Criminal Law

"DNA Testing for Convicts not Constitutional Right"
Posted by Chuck Kallendorf: "The Supreme Court yesterday afternoon held that convicted inmates had no constitutional rights to further DNA testing "in hopes of proving their innocence long after having been found guilty of crimes and having had started...

DNA testing for convicts not constitutional right
The Supreme Court yesterday afternoon held that convicted inmates had no constitutional rights to further DNA testing ?in hopes of proving their innocence long after having been found guilty of crimes and having had started serving their sentences...

SCOTUS to decide if post-conviction DNA testing is constitutional right
In a little more than a month, we learn from the Innocence Blog, the US Supreme Court will hear arguments to determine whether prisoners have a constitutional right to post-conviction DNA testing when it could prove their innocence:In a brief filed [Monday] at the U...

A constitutional right to DNA testing
The Ninth Circuit today in Osborne v. District Attorney?s Office for the Third Judicial District, 06-35875 (9th Cir. 4/2/2008), reiterated a very basic theme in that Circuit’s case law & first principles, innocence matters...

Case Update
Forensic science marches to the fore this week.  In DC, the Supreme Court decides 5-4 in District Attorney v. Osborne that there is no constitutional right to DNA testing after conviction; allowing such testing is up to the state legislatures...

U.S. Supreme Rules No Constitutional Right to DNA test
The Supreme Court said today that DNA possesses a unique ability to free the innocent and convict the guilty, but the justices nonetheless ruled that prisoners do not have a constitutional right to demand DNA testing of evidence that remains in police files...

Police begin testing for steroids www.privateofficer.com
Police begin testing for steroids www.privateofficer.com Dallas TX. June 14 2008 The Dallas Police Department plans to start testing officers for illegal anabolic steroids use on July 1...

"The Multiple Dimensions of Privacy: Testing Lay 'Expectations of Privacy'"
Former guest blogger Jeremy Blumenthal and some of his Syracuse colleagues have posted the following to SSRN: "The Multiple Dimensions of Privacy: Testing Lay 'Expectations of Privacy'" University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol...

Is Genetic Testing Really Worth the Cost
As genetic testing becomes more widely understood and administered, Karen Ravn for the Los Angeles Times questions whether the costs (and hidden costs) of genetic testing are actually worth it...

DNA at the Supreme Court
The Washington Post reports that the US Supreme Court is considering review of a critical DNA issue -- whether one has a constitutional right to have DNA tested.Osborne was convicted, spent more than a decade in prison and gave a detailed confession to a parole board...

Tuberculosis Testing:
False Positives

Dirty Needles
Prompt HIV, Hepatitis Testing in Alberta

Immigration and Customs Enforcement
alleging government agencies and officials violated immigrant workers' constitutional rights.

Right-of-Way
City of Hastings pays preacher $1 settlement and $10,000 in legal fees for constitutional right violations.

Cowboy Hat
Lincoln County pays citizen $10,500 settlement for Constitutional Rights violations.

Undetected Sewage Spill
Prichard Water Works and Sewer Board spends $17 million on upgrades and testing.