Law Professor Michael Scott writes: When I was growing up, my dad always told me that “just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should.” Just because you can climb that tall tree, doesn’t mean you should. Just because you can ride your bike on that busy street, doesn’t mean you should. It was…
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IL: Palatine man sues village because parking ticket reveals personal info
Kimberly Pohl reports: Jason Senne doesn’t dispute that he illegally parked overnight in Palatine, but the contents of the citation he received are an entirely different story. The Palatine man is suing the village for listing personal information on his Aug. 20 ticket – visible for five hours on his parked Acura in the area…
Federal appeals court allows habeas challenge to deportation despite REAL ID Act
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision Friday allowing two people to file habeas corpus petitions against removal orders from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) despite provisions of the REAL ID Act removing jurisdiction from federal courts to hear such claims when they are late. Read more on JURIST.
NZ: DNA collection expanded to help fight violent crime
New Zealand Justice Minister Simon Power issued the following press release: Police can now collect DNA at the same time they take fingerprints from people they intend to charge and match it against profiles from unsolved crimes, Justice Minister Simon Power said today. The Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Amendment Act allows police to take a…