ICE Fingerprint Program in 25 U.S. Border Counties: The Department of Homeland Security announced today that "Secure Communities," the new border security initiative that seeks to identify illegal immigrants using fingerprints taken during arrests (see our previous News Scan post here), has been deployed to all 25 U.S. counties along the southwestern border. The AP reports the program has already led to the deportation of 47,000 illegal immigrants.
Suspected Rapist Was on Probation at Time of Crime: The Seattle Times reports that John Alan Carter was on probation when he choked, bound, and raped a 49-year-old women for several hours last month in Washington. After ordering the victim to withdraw $400 from her bank account, Carter fled and is still on the loose. Carter had been checking in with his probation officer as required, and had even received permission from the officer to house-sit the residence where he committed the attack and rape.
9th Circuit Tosses Life Sentence: The 9th Circuit today vacated the life sentence of Adan Pineda-Doval, who was convicted in 2008 of ten counts of transporting illegal immigrants causing death as reported by the AP. In 2006, Pineda-Doval crashed a vehicle carrying 20 illegal immigrants outside Yuma, Arizona, killing ten of the passengers. The 9th Circuit sent the case back for re-sentencing, finding that the lower court failed to specifically find that Pineda-Doval acted with malice at the time of the crash and did not apply the correct standard of proof at sentencing.
Suspected Rapist Was on Probation at Time of Crime: The Seattle Times reports that John Alan Carter was on probation when he choked, bound, and raped a 49-year-old women for several hours last month in Washington. After ordering the victim to withdraw $400 from her bank account, Carter fled and is still on the loose. Carter had been checking in with his probation officer as required, and had even received permission from the officer to house-sit the residence where he committed the attack and rape.
9th Circuit Tosses Life Sentence: The 9th Circuit today vacated the life sentence of Adan Pineda-Doval, who was convicted in 2008 of ten counts of transporting illegal immigrants causing death as reported by the AP. In 2006, Pineda-Doval crashed a vehicle carrying 20 illegal immigrants outside Yuma, Arizona, killing ten of the passengers. The 9th Circuit sent the case back for re-sentencing, finding that the lower court failed to specifically find that Pineda-Doval acted with malice at the time of the crash and did not apply the correct standard of proof at sentencing.
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