http://www.onlinelawyersource.com Daily Criminal Law News from Online Lawyer Source en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:00 EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/high-court-executions.html In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the lethal injection method used for executions in Kentucky does not violate the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The decision opens the way for states to resume executions... Fri, 18 Apr 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/florida-murder-penalty.html Florida’s House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill to increase the penalties for individuals convicted of murder or attempted murder of a law enforcement officer. Mandatory Life Imprisonment Under the proposed measure, a life sent... Thu, 03 Apr 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/retroactive-sex-offender.html The Missouri Senate recently endorsed an amendment that would require the names of thousands of former sex offenders to be added to the state registry. In June 2006, the state Supreme Court ruled that those convicted of... Wed, 26 Mar 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/crack-sentences-cut.html The federal government announced yesterday that they have recently received hundreds of court orders reducing the sentences for crack cocaine offenders. More prisoners are having their sentences... Thu, 06 Mar 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/imminent-harm.html A Kennebec County jury has acquitted a woman charged with operating under the influence (OUI) after determining that she broke the law to avoid sexual assault. “The law says you can break the OUI law if it’s necessary to avoid imminent physical harm,” said defense attor... Tue, 26 Feb 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/conn-teen-dui-law.html The governor of Connecticut wants to crackdown on underage drinking with a proposal that would mandate substance abuse counseling and a minimum year-long license suspension for teens convicted of DUI. "We need to... Wed, 30 Jan 2008 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/wrongful-arrest-case.html More than $15 million in damages was recently awarded to an Illinois man and his wife in a highly publicized civil rights case. The verdict is believed to be the largest ever of its kind to be handed down in the state. Kevin Fox was arrested in 2004 for the... Thu, 27 Dec 2007 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/nj-death-penalty-ban.html The New Jersey legislature voted this week in favor of a bill to abolish capital punishment. Governor Jon Corzine, an opponent of the death penalty, is expected to sign the bill into law. Capital punishment in the U.S. has been declining in recent years. Fifty-three people were executed l... Fri, 14 Dec 2007 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/crack-sentences.html In a 7-2 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that judges may use their discretion when imposing sentences in crack cocaine cases. Judges were previously strictly bound by federal sentencing guidelines that required harsher sentences for... Mon, 10 Dec 2007 :: EDT http://www.onlinelawyersource.com/news/nm-sexual-abuse.html A former employee of the Public Regulation Commission in New Mexico was recently awarded $840,000 in damages in a sexual harassment lawsuit. “I have never known what to expect,” said plaintiff... Mon, 03 Dec 2007 :: EDT