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The law no longer allows a person who has been arrested and is suspected of driving under the influence (DUI) of drugs, the option of a urine test. Only blood tests will be used to determine the drug content of a person’s blood. Charter-Party Carriers of Passengers (45) Prohibits underage drinking in charter-party carriers (limos, buses,… Read More

What is a warrantless arrest? As the name implies, a warrantless arrest is simply an arrest without a warrant. When police officers make a warrantless arrest, a judge does not have a chance to determine ahead of time whether the police have probable cause to make the arrest. Nevertheless, the Fourth amendment probable cause requirement… Read More

Dennis Stanworth, 70, of Vallejo, CA, was arrested Thursday, January 10, 2013 on suspicion of the murder of his mother. This is not Stanworth’s first arrest, however. Stanworth was sentenced to death in 1966 for kidnapping and shooting to death two teenage girls. His death sentence was eventually changed to life in prison, which then… Read More

New York, NY Melissa King, former administrator of the Sandhogs’ Union employee benefit funds, was sentenced to six years in prison for embezzling approximately $40 million from the employee benefits funds she administered. According to the 12-count indictment and other documents filed in Manhattan federal court, from September 2002 until December 2008, King was the… Read More

Why do auditors often fail to catch fraud? In the last 10 years, large corporate scandals occurring in the US and around the world have resulted in a significant expansion of regulation and professional standards to combat problems surrounding auditor accountability and financial statement fraud. Problem: Regardless of the new regulation, auditor negligence cases involving financial… Read More

Yoshiaki Nagaya, 32, Japan’s vice counsel general in San Francisco was arrested in March after his wife told police he had thrown her from a slow-moving car during an argument in a parking garage near the couple’s San Bruno apartment, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe reported. Yuka Nagaya, said her husband had repeatedly injured her from January… Read More

Cognitive psychologists have conducted literally thousands of experiments examining factors that might affect the accuracy of eyewitness identifications. Is there reason to be skeptical of a crime victim who points to the defendant in court and says “I’m absolutely sure that’s the robber, I’ll never forget that face”? Yes. Even the most convincing-sounding identifications can… Read More

How does probation work? Probation is a figurative leash that the criminal justice system puts on defendants in lieu of incarceration in jail or prison. Offenders who are put on probation (either instead of or in addition to any other punishment they might receive) are typically required to adhere to a number of conditions of… Read More

  American technology pioneer, John McAfee, 67, most known for his anti-virus software, is back in the U.S. after fleeing Belize on suspicion of murder. On November 11, 52-year-old Gregory Faull, McAfee’s neighbor in Belize, was found dead in his home with a gunshot wound to the back of his head. According to a story on… Read More

A prosecutor’s inability to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt is the most frequently used defense in criminal cases. What is the most common defense argument? The most common defense argument is that the prosecution has failed to prove the defendant guilty. Because of the constitutional principles that a defendant is presumed innocent and that… Read More