Criminal Law Library Blog“(U.S. 6th Cir., Feb. 5, 2008) – Defendants’ sentences resulting from their clumsy robbery of rare books from a university and attempts to sell them at auction are vacated and remanded for re-sentencing, where the district court erred by excluding books dropped and abandoned in the library stairwell from the valuation of loss and computation of the sentencing range. The court held that the defendant-robbers “took” the books, under USSG, 2B3.1, when they exercised dominion and control over them, such that they completed the acts necessary to seize the books.”
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U.S. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed et.al.
“Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 11, 2008) – The U.S. Department of Defense announced that six high-value detainees held in Guantanamo Bay were charged, under the Military Commissions Act, with planning and executing the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Specific charges include violations of the laws of war, attacking civilians, attacking civilian objects, intentionally causing serious bodily injury, destroying of property in violation of the laws of war, terrorism, and material support to terrorism”
U.S. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed et.al.: Specifications and Charges
Source: Findlaw Featured Documents, February 11, 2008.
Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA Patriot Act
Report prepared by U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General
February 2008.
Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act), Public Law 107-56, directs the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) to undertake a series of actions related to claims of civil rights or civil liberties violations allegedly committed by DOJ employees. It also requires the OIG to provide semiannual reports to Congress on the implementation of the OIG’s responsibilities under Section 1001. This report – the twelfth since enactment of the legislation in October 2001 – summarizes the OIG’s Section 1001-related activities from July 1, 2007, through December 31, 2007.
Residence Restrictions For Released Sex Offenders
A Report for Congress Prepared by Garrine P. Laney, Analyst in Social Policy, Domestic Policy Division of the Congressional Research Service, February 4, 2008.
The following is from the Summary:
“Monitoring the movement of sex offenders in communities continues to be of interest to Congress, state legislatures, and local governments. In response to some citizens’ concerns, Congress passed the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-248), which, among other provisions, provides for mandatory registration of sex offenders who are released from prison, closer scrutiny of them,
Selected Documents and Web Sites: U.S. President’s Budget for 2009
DAVID BADERTSCHER
The following posting consists of a series of documents selected to hopefully help provide those readers interested with an overview of the budget and the budget process. It also includes a list of the web sites rererenced in President Bush’s Budget Message.To provide added context I have embedded some of the citation references within quotations from his message. Due to the size and complexity of this budget as submitted we can only include a few of the documents in this posting. The following includes links to the series of documents selected.
SELECTED DOCUMENTS:
President Bush: Executive Order 11858 Concerning Foreign Investment in the United States
01/23/2008 Executive Order: Further Amendment of Executive Order 11858 Concerning Foreign Investment in the United States (PDF 70.7 KB)
Executive Order Issued by the President on Jan. 23, 2008
Top Ten Reasons Hackers Use the Web for Attacks
This technology brief by Blue Coat Systems details the vulnerabilities hackers use to take advantage of the web for attacks. To see entire document click on the link below:
New Jersey Nears Repeal of Death Penalty
The New Jersey Senate voted Monday December 10 to make the state the first in the country to repeal the death penalty since 1976, when the United States Supreme Court set guidelines for the nation’s current system of capital punishment.
Legislators on both sides of the debate said they expected the measure to pass easily on Thursday in the General Assembly, where Democrats hold 50 of the 80 seats.
Gov. Jon S. Corzine, a staunch opponent of the death penalty, has said he would sign a measure ending executions