Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Nov 29, 2009, 5:40 am
FraudBlawg November 2, 2009    " Whistleblower Bruce Moilan, a former employee of Universal Health Services, alleged that his employer paid doctors for referrals in direct violation of the federal...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Nov 29, 2009, 5:27 am
FraudBlawg     November 12, 2009    " Kaiser Northwest Region Hospice self-disclosed to the Inspector General for Health and Human Services that it billed Medicare for pati...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Nov 29, 2009, 4:26 am
Sentencing Law & Policy November 9, 2009    " My local paper has this article this morning, headlined "Authorities crack down on child-porn offenders," which documents the uptick in federal prosec...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Nov 29, 2009, 3:54 am
The Volokh Conspiracy    by David Post November 28, 2009     " Earlier in the year I posted a story about a particularly revolting episode of judicial corruption in Easter...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Nov 15, 2009, 5:12 am
Fox News A new federal report shows the government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims. by A/P WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable ...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Nov 11, 2009, 5:42 am
Harvard Kennedy School/Ash Institute       Webinar: Can You Predict Lethal Intimate Partner Violence? November 12, 3p-5p November 12, 2009: 3 – 5 pm (EST) ~This webinar...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Nov 11, 2009, 5:32 am
Sentencing Law & Policy    The title of this post is the headline of this interesting new editorial in the Boston Globe.  Here is how it begins and ends: Middlesex District Attorney Gerard L...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Nov 2, 2009, 1:35 am
Medical News Today Article Date: 27 Oct 2009 - 3:00 PDT  "Medicare "provides a rich and steady income stream for criminals who are constantly finding new ways to steal a sizable chunk of the half tr...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 25, 2009, 6:54 am
 Hello everyone, I'm Kathleen     For those who are not familiar with this blog site, welcome!         When people find out I'm a forensic nurse, I often get the same response:...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 25, 2009, 5:19 am
YahooNews!     A/P Associated Press 5 mins ago SAN JOSE, Calif. – " A cell phone video...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 25, 2009, 4:54 am
Seattle pi Local Friday, October 16, 2009Last updated 6:59 a.m. PT By LEVI PULKKINENSEATTLEPI.COM STAFF   " An Everett nursing home is facing a lawsuit after an elderly resi...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 25, 2009, 4:25 am
FraudBlawg October 6, 2009  Report Shows How Taxpayers Subsidize Dealers, Pushers & Addicts    " Nearly 7% of all Medicaid costs (more than $20 billion per year) is alloc...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 25, 2009, 4:19 am
Fraudblawg " According to DOJ, Michigan physical therapist, Solomon Nathaniel, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program by creating fictitious therapy files regarding phony physic...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 24, 2009, 7:00 am
Medical News Today Article Date: 24 Oct 2009 - 0:00 PDT    " A new study in China has found that people with higher levels of pesticide exposure are more likely to have suicidal thoughts. The stud...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 24, 2009, 6:51 am
Medical News Today Article Date: 24 Oct 2009 - 1:00 PDT        "Groups of neurons that precisely keep time have been discovered in the primate brain by a team of researchers tha...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 24, 2009, 6:33 am
Criminal Justice Online 10/21/09 by Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster, LAPD (ret.)    "On October 26, 2009, at 2 p.m. (eastern time), in recognition of National Domestic Violence Aware...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 24, 2009, 6:28 am
Sentencing Law & Policy    "The question in this post is prompted by this interesting story out of New York.  The piece is headlined, "NY Lawmaker Pushes For Domestic Violence Reg...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 18, 2009, 7:09 pm
Sentencing Law & Policy    "The title of this post is the headline of this very interesting local article from North Carolina.  Here are some of the notable particulars: Twenty murderers, rap...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 18, 2009, 7:00 pm
MSNBC Officials say images of younger children becoming more pervasive  AP Associate Press updated 5:37 p.m. ET, Mon., Oct . 5, 2009   BARTOW, Fla. - When a single Florida county arrested 45...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 18, 2009, 6:54 pm
MSNBC updated 7:26 p.m. ET, Mon., Oct . 5, 2009 function UpdateTimeStamp(pdt) { var n = document.getElementById("udtD"); if(pdt != '' && n && window.DateTime) { var dt = new...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 18, 2009, 6:46 pm
   Schemes offer big payoff and carry shorter prison time than other offenses MSNBC AP Associated Press updated 3:38 p.m. ET, Tues., Oct . 6, 2009 function UpdateTimeStamp(pdt) { ...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 8, 2009, 5:42 am
Medical News Today "A recent study from the latest issue of Personal Relationships shows that individuals who have experienced violence at an early age may have trouble adjusting to healthy, adult ro...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 8, 2009, 5:37 am
Crime & Consequences "Wall Street Journal writer Jess Bravin reports that on Nov. 9th the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether sentencing a minor to life in prison is cruel and unusual punis...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 8, 2009, 5:32 am
Crime & Consequences     "Los Angeles Times writer Joel Rubin reportsthat according to police figures the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has cut its backlog of untested DNA from rapes and s...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 8, 2009, 5:23 am
Sentencing Law And Policy "The title of this post is the headline of this articleforwarded by a helpful reader that details an on-going sentencing debate in France after a high-profile crime by a sex...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 8, 2009, 5:06 am
Criminal Justice Online By Tracy E. Barnhart    When we speak about the “use of force,” I notice more and more that officers either need or want the green light to be given to them before they...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Oct 8, 2009, 4:53 am
Criminal Justice Online by Lt. Raymond E. Foster LAPD (Ret) October 29-30, 2009Holiday Inn Pittsburgh at University Center OaklandPittsburgh, PA, United StatesOpen to the General PublicRegistratio...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Sep 26, 2009, 7:52 pm
Crime & Federalism September 22, 2009 "The Hofstra Rape Hoax has people talking about date-rape all over again.  Emily Bazelon has some interesting commentary here.  Glenn Reynolds and Ann Althous...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Sep 20, 2009, 8:39 am
This self quiz is offered through the University of Ilinois Office of Women's Affairs:    Relationship Quiz • Do you feel nervous or fearful in your relationship? •  Are you a...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Sep 20, 2009, 7:34 am
The Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog by Roland V. Miller, Jr. September 11, 2009 " I had a great morning this morning. I arrived excited and ready to attack the day. This was the email in my in-...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Sep 20, 2009, 7:03 am
FraudBlawg   September 7, 2009 " Last week, DoJ announced the guilty plea of Lil Vargas-Arias, a Detroit-area healthcare professional, to conspiracy to falsify medical reco...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Sep 20, 2009, 6:51 am
Crime & Federalism September 13, 2009 " Two Pennsylvania judges sold children into slavery in the infamous Cash-4-Kids scam.  By law, lawyers who appeared before those corrupt judges were not allow...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Sep 20, 2009, 6:40 am
Crime & Federalism    September 14, 2009 " In Pottawattamie County v. McGhee, the Supreme Court will decide whether a prosecutor should be entitled to absolute immunity from suit for "obtai...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Sep 20, 2009, 6:31 am
Crime & Federalism September 16, 2009 " What is the leading cause of wrongful convictions?  It's an easy answer: Unreliable eyewitness identification.  Most of us think that most eyewitness ...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Sep 3, 2009, 3:34 am
Biblical Archaeology Review    "The second season of excavations at Tel Bet Yerah (Khirbet el-Kerak), on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, yielded a very impressive find: A four centimetre-long por...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Sep 3, 2009, 3:27 am
Criminal Justice Online  Thursday, August 27, 2009      "The third annual National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims will be observed on Friday, September 25, 2009. Sponsored by the U.S. De...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 30, 2009, 4:00 am
MSNBC Associated Press updated 9:00 p.m. ET, Wed., Aug 26, 2009             Man proclaimed innocence up until the time he was put to death in 2004      DALLAS - "A fire investigat...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 30, 2009, 3:18 am
Medical News Today      August 29, 2009     " For ages experts and laymen have been analyzing and trying to crack the code of handwriting characteristics, in order to detect an individual...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 30, 2009, 3:06 am
Sentencing Law & Policy      " I blog here yesterday about the decision by the Justice Department will to pursue federal death penalty charges against Michael Jacques, a Vermont sex offender acc...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 22, 2009, 5:56 am
FraudBlawg July 28, 2009      " Gevork Kartashyan and Eliza Shurabalyan, pricipals of DME supply company, CHH Medical Supply were convicted by a jury last week and will be sentenced in Oct. Acc...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 22, 2009, 5:52 am
FraudBlawg August 12, 2009     " William “Bill” King Jr., Marie King, King & Associates, Inc., and Southern Care, Inc. have agreed to pay $1.4 million in settlement of allegations they fraud...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 22, 2009, 5:46 am
Crime Blawg Criminal Appeal, January 09, 2008 by Jeremy price      " In a murder prosecution, the trial court instructed the jury pursuant to CALCRIM no. 917 that mere words cannot establish a ...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 22, 2009, 5:38 am
Crime & Federalism August 1, 2009      " They even had their own hand signal ..."      Watch the video ...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 22, 2009, 5:35 am
Crime & Federalism August 3, 2009      " Alberto Lopez Sr. assaulted a woman. He then arrested her for assaulting a police officer.  At a preliminary hearing, he lied under oath.  The victim o...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 22, 2009, 5:30 am
Crime & Federalism August 3, 2009      "Baird v. Renbarger, No. 08-2436 (CA7) (denying qualified immunity to police officer who pointed submachgine gun at citizens who posed no threat to officer...
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Kathleen E. posted an article on Forensics Talk - Aug 22, 2009, 5:13 am
Crime & Consequences August 18, 2009 7:29 AM | Posted by Kent Scheidegger     " DNA has been one of the most important, possibly the most important, advances in forensic science. When DNA is ava...
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