18.11.2010
Robert Pickton case carried hefty price tag
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) – Canadian authorities spent more than C$100 million ($98 million) to catch and convict serial killer Robert Pickton, who preyed on Vancouver sex trade workers and disposed of their bodies on his pig farm.
The police investigation, including a more than year-long search of the farm after his arrest in 2002, cost British Columbia about C$70 million, according to a budget document quietly released by the provincial government late on Monday.
The actual cost of the investigation was significantly higher because the province was only responsible for 70 percent of the costs, with the rest paid by the federal government, according to the document.
Additional court costs included more than C$12 million in public funding for Pickton's defense team, and nearly C$2.5 million to assist families of the victims during the years of legal proceedings, the according to the document.
Pickton was convicted of killing six women and is believed connected with the deaths of more than 50 women who disappeared from Vancouver's drug-infested Downtown Eastside neighborhood over a decade before his arrest.
The Supreme Court of Canada upheld the conviction in July.
The provincial government has launched an inquiry into why it took police years to acknowledge a serial killer was preying on the city. Police have apologized for missing clues they say could have led to Pickton's earlier arrest.
(Reporting by Allan Dowd; Editing by Frank McGurty)
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BrightCom Breaks Telepresence Price Point, Introduces New Desktop HD Video
BrightCom announces the new ClearView Desktop/PC HD Video Conferencing solution offering onboard H.264 video encoding, 720p video quality and beating Cisco and LifeSize in price.
Huntington Beach, CA (PRWEB) November 17, 2010
BrightCom, the performance leader in integrated telepresence and video conferencing, announced today the new ClearView Desktop/PC HD Video Conferencing solution. This solution provides built-in H.264 technology for onboard video encoding and 720p clarity for immersive face to face communication. Suited for the home, office and desktop, BrightCom has announced this offering with a price point of under $500.00 making it significantly more cost effective than Cisco’s Umi and LifeSize’s Passport solutions.
According to Bob McCandless, CEO of BrightCom, “ClearView Desktop/PC HD is approximately $100 less than Cisco’s Umi, and $2,000 less that LifeSize’s Passport making it an ideal choice for businesses wanting to implement a video desktop solution for large numbers of employees in their corporate or home offices.”
ClearView Desktop/PC HD Video Conferencing is a USB 2.0 based fixed camera. Its H.264 onboard video encoding minimizes the stress of video processing from the PC. HD video encoding is beyond the processing power of most PC’s deployed today and instead of replacing every PC for newer models with higher processing power, businesses can easily deploy this solution for high quality video communication. ClearView Desktop/PC HD Video Conferencing also provides built-in audio functionalities including an array microphone and an acoustic echo cancellation system.
“Additionally,” continued Mr. McCandless, “this offering allows users the ability to communicate with more people and to interactively collaborate on critical materials. These features are lacking in both the Cisco Umi and LifeSize Passport offerings.”
Integration into BrightCom’s wide range of telepresence and video conferencing solutions and the Visual Collaboration System (VCS) can easily add up to 16 multiway conferencing with an unlimited number of participants. This standards based interoperability allows it to connect to Cisco, LifeSize and Polycom video conferencing systems and also adds Skype integration.
The VCS, a processor based, single network appliance with a client/server environment, also allows for added security with enterprise directory integration and a full set of multimedia data collaboration and web conferencing functions including data sharing, remote control of participants’ PCs or laptops and cooperative markup on electronic whiteboards, images, video and documents.
About BrightCom – BrightCom specializes in creating flexible and affordable video and telepresence conferencing solutions. With unique integrated data and video conferencing solutions, BrightCom offers a wide range of options with Lumina Telepresence and ClearView Video Conferencing to connect people and content from home offices, mobile devices, desktops or conference rooms. To learn more about BrightCom’s quality telepresence and video conferencing with in-depth collaboration features but without a costly investment on bandwidth upgrades, call 877-483-9737 or visit .
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OJ lawyers ask Nev. justices to reconsider appeal
LAS VEGAS – O.J. Simpson's lawyers are asking a three-judge Nevada Supreme Court panel to reconsider whether the former football star should get a new trial following his armed robbery and kidnapping conviction in Las Vegas.
Simpson attorney Yale Galanter asserts in a request for rehearing filed Tuesday that the justices overlooked or misunderstood several key arguments — including that Simpson lacked the necessary intent to commit a crime, that the last two black prospective jurors were dismissed without proper cause, and that jurors weren't completely screened for bias.
"This court fully understands Simpson's name is shorthand for murder," Galanter wrote, citing a reference in the court panel's Oct. 22 opinion granting a new trial to convicted Simpson co-defendant, Clarence "C.J." Stewart.
That opinion was separate from the 24-page denial of Simpson's appeal. Simpson, 63, is serving nine to 33 years in Nevada state prison in Lovelock, east of Reno.
"This court goes on to say that 'there is a significant indication that the general public views the former football great as a criminal,'" Galanter wrote in his request for a rehearing.
He alleges Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass abused her discretion in denying defense attempts to ask prospective jurors "probing questions" that Galanter said were "necessary and required under the law."
"The trial court would not permit challenges for cause of prospective jurors who thought Simpson was a murderer, or that he did it," Galanter wrote.
Through her clerk, Glass declined to comment Tuesday.
Galanter has argued that Simpson thought he was retrieving personal items when he, Stewart and four other men confronted two sports memorabilia dealers and a middle man in a Las Vegas casino hotel room in September 2007.
Before trial in 2008, the judge had 500 potential jurors fill out 26-page questionnaires that included questions about Simpson's 1995 acquittal in the slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman in Los Angeles.
Half the Las Vegas jury pool was eliminated after expressing strong feelings about Simpson's guilt in that case.
Before and during the Las Vegas trial, Glass instructed jurors to put aside their opinions about the Los Angeles case.
Clark County District Attorney David Roger said Tuesday he hadn't seen Simpson's request for a rehearing, but said he believed the state high court had already thoroughly dealt with Simpson's appeal.
"I am sure O.J. Simpson will be like every other convicted criminal and will file numerous repetitious, frivolous appeals," the prosecutor said.
Galanter on Tuesday characterized his request for a rehearing for his client — an NFL hall of famer, movie actor and advertising pitchman — as one step in a long process that could include a request for a hearing before the full seven-member court.
Galanter told The Associated Press that Simpson was "not happy we lost" his initial appeal, but added that ruling was "not unexpected."
"Appellant Simpson respectfully disagrees with the court's findings and in this petition highlights some material facts overlooked or misapprehended by the court," Galanter wrote in his seven-page request for rehearing.
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