Officials warn virtual currency fuels real crime in New York
New York officials describe how virtual currencies like Bitcoin enable crime through anonymity at Liberty Reserve and Silk Road. prosecutors urge tighter Bitlicense rules and Know Your Customer measures while Overstock.com and Bloomnation begin accepting digital money.
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Florida self defense echoes after Dunn verdict
In Jacksonville Trayvon Martin era echoes as Michael Dunn, a 47 year old white software developer, is convicted on multiple counts of attempted murder for firing at teens outside a Jacksonville store in 2012. Jordan Davis, 17, was killed. the first degree murder charge resulted in a mistrial. The outcome contrasts Zimmerman’s 2013 acquittal in Sanford.
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Man acquittal debate over self defense in Davis case
In a high profile trial, Dunn testified he feared for his life and fired at a car after an argument over loud music. Jurors, after four days and 30 hours of deliberation, could not reach a verdict on first degree murder regarding the shooting of Davis.
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Prisoners smuggled cells rise in prisons nationwide
In Florida and other states cellphones hidden in diapers noodles footballs cans and bodies are used by inmates to threaten others plan escapes and run criminal enterprises from inside facilities. Michael Crews of the Florida Department of Corrections notes the trend and cites a Florida Panhandle escape as an example of how such devices enable serious crimes.
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