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According to the Orange County Register, ten death penalty trials are scheduled for the near future after no capital-punishment sentences in 2012. MacGregor & Collins murder defense attorneys believe the failure of Propostion 34 to protect clients has delayed the legal process and may do more harm than good. Orange County, CA (PRWEB) February 24, 2013 According to the Orange County Register, ten death penalty trials are scheduled for the near future after no capital-punishment...

Azerbaijan America Alliance Launches Multimedia Campaign Today WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A national public awareness campaign is being launched today by the Azerbaijan America Alliance to educate Americans about the massacre of 613 innocent Azeri civilians by Armenian and Russian soldiers 21 years ago in the village of Khojaly, located in the western Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh. On February 26, 1992, in the course of 24 hours, 444 mostly elderly...

Sleek, new booth design from B.I.G. Enterprises makes a stylish architectural statement at major high-tech transportation hub. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) January 29, 2013 Airport architecture can be challenging. Optimal designs seek to balance sleek, technologically relevant motifs with user-friendly functionality. So when designers recently required a secure taxi dispatch booth, that would complement the style of a major Atlanta airport, they knew that only B.I.G. Enterprises...

DENVER, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Immediately following the legislative defeat of HB 1032, Heather Surovik and Personhood Colorado filed an amendment to ensure that all victims of homicide are considered persons. The Brady Project was created after Heather's son was killed by a drunk driver, who was already a four-time offender. Surovik and her family were told that although Brady was near delivery, the driver could not be charged with vehicular homicide because...

Understated and inviting, this budget-friendly information kiosk/guard booth sets the standard for flexibility Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) December 05, 2012 When UCLA needed a new combination information kiosk/guard booth, they turned to B.I.G. Enterprises, Inc. (http://www.bigbooth.com) who fabricated The Bruin, a tough, and aesthetically restrained timeless design. A vital part of the University of California, Los Angeles' mission is based on their 'Principles of Community'....

Homicide moves through a city in a process similar to infectious disease, according to a new study that may give police a new tool in tracking and ultimately preventing murders. Using Newark, N.J., as a pilot case, a team of Michigan State University researchers led by April Zeoli successfully applied public health tracking methods to the city’s 2,366 homicides between 1982 and 2008. They found the killings were not randomly located but instead followed a pattern, evolving from the...

LONDON, November 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aaron Sonson, Satwant Singh Kenth and Gregory Paczkowski have been awarded Liberty's Human Rights "Close to Home" Award for their creation of a Stop and Search App designed to make people aware of their rights. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121126/579588-a ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121126/579588-b ) (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121126/579588-c ) Receiving...

Peter Suciu for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Crime doesn’t pay, but Google will reportedly have to pay a 62-year-old man in Australia for defamation, according to various media sources. On Wednesday a six-person Supreme Court jury found Michael Trkulja had in fact been defamed by search engine giant Google when images of him alongside a well-known underworld figure appeared in its search results. When the Melbourne resident’s name was typed into Google’s image search,...

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Federal Community Defender Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania: Today, attorneys for Terrance Williams have issued a statement in response to the news that Governor Corbett has signed a warrant for execution, scheduled for October 3, 2012. "Most Pennsylvanians would agree that the death penalty is the punishment for the worst of the worst offenders, not for traumatized victims...

The relationship between untreated severe mental illness and violence is well-established. At least 10% of homicides and a larger percentage of rampage murders involve a suspect who is mentally ill, according to the Treatment Advocacy Center. Arlington, VA (PRWEB) July 20, 2012 Almost inevitably after the massacres in Tucson, at Virginia Tech and elsewhere, the rampage that left 12 dead and scores wounded early Friday in Aurora, Colorado, raises questions about the relationship of severe...