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Schwarzenegger approved program to ease prison overcrowding [this day at law]
May 3, 2013 by Arjun Mishra
On May 3, 2007, former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill with bipartisan support that designated $7.7 billion to remedy the state's overcrowded prisons. The Public Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007 attempted to streamline the prison infrastructure system.... [more]
Connecticut governor signs new gun control restrictions into law
April 4, 2013 by Elizabeth LaForgia
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed a comprehensive gun control bill into law Thursday, placing new limits on the sale of firearms. One of the most far-reaching gun control laws in the country, the Gun Violence Prevention and Children's Safety Act adds 100 firearms to the state's assault.... [more]
Seventh Circuit strikes down sex offender social networking ban
January 23, 2013 by Matthew Pomy
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday struck down an Indiana law that prohibits sex offenders from joining social networking websites, such as Facebook and other websites children are able to join. The law makes it a crime for a registered sex offender to be a member of a ".... [more]
California resident sues four Orange County cities over sex offender ordinances
October 6, 2012 by Jaimie Cremeans
A registered sex offender filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of California last week challenging ordinances in four Orange County cities that ban registered sex offenders from city-owned parks, campgrounds and other recreational areas where children may gather. The city.... [more]
South Africa court found ANC party leader guilty of 'hate speech' [this day at law]
September 12, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On September 12, 2011, a South Africa court found the African National Congress (ANC) president, Julius Malema, guilty of hate speech for singing a protest song. The song referred to farmers and whites in general, although Malema claimed that the words were not meant to be taken literally, but.... [more]
Federal appeals court finds Indiana sex offender registry violated due process
August 29, 2012 by Julia Zebley
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled Tuesday that by not allowing Indiana citizens to appeal erroneous entries on the state Sex and Violent Offender Registry the Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) violated Due Process rights. An Indiana citizen who committed lesser sex.... [more]
ACLU sought to block Louisiana sex offender internet-use law [this day at law]
August 16, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On August 16, 2011, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana (ACLU) sought to block a Louisiana law that limited internet use for registered sex offenders. The ACLU challenged the law based on the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution due to the negative effect that the law.... [more]
South Korea enacted chemical castration law [this day at law]
July 24, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On July 24, 2011, the South Korean Ministry of Justice announced the enactment of a law allowing the use of chemical castration on sex offenders convicted of attacking children under the age of 16 years old. Earlier that month, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed a similar bill calling for.... [more]
Russia lawmakers considered chemical castration bill [this day at law]
July 12, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On July 12, 2011, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed a bill calling for the involuntary chemical castration of those convicted of sexual offenses against children. This was the second time that the topic had been raised by Medvedev; he initially proposed requiring the procedure to be.... [more]
Finland court convicted Rwanda pastor of genocide [this day at law]
June 11, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On June 11, 2010, a Finnish court convicted former Rwandan pastor Francois Bazaramba and sentenced him to life in prison for his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The court found that he had ordered the killing of at least five Tutsis, led attacks against Tutsis and spread anti-Tutsi.... [more]
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