L.L. Brasier reports: A Rochester Hills man faces up to 5 years in prison — for reading his wife’s e-mail. Oakland County prosecutors, relying on a Michigan statute typically used to prosecute crimes such as identity theft or stealing trade secrets, have charged Leon Walker, 33, with a felony after he logged onto a laptop…
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Ca: Supreme Court will hear case over warrantless emergency wiretaps
The Canadian Press reports: The Supreme Court of Canada will decide if a Vancouver judge was right to throw out a law which allows police to use wiretaps without a warrant in an emergency. The case involves six men convicted last April in the 2006 kidnapping and ransom of a drug trafficker and two other…
AU: Girl at centre of St Kilda nude photos scandal to hand over photos to Federal Court
The girl at the centre of St Kilda photo scandal has agreed to hand over all the pictures she has to the court and destroy any other copies in her possession. At a Federal Court hearing this afternoon the girl was instructed to put the photos on a USB stick and hand them to the…
Judge issues permanent injunction against DA, Weld sheriff in Operation Number Games
Nate A. Miller reports: A Larimer District Court judge has put a formal end to efforts on the part of Weld District Attorney Ken Buck and Weld County Sheriff John Cooke to crack down on illegal immigration and identity theft using records from a Greeley tax preparer. In a decision Tuesday, District Judge Stephen Schapanski…