New Mexico
Rebellion Growing as States Reject The Real ID Act
Submitted by MichaelVail on Mon, 02/05/2007 - 12:17am.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 — Opposition among state officials is turning into an open revolt against a federal law calling for the creation of standardized driver’s licenses nationwide that are meant to be less vulnerable to fraud.
DNA Databases May Be Growing Too Quickly
Submitted by MichaelVail on Thu, 01/18/2007 - 2:55am.
As state DNA databases expand, a growing number of "cold cases" are getting solved, but that's leading to a new problem: Local jurisdictions can't keep up with their burgeoning caseloads.
"I see it nationally as becoming a major problem," said Ted Hunt, chief trial assistant in the Jackson County Prosecutor's Office in Kansas City, Mo. "We're lucky to have a cold case homicide unit and a branch of sex crimes that works on cold cases, but many jurisdictions lack those resources."
And DNA databases are certain to grow even more in several states.
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