http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34543_20080623.pdf
Describes major international counternarcotics initiatives and evaluates the effectiveness of U.S. drug control policy tools currently in effect. Also considers alternative counterdrug policy approaches. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/smart/pdfs/final_sornaguidelines.pdf
Spells out the new minimum standards for sex offender registration and notification in the U.S. Covers general principles, covered sex offenses and offenders, the required registration information, and enforcement of registration requirements. From the Justice Department.
http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/07-219
5-3 Supreme Court decision that the $2.5 billion punitive damages award against Exxon was excessive and the award should be limited to $500 million in compensatory damages. Justice Alito owns Exxon stock and took no part in the decision. From Findlaw.com
http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/07-290
5-4 Supreme Court decision that ruled unconstitutional the ban on handgun ownership of the District of Columbia. Overturns court precedent in reading the Second Amendment as conferring a right of individual ownership of guns unconnected with service in a militia. From Findlaw.com
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/svljri07.htm
Covers 282 local jails and some 40,000 inmates. Shows facilities by state with estimated prevalence rates of sexual victimization. From the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
http://laws.findlaw.com/us/000/07-343
5-4 Supreme Court decision that makes the death penalty unconstitutional for a defendant who commits rape but not murder. Overturns a Louisiana statute that had authorized capital punishment for the rape of a child under 12. From Findlaw.com.
http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/s0806/final.pdf
Concludes that senior political appointees took control of the program from career staff after 2001 and that candidates for the honors program and internships were rejected because of their perceived political or ideological affiliations, a violation of department policy and federal law. From the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/222981.pdf
More than 11,000 law enforcement agencies in the U.S. have acquired electro-muscular-disruption technologies, also known as conducted energy devices or stun guns or tasers, to reduce deaths and serious injuries related to arrests. However a significant number of deaths have resulted after exposure to a CED, prompting this study on whether CEDs can contribute to or cause mortality and in what ways. From the National Institute of Justice.
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34536_20080616.pdf
Summarizes the recent Supreme Court Boumediene decision and analyzes several of its major implications for detention of alien enemy combatants and legislation that would try to limit detainees' access to judicial review. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34536_20080616.pdf
Summarizes the recent Supreme Court Boumediene decision and analyzes several of its major implications for detention of alien enemy combatants and legislation that would try to limit detainees' access to judicial review. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org
http://www.oag.state.va.us/PRESS_RELEASES/NewsArchive/Techsettlementagreementtemplate.pdf
Text of the comprehensive agreement reached In Richmond Circuit Court between survivors of victims of the Virginia Tech shootings and the state of Virginia. Provides a payment of $100,000 to each of the families of the deceased, lifetime health insurance coverage for those injured, a hardship fund to cover other damages suffered by victims or their families and a charitable trust to focus on campus safety and security. From the Office of the Attorney General
