Speed of hackers to crack passwords shows weakness of security scheme used by LinkedIn, researchers say. More than 60% of the unique hashed passwords that were accessed by hackers from a LinkedIn password database and posted online this week have already been cracked, according to security firm Sophos. It’s very likely the remaining passwords have […]
READ MOREPerpetual War on Methamphetamine as Status Quo
A New York paper, the Star-Gazette of Elmira/Corning, has aneditorial today that is an unwittingly accurate description of the mindset of contemporary drug warriors. The piece is titled as follows: Crusade to Fight Methamphetamine Never Ends Setting aside the interesting use of the word “crusade” to describe drug policy, it’s remarkable that this paper seems […]
READ MOREPennsylvania judge sentenced to 28 years in prison for selling teens to prisons
Judge Busted in Kids for Cash Scheme When Mark Ciavarella, Jr. was sentenced to twenty-eight years behind bars, he said he was “sorry.” Observers aren’t sure that he was sorry for his actions when landed him in prison. Most believe he was sorry he got caught. A disgraced Pennsylvania judge, Ciavarella had been found guilty […]
READ MOREInternet Sex Crimes
Internet sex crimes include the possession of child pornography, solicitation of a minor, providing online of sending emails or texts of nude photos via a mobile device. New York considers Internet sex crimes serious. You could be charged with a first, second or three degree felony depending on the nature of the sex crimes such as […]
READ MORENew York Police Pilot Android Smartphone Program
The New York Police Pilot Android Smartphone Program, which began last summer, provides police with thousands of criminal records while they canvas a particular building or area. Over 400 phones have been distributed to police officers since the program began. Police can now access your criminal history and your neighbors by tapping on their smartphone […]
READ MOREThe Kelly Surprise: Attorney General Concedes That Amendment of Compassionate Use Act Was Unconstitutional
Surprising news in California medical marijuana law: the California Attorney General has conceded that the legislature’s amendment of the 1996 Compassionate Use Act was unconstitutional, meaning that criminal defendants may soon be able to regain the ability to put on a trial defense under the Compassionate Use Act even if the amount of medical marijuana […]
READ MORECourt Suppresses Evidence in Wecht Case, Leaving Little or Nothing Left
Last Thursday, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, District Judge Sean J. McLaughlin presiding, ruled that the government could not use evidence obtained from two search warrants against former Allegheny County Coroner, Dr. Cyril H. Wecht, as reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The warrants were issued for Dr. Wecht’s pathology laboratory in 2005. Agents seized […]
READ MOREMalamud Linked to PACER Pilot Shut Down
Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) is an archaic, document tracking system used by the federal courts. This is the database that stores all complaints, court motions, case scheduling and decisions. In 2001, the Judicial Conference of the US released a web-based version of the PACER database allowing remote access to most federal civil […]
READ MOREUnited States Sentencing Commission Proposes Amendment to Acceptance of Responsibility Guideline
The United States Sentencing Commission recently released proposed amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Among the proposed changes, including changes relating to [insert list here], is a proposed change to the guidelines regarding acceptance of responsibility. The Commission, through this proposed amendment, seeks to reconcile to conflicting circuit opinions regarding the interpretation of the existing […]
READ MORECourts Face Growing Challenges Over Jurors’ Increasing Use of Internet, Computers, Cellphones, Etc.
In this age of universal access to information through computers, cellphones and other devices, there is one group the courts are increasingly opposed to having access—the jury. A March 18 article in the New York Times relates how jurors in a large criminal case in South Florida were discovered to have done research on the […]
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