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The DNA train has left the station
The passage of two recent bills--by both the Senate and the House, and the signing of those bills into law by the president -provides an object lesson in the workings of the state, and full illustration of the type of logic that must necessarily govern the actions of that coercive...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, Insurance, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-05-26
House committee in Maryland weighs limits on DNA bill
Gov. Martin O'Malley's office Thursday urged lawmakers to strengthen legislation that would permit police to collect DNA samples from people charged with committing a violent crime or burglary, by dropping a provision that would limit the measure's life to five years. The DNA-collection legislation would help police solve...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-03-28
Senate OKs bill expanding DNA collection
DENVER - The Senate unanimously approved House Bill 1343 on Wednesday, leaving only minor differences with the House to be worked out before a measure backers say helps crime victims and the wrongly accused goes to Gov. Bill Ritter. All felons leaving the Department of Corrections have...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2007-05-03
Maryland Senate OKs bill on DNA collection
A person charged with committing a violent crime or breaking into a car would have to submit a DNA sample to police, under controversial legislation the Senate passed Tuesday.
Tags: DNA, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2008-03-26
Lawmakers remove DNA evidence testing deadline.
After a rocky home stretch in a three-year race against the clock, the legislature removed the deadline for Florida prisoners to request DNA testing to help prove their innocence. Before a unanimous vote in the Senate May 4, the bill's sponsor, Sen. Alex Villalobos,...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, Rep., U.S. Senate
Research articles 2006-05-15
DNA bills move in both chambers.(Notice)
Bills that would eliminate the deadline for DNA testing, and allow even those who entered guilty pleas to try to prove their innocence, sailed through committees in both chambers February 8. SB 186, sponsored by Sen. Alex Villalobos, R-Miami, passed unanimously out of the...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2006-03-01
Bills in the New York State Assembly
A.8691 TONKO Extends the tax credit allowed for clean-fuel vehicle refueling property. [Excerpt: This bill would provide the necessary incentive for investment in refueling stations to provide greater access for alternative fuel vehicle owners.] Same as S.5565-A 06/03/2005 referred to Ways and means 06/23/2005 referred to Rules...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, FINANCE, Governor, Taxes, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2005-10-01
FORENSICS BUDGET HITS NEW PROBLEM AREAS
The Senate Appropriations Committee recommended the COPS office expand its DNA grants to include other types of forensics backlogs that afflict state and local police laboratories.The budget bill cites data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics that shows "a disturbing trend of increased cases and increased backlog in all disciplines...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2005-07-08
House, Senate pass DNA testing bill.
The House of Representatives and Senate have passed legislation to provide increased access to DNA testing for crime victims and persons convicted of crimes by wide margins. H.R. 5107, the "Justice for All Act of 2004," passed the Senate on a voice vote after...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2004-10-14
Last-minute legislation taken up by Congress
Members of Congress scrambled over the weekend to complete work on major legislation before leaving Washington for the final weeks of the election campaign. The House recessed Saturday; the Senate remains in session. Last-minute action included: House and Senate, goes to President Bush. Defense spending. A $447 billion...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, FINANCE, SOFTWARE, Taxes, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2004-10-11
Leahy Hails House Passage Of DNA Bill; Calls On President Bush, AGAshcroft To 'Get Out Of The Way' Of Bipartisan Package
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday again overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation -- The Justice For All Act -- that would help state and local governments use DNA evidence in convicting the guilty and exonerating the innocent. Today's House margin -- 393 to 14...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, president, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2004-10-06
Sensenbrenner: Committee Approves 'Justice for All' Crime Victims/ DNA Legislation by Voice Vote
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The House Judiciary Committee today by voice vote approved far-reaching bipartisan crime victims and DNA legislation introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.). H.R. 5107, the "Justice for All Act of 2004," includes the text of H.R. 3214, which...
Tags: Biotechnology, chairman, DNA, U.S. Senate, voice
Research articles 2004-09-22
Editorials.(News)(Editorial)
Could crime lab answer a mystery? Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed bills Wednesday aimed at strengthening the state's crime lab and speeding up its processing of DNA cases. The move may help solve one of DuPage County's most haunting murders. Just 15 years old, Kristy...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2004-07-24
SENATE BACKS DNA BILL
The Senate passed a bill, S2853, to help law enforcement officers collect evidence through chemical and DNA testing without a suspect's consent if a search warrant is obtained.The legislation affects pending criminal cases, notably one involving the rape of a 13-year-old girl in which DNA was ruled inadmissible because, under...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, U.S. Senate, warrant
Research articles 2004-06-17
Rhode Island: SENATE BACKS DNA BILL
The Senate passed a bill, S2853, to help law enforcement officers collect evidence through chemical and DNA testing without a suspect's consent if a search warrant is obtained.The legislation affects pending criminal cases, notably one involving the rape of a 13-year-old girl in which DNA evidence was ruled inadmissible because,...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, U.S. Senate, warrant
Research articles 2004-06-11
Rhode Island: SENATE BACKS DNA BILL
The Senate passed a bill, S2853, to help law enforcement officers collect evidence through chemical and DNA testing without a suspect's consent if a search warrant is obtained.The legislation affects pending criminal cases, notably one involving the rape of a 13-year-old girl in which DNA evidence was ruled inadmissible because,...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, U.S. Senate, warrant
Research articles 2004-06-04
House bill expands DNA testing provisions.
Just because a defendant pleads guilty to a crime doesn't mean he is guilty. Sometimes it's to avoid a harsher sentence. Sometimes confessions are coerced. Rep. Ellyn Setnor Bogdanoff, R-Ft. Lauderdale, said she knows that from firsthand experience working on the Innocence Project when...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, petition, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2004-04-30
Senate Judiciary passes DNA testing bill.
Should there be a statute of limitations on innocence claims using DNA testing? At the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Skip Campbell, D-Tamarac, recounted a conversation he had with Sen. Rod Smith, D-Gainesville. "I read him a quote from Alexander Hamilton: 'The duty...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, Sen., statute, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2004-01-01
Senate panel takes up DNA testing extension.
Senators got some answers and asked even more questions at an October 21 joint meeting between the Judiciary and Criminal Justice committees on extending a deadline for inmates to seek post-conviction DNA testing of evidence. The committee is considering extending the October 1, 2003,...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2003-11-15
The U.S. Senate may be determined to keep your genetic information away from employers and insurance companies.(Slants & Trends)
THE U.S. SENATE may be determined to keep your genetic information away from employers and insurance companies, who could theoretically use it to gauge your propensity for substance abuse (DDR, May 29, p. 81), but that will not stop state forensic scientists from using genetic information...
Tags: Biotechnology, DNA, FINANCE, Insurance, scientist, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2003-08-07
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