Daily Archives: August 1, 2011 - 3 results

The federal and some state governments are collecting and keeping certain individuals’ DNA data. A federal appeals court recently gave its blessing to the program. If you’re merely arrested for a felony offense, be prepared to give it up for Big Brother.   Federal Combined DNA Index System keeping tabs on lots of Americans Collection of DNA sample expanded from persons convicted to persons arrested Feds keeping this data even if person not convicted or even charged with a crime …

Here are some news items we thought would interest you. Deal or no deal on the debt-deficit?Last night President Obama announced that Congressional leaders came up with a plan to raise the debt ceiling and cut government spending. Now they have to sell the plan to the rest of Congress and get it approved before tomorrow – the deadline when the US government faces default. Here some highlights of the plan:   A little less than $1 trillion increase to the …

Zero-tolerance school discipline policies don’t improve classroom behavior, a new study says. The controversial, one-strike-you’re-out policies were supposed to solve the problem of disobedience and school violence, as well as stem criminal tendencies. Is it now time to reconsider?   New study shows zero-tolerance getting zero results Suspensions may actually increase risk of criminal behavior Zero-tolerance may be best at snaring innocent kids who make silly mistakes Like this article? Share it with others using this link: http://bit.ly/qLXfSx   "Bad" …