TX High Court Upholds Death Sentence: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the conviction and death sentence for a man found guilty of murdering two people in 2011. Paul J. Gately of KWTX News reports that 25-year-old Ricky Cummings appealed his sentence claiming improper jury selection and exclusion of some evidence related to his background. Cummings' brother was also charged with the murders, but he agreed to a plead guilty in exchange for a 20 year sentence.
Police Chief Blames Realignment For Crime Increase: A Northern California police chief is blames the state's Realignment law for an 11% increase in violent crime in his city over the past year. Ian Thompson of the Daily Republic reports that while the level of property crimes was stable, the level of violent crimes such as rape and murder increased significantly. Suisun City Police Chief Ed Dadisho believes the Governor's Realignment law, which shifted thousands of felons to county jails, has put a strain on local law enforcement and probation officers and contributed to the increased crime. Dadisho also believes that recently passed Prop 47, which converts several felonies to misdemeanors, will also increase crime.
DNA Evidence Leads to Cold Case Arrests: Police in Virginia were able to make arrests in three separate cold cases with the help of newly processed DNA evidence. WFMY News reports that police were able to solve three sexual assaults dating back to the 1980's, and make arrests in each case. Virginia Beach Police acknowledged that budget cuts to the state's Department of Forensic Science has slowed down the process of analyzing DNA, but they are confident that in time more cold cases will be solved.
Police Chief Blames Realignment For Crime Increase: A Northern California police chief is blames the state's Realignment law for an 11% increase in violent crime in his city over the past year. Ian Thompson of the Daily Republic reports that while the level of property crimes was stable, the level of violent crimes such as rape and murder increased significantly. Suisun City Police Chief Ed Dadisho believes the Governor's Realignment law, which shifted thousands of felons to county jails, has put a strain on local law enforcement and probation officers and contributed to the increased crime. Dadisho also believes that recently passed Prop 47, which converts several felonies to misdemeanors, will also increase crime.
DNA Evidence Leads to Cold Case Arrests: Police in Virginia were able to make arrests in three separate cold cases with the help of newly processed DNA evidence. WFMY News reports that police were able to solve three sexual assaults dating back to the 1980's, and make arrests in each case. Virginia Beach Police acknowledged that budget cuts to the state's Department of Forensic Science has slowed down the process of analyzing DNA, but they are confident that in time more cold cases will be solved.
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