Even after 13 years, it is still important that the truth has come out about the Hillsborough disaster has finally come out, both for the families of the 96 who died and to start rebuilding some faith in the police.
This past year has seen a particularly dramatic increase both in the collection of DNA for forensic purposes, and in controversy over its ethical and social implications. DNA forensics can be an extremely useful tool for identifying perpetrators as well as exonerating people who have been wrongly convicted or accused. However, its use carries significant risks as well.
Simon Walsh, the defendant in the controversial #porntrial, has been found not guilty of possession ‘extreme pornography’ by a unanimous jury of his peers.
On June 29, 2012, the Criminal Investigation Department of Sri Lanka raided offices of two news websites, the Sri Lanka Mirror and Sri Lanka X News. They arrested nine journalists, including the editor, and seized equipments on the grounds that the websites were “propagating false and unethical news on Sri Lanka.”
A police mutiny is into its sixth day in Bolivia as low-ranked policemen are demanding, among other things, levelling up their wages to the same amount military officers currently earn. Public figures showed a difference of up to 40% in these two wages.