A New York Appeals court has rejected the notion that risk prediction under the state’s Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) should have a scientific basis. According to the July 2017 decision in People v. Curry, courts must not only adhere to a risk assessment instrument...
Peritoneal mesothelioma survivor Jayda Kelsall didn’t take her increasing pain lying down. The Ottawa, Ontario, resident fought hard to get doctors to recognize her mysterious pain. Without her fighting spirit and determination to advocate for her health, she might not be here today. “If I...
Canada recently issued a new crime advisory for the Bahamas, warning its citizens to exercise a high degree of caution when traveling there due to high rates of crime, including a reported increase of sexual assaults against tourists. Canada's website advisory was updated last week...
Since 2011, Jose Cintron Jr., 38, has lived on the same Pennsylvania cell block as his father, who is 58. Their story is not unusual. All around them are inmates who come from the same neighborhoods, the same city blocks or even the same households....
Former Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to 40 to 175 years in prison for sexually assaulting gymnasts over many years, the Detroit News Reports. For days, dozens of young women have stepped up to a podium in the Ingham County Circuit Courthouse...
A bipartisan prison-reform bill from Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) is expected to be marked up soon in the House Judiciary Committee, The Hill reports. The Prison Reform and Redemption Act, co-sponsored by eight Democrats and seven Republicans, allows prisoners to finish serving their sentences in...