Hawaii Considers Victims Bill of Rights: The Hawaii Legislature is considering a bill that would amend the state constitution to provide rights to crime victims. Hawaii's KHON reports that the bill would incorporate provisions of California's Victim's Bill of Rights of 2008, also called Marsy's Law, which gives crime victims the right to be notified of court dates, the granting of bail and the release from prison of the criminals who assaulted them or their loved ones.
India Bans Gang Rape Documentary: The Indian government has prohibited the showing of "India's daughter" a documentary on the 2012 gang rape and murder of the young woman on a moving bus. Associated Press writer Muneeza Naqvi reports that the documentary reveals a view accepted by many men and some community and religious leaders that Indian woman who go out at night, visit bars or dress immodestly are to blame if they are raped or even murdered. The film includes an interview with one of the four men sentenced to death for luring a 23-year-old woman and her male friend returning home from a movie onto a bus, beating the man unconscious than gang raping the women so brutally she later died from her injuries.
Nebraska Considers Post-Conviction DNA Testing: A bill moving through the Nebraska Legislature (LB245) would expand post-conviction DNA testing to confirm convictions in cases tried before the science was available or less effective than it currently is. JoAnne Young of the Beatrice Daily Sun reports that in recent years several convictions were overturned due to the testing and that the technology is also very valuable for identifying suspects and convicting guilty criminals.
India Bans Gang Rape Documentary: The Indian government has prohibited the showing of "India's daughter" a documentary on the 2012 gang rape and murder of the young woman on a moving bus. Associated Press writer Muneeza Naqvi reports that the documentary reveals a view accepted by many men and some community and religious leaders that Indian woman who go out at night, visit bars or dress immodestly are to blame if they are raped or even murdered. The film includes an interview with one of the four men sentenced to death for luring a 23-year-old woman and her male friend returning home from a movie onto a bus, beating the man unconscious than gang raping the women so brutally she later died from her injuries.
Nebraska Considers Post-Conviction DNA Testing: A bill moving through the Nebraska Legislature (LB245) would expand post-conviction DNA testing to confirm convictions in cases tried before the science was available or less effective than it currently is. JoAnne Young of the Beatrice Daily Sun reports that in recent years several convictions were overturned due to the testing and that the technology is also very valuable for identifying suspects and convicting guilty criminals.
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