jersey appeals court. [read post]
26 Jun 2008, 8:35 am
Judge Tentatively Approves Settlement of Eating-Disorder Class Action
New Jersey Law Journal
A federal judge in New Jersey granted preliminary approval Tuesday to a class action settlement that would require Aetna Insurance Co. to improve coverage for some eating-disorder patients. [read post]
6 Jun 2008, 4:27 am
In April, janitors and teachers at a day care center in Chicago were accused of abusing children in satanic rituals and making them eat boiled babies. [read post]
22 May 2008, 10:13 pm
David Finklehor, director of the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, said characterizations such as Senator Schumer's are "based on anxieties and not on a careful analysis of the nature of the problem or the way in which kids get harmed. [read post]
13 May 2008, 9:44 pm
The lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, West Virginia (Docket No. 08-C-69), on behalf of Kevin Gerhold of Falling Rivers, as well as all other LifeLock subscribers in West Virginia.This follows similar class actions filed in New Jersey and Maryland. [read post]
29 Apr 2008, 10:51 am
"We also need to take action to protect journalists and pro-democracy activists who may otherwise become the next victims after the spotlight provided by the Olympics is gone from the world's center stage. [read post]
21 Apr 2008, 9:54 am
The savings can be used to help crime victims and on a host of crime prevention programs. [read post]
25 Jan 2008, 4:15 am
TheSupreme Court has outlawed the execution of mentally retarded persons andprisoners convicted as juveniles; a revolution in DNA testing has putwrongful convictions on the front pages of newspapers nationwide; and inDecember, New Jersey became the first state in the country to passlegislation abolishing the death penalty in 40 years. [read post]
23 Jan 2008, 8:46 am
California was number one, followed by Texas, Arizona, New Jersey, New York, and Florida. [read post]
19 Jan 2008, 11:21 pm
X voted against the strongest child safety measure ever enacted.'"Cognizant of laws named for terrible child molestation cases - like Megan's Law, named for a little New Jersey girl raped and killed by a convicted offender - the public still fears children will be snatched from safety and abused or worse. [read post]
2 Jan 2008, 1:32 pm
Those who want quick executions after convictions argue for swift justice, for closure for victims and for the deterrent effect -- if there is any -- of a proximity between crime and punishment. [read post]
18 Dec 2007, 2:34 am
"Just another slap in the face to the victims," Kanka said.Members of victims' families fought against the law. [read post]
17 Dec 2007, 8:26 am
View the article here12/17/2007Sex offenders beware: Megan's Law is up for review.In January, a committee of legislators, law officers, defense attorneys and victims' advocates will discuss changes to Megan's Law, the system designed to alert police and the public to the whereabouts of sex offenders.Tops on the agenda is the merit of New Jersey's tier system, in which sex offenders are designated by county prosecutors as… [read post]
27 Nov 2007, 6:58 am
"What about the victims? [read post]
25 Nov 2007, 11:55 am
Seven-year-old Megan Kanka, for example, was kidnapped, raped and killed in 1994 in New Jersey by a violent repeat sex offender living across the street. [read post]
23 Nov 2007, 12:33 pm
Seven-year-old Megan Kanka, for example, was kidnapped, raped and killed in 1994 in New Jersey by a violent repeat sex offender living across the street. [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 6:16 pm
He observed the Camaro with its front end "smashed," in the number one lane, parallel to the center median, facing north. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 9:44 pm
A number of executions in the USA have been botched and caused suffering, sometimes prolonged, to the victim. [read post]
16 Oct 2007, 1:05 am
Group Claims Public Right to Know Amount of Dram Shop Award to Paralyzed Girl
New Jersey Law Journal
A consumer watchdog group is seeking to open the secret settlement paid to the New Jersey girl whose paralysis in a crash with a drunken Giants football fan brought attention to the evils of binge drinking at sporting events. [read post]
25 Sep 2007, 11:16 am
Make up 4 percent of registered sex offenders in New Jersey. [read post]
