Crime - The Legal Examiner (Page 9)

Who's watching? New surveillance atlas shows you

Cameras are everywhere, but a new tool, the Atlas of Surveillance, has information on more than 3,000 cities.

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 26 Aug 2020

Security camera attached to a post monitoring the area.

Title theft is not the problem, despite ad claims

Commercials by Bill O'Reilly claim Home Title Lock can prevent title theft. Title theft is not the problem.

By Craig Kopp

/ 19 Aug 2020

Hackers, email fraud increase security woes for companies

The use of email fraud has become so rampant that two years ago the Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidance saying if a public company doesn’t guard against phishing

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 11 Aug 2020

Email inbox showing the spam folder highlighted.

Cities have little say over presence of federal law enforcement

Some mayors are pushing back against President Donald Trump sending federal law enforcement to their cities. However, unless those federal personnel are breaking the law, there is little the mayors

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 31 Jul 2020

Demonstrator holding a sign that reads 'No U.S. Troops on U.S. Streets – Vets for BLM.'

Boy Scouts: Window closing for survivors to report sex abuse

More than 130 million children have been entrusted to the care of the Boy Scouts of America over its 110 year history — and the untold percentage who were sexually abused

By Elizabeth Anne Brown

/ 23 Jul 2020

Boy Scouts of America uniform shirt positioned beside the U.S. flag.

Florida criminalizes fake emotional support animal ownership

On July 1, it became a crime in Florida to falsely declare a pet as an emotional support animal. If convicted, the pet owner can be jailed for two months

By Sheila Mullane Estrada

/ 21 Jul 2020

Dachshund with travel items on airplane.

As coronavirus changes real estate, scammers pounce

The pandemic changed the real estate game, and now scammers are taking advantage and counting their profits Much of the buying and selling now is being done virtually with Zoom

By Sheryl Nance-Nash

/ 20 Jul 2020

Female realtor using a laptop showing a sold listing on the screen.

Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn ruling on felon voting in Florida

Florida felons will not get the opportunity to vote in the state’s primary election in August after the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to weigh in on the

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 17 Jul 2020

Checkbox asking about voting rights for felons.

Distracted driving laws mean fewer crashes, fewer deaths, study says

A recent study by the American Academy of Pediatrics makes a direct correlation between distracted driving laws and fewer fatal crashes among all age groups. That includes drivers 16 to

By Yvette C. Hammett

/ 13 Jul 2020

The George Floyd Case: The charges, the burden of proof and sentencing guidelines

Legal Examiner reporter Katherine Snow Smith interviewed Professor Richard S. Frase from the University of Minnesota Law School to get his breakdown and analysis of the charges against the four police officers involved in George Floyd’s death. Frase is a criminal law professor and co-director of the

By Katherine Snow Smith

/ 23 Jun 2020

Blurred image of a lawyer striking a gavel on a desk.

Trying the George Floyd case is no simple matter

As the world follows the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, questions arise about how this extremely high profile case will play out in court. Will a plea agreement keep it from even going to trial? How will a judge seat a jury of 12 fair and unbiased jurors? What tactics will the pro

By Katherine Snow Smith

/ 16 Jun 2020

You can expunge your arrest record, but it won’t vanish completely

There are several qualifications for having a record of arrest expunged or sealed, but the proliferation of data companies today means arrests aren’t buried nearly as deeply as they once were.

By Katherine Snow Smith

/ 16 Jun 2020