Global Positioning Systems
MADISON, Wis. - An electronic monitoring system tracking sex offenders, parolees and others shut down, leaving authorities in 49 states blind to offenders' movements for about 12 hours, authorities said Wednesday.
MADISON, Wis. - A global positioning system that tracks sex offenders failed in several states on Tuesday, leaving authorities blind to the real-time movements of thousands of offenders for most of the day, Wisconsin prison officials said Wednesday.
MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin prison officials say a global positioning system that tracks sex offenders failed for several hours, leaving authorities in several states blind to offenders' real-time movements.
SAN DIEGO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation Thursday to put some sex offenders in prison for life at a bittersweet ceremony for family and friends of a 17-year-girl who was killed after being abducted while running less than seven months ago.
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court on Friday reversed a man's drug conspiracy conviction because authorities failed to get a warrant before using a global positioning system device that tracked his movements for a month.
