For the first time, a U.S. district court has allowed a defendant to introduce into evidence the results of a polygraph exam

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The US District Court for the District of Arizona set a precedent in 1995 by allowing a criminal defendant to offer polygraph evidence for the defense. The ruling, in United States v Crumby, follows on the US Supreme Court's revision of the standards of admissibility of scientific evidence, which replaced the general acceptance standard with a flexible one invoking Rules 401, 402, 403, and 702 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. The Arizona court placed important restrictions on the evidence, however, mainly to avoid a prejudicial impact.

Cases, Evidence (Law), Testimony, Evidence, Scientific, Scientific evidence (Law), Lie detectors and detection, Lie detector tests, Robbery

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The new EPA 'interim policy,' which is meant to encourage companies to report violations, may have the opposite effect

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The Environmental Protection Agency's new Interim Policy on corporate self-reporting and environmental auditing may discourage companies from voluntary disclosure. Its requirements for avoiding penalties and referral to the Justice Dept are much stricter than those of the Antitrust Division and other bodies that offer immunity. The Interim Policy has seven requirements to win lesser civil penalties, and three more to avoid referral. However, it requires disclosure to entities not bound by the policy, and has other flaws.

Management, Interpretation and construction, Innovations, Liability for environmental damages, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental auditing, Environmental law

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Bite the bullet: wiretap tech-terrorists

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The failure of new legislation on wire-tapping covering electronic mail and cellular phones happened for political reasons and due to Republican Congressmen, civil liberties groups and the National Rifle Association opposing the proposed legislation for different reasons. The fact that 1996 was an election year could also have helped. The proposed legislation was dropped and the Clinton administration moved on to politically safer measures which defused the opposition because nobody was sure what they meant.

Usage, Cellular telephones, Wireless telephones, Political aspects, Wiretapping

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