Feb 04, 2021 By Jim Ash Senior Editor Top Stories
After seniors, high-risk individuals, health-care workers, first responders, and school workers are protected
The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers is asking Gov. Ron DeSantis not to forget private lawyers and their clients when the courts become a priority for the COVID-19 vaccine.
FACDL President Mitchell Stone urges DeSantis in a February 1 letter to prioritize “all those who participate in the criminal justice system, including all attorneys, judges and defendants.”
Stone posted the letter through the regular mail, and says it’s too early to expect a response.
The letter is also addressed to Department of Corrections Secretary Mark Inch and Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees.
N.J. court gives suspect ‘trade secret’ access to DNA software allegedly linking him to murder [nj.com]
A state appeals court has ruled that a Hudson County murder suspect should be given access to the source codes of the cutting-edge DNA software that prosecutors say links his saliva to evidence in a 2017 shooting that killed a man and injured a child.
It’s the first time New Jersey courts have discussed the emerging field of probabilistic genotyping, which mathematically analyzes DNA samples. Such technology “marks a profound shift in DNA forensics,” the state appeals court said in a 74-page published ruling Wednesday.
Virginia Senate committee rejects hate crime expansion bill (FILE) (Source: WVIR) By Cierra Parks | Capital News Service | February 2, 2021 at 2:58 PM EST - Updated February 2 at 5:39 PM
RICHMOND, Va. - Legislators attempted to pass a bill that would expand the definition of a hate crime to include crimes against people based on perception, but opponents said the bill was too broad and could be misused.
The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the bill by for the year late last month. Four Democrats strayed from party lines to vote against the bill after much debate.
The current statute defines hate crime victims as those who are maliciously targeted based on race, religion, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or ethnicity. Legislators passed the legislation last year during the General Assembly session.
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