Criminal Justice News and VIews

Interesting items related to criminal justice

My Photo
Name:
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

I love teaching and sharing knowledge. The Internet is a free passage to an amazing amount of knowledge provided by some of the greatest minds of the day. MIT, Oxford and other universities are now sharing lecture notes with the public and allowing us to dip into the overflowing fonts of wisdom that abound. Yale is but one university that has put actual lectures on the web.

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Interesting New Laws

This information was emailed to me from the Crime and Justice News.

No-Tell Motels to Credit Cards: New State Laws Coming July 1
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A smoking ban in Georgia, strict sanctions against sex offenses in Iowa and legal procedures for disposing of unclaimed cremated remains in Connecticut are among hundreds of new state laws that take effect July 1. Stateline.org highlights some of the laws, including a package of Iowa laws designed to protect children from pedophiles by doubling penalties and mandating electronic monitoring of sex convicts.
On July 1, California begins using a Web site to inform the public about certain sex offenders. Montana will require serious sex offenders to register for a satellite-monitoring program, and New Mexico is starting a new sex offender DNA identification system. A number of states are launching new efforts to curb methamphetamine production by limiting the sale of psuedoephedrine, a key component of the narcotic. In six states, new laws taking effect that aim to improve road safety. Among other laws: Mississippi allows municipalities to ban the hourly rental of motel rooms; Georgia restricts a maximum jury award for pain and suffering caused by medical malpractice to $350,000; New York prohibits the unrestricted marketing of credit cards on college campuses, and Idaho allows prosecution of parents who allow their child to become a habitual truant.

Stateline.org

I thought you would find it interesting