Ten factors in a criminal case that can lead to a wrongful conviction While every criminal case is unique, a recent three-year study from the Washington Institute for Public and International Affairs Research at American University has identified 10 factors that are common to wrongful convictions. The research sheds light on the critical components of a criminal case and helps legal scholars uncover how such factors differ from cases where innocent defendants are acquitted. The U.S. Justice Department's National Institute of Justice funded the research, released March ...

More Utah pedestrians being hurt or killed in accidents A study just released by the Utah Department of Public Safety shows an alarming trend: more Utah pedestrians are being injured or killed in pedestrian-versus-car accidents. The report provides data from 2002 through 2011 (statistics are not yet available for 2012), and shows that the pedestrian injury rate is the highest it has been in 10 years. The total number of pedestrian accidents - 886 in 2011 - has also peaked. The most alarming data from the report concerns fatal pedestrian accidents. While pedestrians ...

Introduction. When a child is born with severe birth injuries such as kernicterus (brain damage) due to extreme jaundice, parents often do not realize that anything is wrong with their baby until days, months, or sometimes years later. That is because jaundice in a newborn baby is too often considered a harmless condition by health care providers. Parents walk out of the hospital smiling broadly, with a yellow newborn in their arms, believing that she is perfectly healthy with a nice tan. They frequently are told by nurses just to stick the baby in the sun for a while. ...

A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of an Illinois family following their 4-year-old son's death from an overdose of hydrocodone. The boy was brought to CSF Saint Anthony's Medical Center for a standard tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. While in the hospital, the child was administered heavy narcotic medication including morphine and Vicodin. Upon discharge the mother was given a prescription for more Vicodin and instructions to give it to her son once every 4 hours. Several hours later that night, the mother awoke to the sound of gasping for air from her son and called ...

Decades ago, cheerleaders led crowds at sporting events with pom-poms, clapping and toe kicks. Those days are gone. Today, cheerleading is a competitive, physically demanding activity that takes place year-round. Complex stunts, pyramid building and athletes tossed high in the air have taken the place of the splits, and the injuries show it. In fact, cheerleading accounts for more than 65 percent of all catastrophic injuries suffered by female high school athletes during the past 25 years. The catastrophic injuries from the sport may cause permanent brain injuries, paralysis ...

The idea that Americans are settling into rocking chairs as they age is now a myth, if it was ever true. Both younger and older baby boomers -- those born between 1946 and 1964 -- are turning to new hobbies or reconnecting with activities they enjoyed in their younger years. Among the new activities: motorcycles. Between 1998 and 2003, the mean age of motorcycle owners rose from 33 to 43, according to an industry trade association. About a quarter of motorcycle riders in the U.S. are 50 or older. This newfound or rediscovered joy of the open road could come with consequences ...

Medical malpractice is an act or omission by a medical professional that results in medical care that fails to meet accepted standards. It can include a variety of errors such as failure to diagnose, medication errors and surgical errors. Medical malpractice claims are generally litigated in a manner similar to that of other negligence claims in Illinois, although some specific requirements are different. Illinois law also regulates caps for medical malpractice awards. Malpractice procedures must involve experts The Illinois General Assembly provides rules for filing ...

The bankruptcy attorneys in Knoxville, Clark & Washington, would like to turn their attention towards Hostess' recent decision to file for bankruptcy. Not many people would have thought that the company that produced the famous treat Twinkies would have gone under, but the Knoxville bankruptcy attorneys note that anything can happen in this economy. Suffering from poor sales, the business has made the move to auction off its brands. According to the law firm, Hostess has been successful in attempts to auction off its bread brands, which has been a back and forth struggle ...

Although car mogul, David Buick, was a great inventor, his brilliance in automotive design did not correspond with his financial insight or managerial skills. The Nashville bankruptcy attorneys at Clark & Washington discuss his story. In 1902, with $5,000 in his pocket, Buick created Buick Manufacturing Co. Three cars were developed, but that was not enough to make his business sustainable. He was forced to borrow money from a friend who instead of lending him the money introduced him to a firm that was going into car production. Buick teamed up with the company, ...

Easter arrives early this year and with it comes the welcome addition of two Bank Holidays. London fully embraces the holiday with egg hunts galore - for adults and children alike - plenty of family friendly events and, of course, a number of church services. Easter is also a major celebration of food and, for those hoping to eat more than just chocolate, a number of London restaurants can be conveniently booked through LondonTown.com. Sunday sees the return of The Boat Race, a highly competitive race between London's two most prestigious universities. This year's race ...

The BFPF Award for Social Good will be awarded annually to Social Media and High Tech companies that manage to leverage the social web and new media to effectively bring about meaningful change via charitable causes or other non-profit means. Says Founder Tom Bibiyan "We want to hear from other innovative companies that are really using the web make a significant social difference. If you think your company has what it takes, we'd love to hear from you." Interested parties and companies may submit their creative concept for social good via the website at ...

Eugene, Oregon-based AVANT ASSESMENT today announced that iCAN was named a finalist for the 2013 SIIA Education CODiE Awards for Best PK-12 Personalized Learning Solution and Best Instructional Solution in Other Curriculum Areas. The SIIA CODiE Awards the premier award for the software and information industries, and have been recognizing product excellence for 27 years. The awards have over 75 categories and are organized by industry focus of Content, Education and Software. This year's program features 23 Education categories, several of which are new or updated to ...

Proud father Tom Humble has scooped the top prize in a fashion competition run by Burton, thanks to the double-denim style of his young son. The menswear brand has been running a double denim campaign to celebrate the best, and worst, of this season's hottest style trend. At the heart of the campaign was the #DDD competition which offered entrants the chance to pick up a GBP300 gift card. Participants uploaded photographs of themselves wearing their favourite double denim outfits via Facebook by 4th March. Burton fans then chose the winner by voting for their favourite ...

Inchcape Fleet Solutions, one of the UK's leading fleet management providers, has announced a two year partnership with Autoglass, the UK's leading vehicle glass repair and replacement specialist, as their preferred supplier. The partnership will see Autoglass provide an expert service to Inchcape's fleet of over 50,000 vehicles, across the UK. Following a robust tender process, Autoglass was chosen to keep Inchcape vehicles on the road due to its speed of service, unbeatable national coverage and quality guarantee. With 100 Branches nationwide, and 1100 expert mobile ...

EE, the only 4G provider in the UK, will add the brand new Samsung Galaxy S4 to their 4G mobile range. The device - complete with a slim, polycarbonate body and incredibly wide HD screen - will benefit from all the services you would expect from the digital communications company and be available online, through EE telesales and in EE stores from 26th April 2013. Both consumers and business customers alike can enjoy speeds approximately five times faster than 3G and with all 4GEE plans can watch live TV on the move without buffering, play games on the go and download ...

InfoTech, a leading technology house and systems solutions company headquartered in New York City with programming facilities in North Dakota, is pleased to announce that it has been selected to install and develop a computer lab and training center at Mercy Center in the Mott Haven neighborhood of Bronx, NY. Mercy Center, a nonprofit organization, is a community center for women and their families, offering free programs and services that empower women to reach their full potential and become agents of change in their families and communities. The new computer ...

A new UCLA-led study suggests a way to predict when a woman will have her final menstrual period. The findings, published in the April issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, could help women and physicians gauge the onset of menopause-related bone loss, which generally begins a year prior to the last period. The researchers used women's ages, menstrual bleeding patterns and measurements of hormone levels to estimate the amount of time until they were likely to reach menopause, said the study's lead author, Dr. Gail Greendale, professor ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– It's been more than 50 years since scientists discovered that the single-celled organism Tetrahymena thermophila has seven sexes. But in all that time, they've never known how each cell's sex, or "mating type," is determined. Now they do. By identifying Tetrahymena's long-unknown mating-type genes, a team of UC Santa Barbara biologists, with research colleagues at the Institute of Hydrobiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and at the J. Craig Venter Institute, also uncovered the unusual process of DNA rearrangements required for sex ...

Individuals who had taken a type of drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes showed abnormalities in the pancreas, including cell proliferation, that may be associated with an increased risk of neuroendocrine tumors, according to a new study by researchers from UCLA and the University of Florida. Their findings were published online March 22 in the journal Diabetes. The researchers, from the Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center at UCLA and the Diabetes Center at the University of Florida, found that cell mass was increased approximately 40 percent in the pancreases ...

Bunk beds and baby change tables are among the hidden dangers around the home causing serious injury and death to Queensland children. In the 2013 Consumer product-related injuries in Queensland children report, prepared by QUT's Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland (CARRS-Q), more than 475,000 Queensland children sustained injuries requiring emergency department treatment between 2004 and 2011. The lead author of the report, QUT's Dr Kirsten McKenzie, said consumer products were a significant cause of child injury requiring treatment in emergency ...

The genome of the mountain pine beetle – the insect that has devastated B.C.'s lodgepole pine forests – has been decoded by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre. This is a first for the mountain pine beetle and only the second beetle genome ever sequenced. The first was the red flour beetle, a pest of stored grains. The genome is described in a study published today in the journal Genome Biology. "We know a lot about what the beetles do," says Christopher Keeling, a research associate in Prof. Joerg Bohlmann's ...

Research from the University of Cincinnati just published in the March issue of the Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management measures the impact of brownfields on nearby residential property values in the City of Cincinnati. (Brownfields are abandoned business or industrial sites with either potential or proven on-site pollutants.) In an article titled "Using Spatial Regression to Estimate Property Tax Discounts from Proximity to Brownfields: A Tool for Local Policy Making," researchers Oana Mihaescu, a former UC regional development planning doctoral ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Researchers at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center have identified new DNA sequences associated with breast cancer -- the most common cancer among women, with an average risk of developing the disease of 10 percent -- and ovarian cancer, the most common cause of death from gynecological cancers in the U.S. The findings, which appear in three studies in the journals Plos Genetics and Nature Genetics, will help reveal the underlying causes of these diseases and help researchers build better risk models to support new prevention strategies. In the first study, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Association for Cancer Research released its second Annual Report on Cancer Survivorship in the United States in advance of the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, which will be held in Washington, D.C., April 6-10. The report, published in the AACR's journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, shows that as of January 2012, there were approximately 13.7 million cancer survivors in the United States, a number that is expected to rise by 31 percent to 18 million by 2022. "The increase in the number of survivors will be due primarily to ...

More than 80 genetic ’spelling mistakes’ that can increase the risk of breast, prostate and ovarian cancer have been found in a large, international research study within the framework of the EU Network COGS. For the first time, the researchers also have a relatively clear picture of the total number of genetic alterations that can be linked to these cancers. Ultimately the researchers hope to be able to calculate the individual risk of cancer, to better understand how these cancers develop and to be able to generate new treatments. The main findings are published in ...