State receives grant for justice information sharing
Wisconsin is one of six states to receive a $50,000 grant to pull information sharing in the state's law enforcement network further into the Internet age. Wisconsin's grant proposal was submitted in January by the state's Office of Justice Assistance, which houses the (WIJIS...Wisconsin chooses XML-based system to network Justice employees
, a Chicago-based developer of XML-based network software, will provide a key part of the department's se...DNA Identity Mix-Up In Bone Marrow Donors, And Miscarriages Of Justice Involved
In what may sound as a typical open-and-shut case, a clear DNA match was made between semen from a serious sexual assault// and a blood sample from a known criminal. However, the criminal in question was in jail when the assault took place. Forensic scientists had already matched the crime sample to the DNA profile of another person who was their prime suspect. It was only after careful detective...Reminiscences of Chief Justice’s Call for Quality Medical Educatio
Feb. 24: The Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Cyriac Joseph has expressed the need for quality medical education in the country// and that the government must not leave any stone unturned to weed out black sheep institutions. According to the Chief Justice, this is a matter of grave concern to the society, to witness the dwindling nature of medical education. The educationists, profes...Justice To Former Male Nurse In sex Discrimination Case
A former student male nurse yesterday won a landmark sex -discrimination case against NHS hospitals that did not permit him to perform intimate medical //procedures on women patients, if a female chaperone was absent. The Equal Opportunities Commission said the court ruling challenged assumptions that all men are sexual predators and as men make up only 10% of the workforce it...Family of man who immolated himself seeks justice
The family of a man who immolated himself to protest against non-payment of bills due to him by the Bihar government are to approach// the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for justice. Manoj Mishra, in his 30s, sustained about 80 percent burns after setting fire to his clothes in front of the Gaya Dairy project in Gaya Aug 15, saying the company was not paying him his dues tota...