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• Wayne County Circuit Court Records Now Online

  December 01, 2012 - By Gus Burns Wayne County's 3rd Circuit Court has had a technological breakthrough. Court records, at least certain details about cases — mostly scheduling, charges, party information and pleadings — are now available via the Internet. This is much easier than calling or visiting a kiosk downtown for basic information about a case. Check it out: https://cmspublic.3rdcc.org Maria Miller, the director of communications for Prosecutor Kym Worthy's office, announced the system's launch Tuesday. Any felony case that has been bound over to the Circuit Court from District Court should be accessible on the website, according to court officials. To see the documents contained in a court file, they m...

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  Access, Other Changes Coming Online for Pinellas Public Records

  November 01, 2012 - Users are closer to having easier access to some online public records with the launch of the f...

• N.H. E-court Project Slows Due To Funding Issues

  November 01, 2012 - A sweeping plan to modernize New Hampshire's court system has been slow to get off the ground due to limited funding. In 2011, judicial off...

• Internet Providers to Begin Warning Customers Who Pirate Content

  November 01, 2012 - In the coming months five of the nation's largest Internet service providers will begin implementing a program they hope will cut down on illeg...

• USA Overrun By Criminals - EEOC Asks Employers For Help

  November 01, 2012 - Background checks are necessary to keep the workplace safe and to protect the good workers from the bad ones. But the checking is fraught with risk...

• New York Court Burns Down

  November 01, 2012 - As investigators worked their way through the wreckage in downtown Castile, New York, village and town continued to re-establish themselves. To...

• New Orleans' Criminal Justice System Is 'Fragmented,' Outdated, Consultants Say

  November 01, 2012 - An independent study, commissioned by the city of New Orleans to scrutinize its embattled criminal justice system, found "highly fragmented&qu...

• Maor, NZ Court Computers Down

  November 01, 2012 - The NZ Ministry of Justice says it will be at least a month until public computers at the Maori Land Court are switched back on. The ministry h...

• Don't Cut Yourself - It's A crime

  November 01, 2012 - A 42-year-old Waukesha man is charged after he repeatedly stabbed himself with a box cutter after waking up inside the emergency room at "Wauk...

• Georgia Legislator Takes On Mugshots.com

  November 01, 2012 - At first, it was crazy celebrities whose mugshots began showing up online. Now, everyday people pop up on some very popular mugshot sites. It can b...

• Pennsylvania Death Records Get Easier To Obtain

  November 01, 2012 - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that coroners cannot withhold information about the cause and manner of deaths until after the end of each yea...

• Michigan Court Awards $22 Million Dollar Diploma Mill Lawsuit

  November 01, 2012 - A federal Judge for the Eastern District Court of Michigan recently awarded plaintiffs in a civil class action lawsuit $22,783,500.00.  The pl...

• Logan County, Arkansas Court Online

  November 01, 2012 - Logan County residents are now only a couple of mouse clicks away from being able to read public court records on their computer or Internet-connec...

• Trusted Traveler Program Coming To Fort Lauderdale airport

  November 01, 2012 - A holiday gift for some frequent fliers: the Transportation Security Administration in mid-December plans to start its trusted-traveler program at...

• Nanny Searches, Already Intense, May Become More So

  November 01, 2012 - The battery of questions that can rain on nannies from prospective employers or agencies often resembles a psychological appraisal, far more probin...

• Fingerprinting Of Job Applicants Skyrockets

  November 01, 2012 - The only thing Curtin is guilty of is applying for jobs in fields such as education and health care, which require applicants to be fingerprinted a...

• After Trayvon Martin: Should Neighborhood Watch Groups Require Criminal Background Checks?

  November 01, 2012 - Now that the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in February has been charged with second-degree murder, som...

• 5 States Where ID Theft Is Booming

  November 01, 2012 - As people flock to states like Florida and Texas for a warmer climate, someone they would rather not see is following them. Of the top five sta...