By Calvin Palmer
Prisoners on the run from a British prison cannot be identified because it would violate their rights to privacy, the Ministry of Justice has said
Civil servants say releasing their names would breach obligations under the Data Protection Act.
It echoes a row in 2007 when Derbyshire Police refused to release pictures of two escaped [...]
July 3, 2009
Releasing names of prisoners on the run violates their rights to privacy
July 3, 2009
Police in South Carolina hunt for serial killer
By Calvin Palmer
Police in South Carolina today confirmed they are hunting for a serial killer after a man shot dead last night became the fourth murder in the past six days.
At a joint news conference held this morning by City of Gaffney Police Chief Rick Turner and Cherokee County Sheriff Bill Blanton, it emerged police [...]
July 3, 2009
Cost-conscious elderly twin sisters found dead in uncooled Texas home
By Calvin Palmer
The frugal lifestyle of elderly identical twin sisters living on a fixed income cost them their lives when they were found dead in their Texas home yesterday after enduring 100-degree temperatures for the past few days.
The bodies of 82-year-old Florence and Emma Jernigan were found in the San Antonio home they had lived [...]
