Criminal Law

36 states release ill or dying inmates
North Carolina and Alabama have joined a growing number of states establishing programs that allow the release of dying or infirm prisoners to cut prison system health care costs. Alabama's law goes into effect Sept...

36 states offer release to ill or dying inmates
(a list of states can be found by going to the sidebar of the article. The URL is below.) 36 states offer release to ill or dying inmates Programs help cut costs of health care, officials say By Marty Roney...

Letting them out when sick or dying
This effective article from Alabama highlights one way that states are looking to reduce their prison populations: Next month Alabama will start releasing sick or dying prison inmates, a move that state prison officials say immediately will start saving taxpayers...

Schwarzenegger drops plan for early release of 22,000 inmates
Schwarzenegger drops plan for early release of 22,000 inmates By Andy Furillo May 13, 2008 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has dumped his plan to release about 22,000 lower-risk inmates from prison before they complete their terms, The Bee learned Monday...

Judges rejects request for early release of inmates
A judge rejected the Sheriff's Department's request to release some inmates early to relieve jail overcrowding, the Orange County Register reported. While the Sheriff's Department claimed the emergency order was needed because there could be more inmates than there are...

Some US states to resume executions after high court lethal injection ruling
[JURIST] Several US states announced Wednesday that they would resume executions by lethal injection after the Supreme Court's decision upholding Kentucky's lethal injection protocol [JURIST report] earlier in the day...

Mitchell Report Summary
Report on Steroid Drug Use in Major League Baseball by Senator George Mitchell

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

Hayes Bicycle Group
Recalls Quick-Release Devices

Bank Website Security
New Report Finds Widespread Flaws

Operating Room Fires
Hundreds Injured During Surgery, New Report Shows

Becker County
Faces Civil Rights Class Action by Inmates and their Attorneys

Inmate Possessions
Washington Department of Corrections agrees to pay current and former inmates $75 each for donating or destroying personal property.

Cilantro
Recalled in 5 States