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India Rejects Google Street View Service Over Security Concerns

Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans India has rejected Google’s plans to collect images for its Street View service, citing concerns that it could compromise the country’s security. The decision, first reported by the Press Trust of India Thursday, was made after a “detailed analysis” by Indian security agencies found that the […]

Federal Appeals Court Rejects Religious Challenge to Kansas Science Standards

A group alleging that Kansas science standards will result in anti-religious instruction in public schools lacked standing, the federal appeals court in Denver ruled. View full post on The School Law Blog – Education Week #pso #htcs #b4inc Read More The post Federal Appeals Court Rejects Religious Challenge to Kansas Science Standards appeared first on […]

Pa. Supreme Court rejects Mumia Abu-Jamal’s last appeal

Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal has lost his last legal appeal. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected a challenge regarding forensic evidence in his racially charged case. The onetime Black Panther was found guilty in 1982 of fatally shooting white Philadelphia police Officer Daniel Faulkner. Abu-Jamal spent nearly 30 years […]

Ohio justice rejects death penalty law he wrote

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — As a young state senator 30 years ago, Paul Pfeifer helped write Ohio's death penalty law. Today, as the senior member of the state Supreme Court, he's trying to eliminate it. It's not uncommon for sitting judges to change their mind on the death penalty — U.S. […]