More from this issue:

1. The Pseudoscientific Practice of Blood Spatter Analysis How the Desire for Convictions Drives Flawed Prosecutions, by Anthony Accurso
2. Tennessee County Disproportionately Jails Black Children, and It’s Not Getting Better, by Jacob Barrett
3. Digital Tyranny: Beware of the Government’s Push for a Digital Currency, by Nisha Whitehead, John W. Whitehead
4. California Court of Appeal: Fifth Amendment Violation Where Police Use Two-Step Interrogation in Deliberate Strategy to Circumvent Miranda, by Richard Resch
5. Seventh Circuit: Four-Year Delay in Filing Appeal Excused Habeas Exhaustion Requirement Because Any Further Attempts for Postconviction Remedies in State Court Would Have Been Futile, by Dale Chappell
6. Ninth Circuit: IAC for Failure to Engage Mental Health Expert and Testing, State PCR Court’s Decision Contrary to Federal Law and Defective Factfinding, Habeas Relief Granted, by Dale Chappell
7. Hawaii Supreme Court: Due Process Violation to Exclude Evidence of Victim’s BAC in Assault Case in Which Defendant Claims Self-Defense, by Matthew Clarke
8. Sixth Circuit: Courts May Consider Nonretroactive Change in Law as One of Several Factors for Extraordinary and Compelling Circumstances for Compassionate Release, by Matthew Clarke
9. Maryland Court of Appeals Announces Accepting Empaneled Jury Doesn’t Waive Prior Objection to Trial Court’s Refusal to Propound a Voir Dire Question, by Douglas Ankney
10. United States Has Four Percent of the Global Population and Over Thirteen Percent of Global Deaths at the Hands of Law Enforcement, by Casey Bastian
11. I, Robot, Am The LAW!, by J.D. Schmidt
12. Thanks to Homeowner’s Private Security Camera Catching Cops’ Blatant Misconduct, He’s a Free Man, by Douglas Ankney
13. SCOTUS Rejects Government’s Interpretation of the ACCA’s ‘Occasions Clause’ That Would Make It Possible to Become ‘a Career Criminal in the Space of a Minute’, by Richard Resch
14. Kentucky Supreme Court: Officer’s History of Arresting Defendant on Multiple Occasions Constituted ‘Show of Authority’ That Defendant Was Not Free to Leave, Resulting in Unlawful Terry Stop, by Anthony Accurso
15. Connecticut Supreme Court: Trial Court Abused Discretion by Limiting Self-Represented Defendant’s Direct Examination Regarding Risk of Injury to a Child, by Matthew Clarke
16. Fifth Circuit Affirms Habeas Relief and New Trial Based on Counsel’s Failure to Interview State’s Key Eyewitness in Murder Case, by Dale Chappell
17. Minnesota Supreme Court Announces Confession Must Be Corroborated by Independent Evidence Crime Occurred, Rejects Federal ‘Trustworthiness Standard’ for Corpus Delicti Rule, by Douglas Ankney
18. Crushing Whistleblowers, by Jayson Hawkins
19. California Court of Appeal Orders New Trial Due to Jurors Considering Potential Penalty During Guilt Phase of Deliberations, by Douglas Ankney
20. Colorado Supreme Court Announces Parents’ Income That’s Unavailable to Defendant Who Lives With Them Expense-Free Not Included in Indigency Determination for Court-Appointed Counsel, by Matthew Clarke
21. FOIA Request Reveals How the FBI Obtains and Analyzes Cellular Provider Data, by Anthony Accurso
22. Vermont Supreme Court: Under Totality of Circumstances, Police Interview of Defendant in Store Parking Lot Was ‘Custodial Interrogation,’ Triggering Requirement for Miranda Warnings, by Anthony Accurso
23. Facbook Reminds Police, No Dummy Accounts for Surveillance, by Anthony Accurso
24. Government Drones Compromise National Security, yet the NYPD Uses Them, by Ashleigh Dye
25. LASD Defends Practice of Stopping Latino Bicyclists, Says People Using Bikes for Transportation Are Generally Criminals, by Douglas Ankney
26. News in Brief
27. Discredited Narcotics Unit Revamped as Firearms Unit, by Douglas Ankney

More from Douglas Ankney:

• Seventh Circuit Announces Safety Valve Relief Under § 3553(f) Is Narrower Than Guidelines Firearms Enhancement Under § 2D1.1(b)(1), District Court Erred by Conflating Them, May 15, 2024
• Fourth Circuit: Maryland’s First-Degree Assault Statute Is Indivisible so Conviction Is Not an ACCA Predicate for Sentencing Enhancement Purposes, May 15, 2024
• Tenth Circuit: Plea Not Knowing and Voluntary Where Plea Counsel Materially Misrepresented Defendant’s Right to Impartial Jury Selected Through Racially Nondiscriminatory Means, May 15, 2024
• California Supreme Court: Jury’s Finding of Intent to Kill for Gang Enhancement, Standing Alone, Insufficient to Find Prisoner Failed to State a Prima Facie Case in § 1172.6 Petition for Resentencing on First-Degree Murder Conviction, May 15, 2024
• Non-Toxic Fluorescent Spray Reveals Fingerprints in Seconds, May 15, 2024
• New York Court of Appeals: SORA Designation Violates Defendant’s Due Process Rights Where Crime Involved No Sexual Contact or Motivation and Defendant Was Not a Sex Offender and Posed No Risk of Sexual Threat, May 15, 2024
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Announces Defendants Under Age 21 Ineligible for LWOP Sentences, May 15, 2024
• New Jersey Supreme Court Announces Extension of Eyewitness Identification Safeguards of Henderson to Pretrial Preparation Sessions and Provides Framework for Showing Photos During Pretrial Phase, May 15, 2024
• Sixth Circuit Announces Untimely Notice of Appeal That Provides Reason for Tardiness May Be Construed as Motion to Reopen, May 15, 2024
• Migrants at New Mexico CoreCivic ICE Detention Center Forced to Clean Up Sewage with Bare Hands, May 1, 2024

More from these topics:

• Police Body Cameras, A Decade Later, May 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Public Records Act, Police State-Surveillance, Police/Govt Misconduct.
• The Police Have a Dark Money Slush Fund, May 15, 2024. Contractor Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Commentary/Reviews, Police/Govt Misconduct.
• Massachusetts State Police Facing Possible Class Action Lawsuit for Illegal Recordings, April 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Recordings, Police/Govt Misconduct, Writings, Recordings & Photographs, Tape Recordings.
• Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Police Training on How to Violate Constitutional Rights, April 15, 2024. Contractor Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Police, Terry Stops, Suspicionless Searches.
• Georgia Sheriff Resigns After Groping TV Judge’s Breast, April 1, 2024. Assault by Police, Police Misconduct, Police/Govt Misconduct.
• Fourth Circuit: Defendant Entitled to Discovery and Evidentiary Hearing on § 2255 Petition to Withdraw Guilty Plea Because It Was Not Knowingly and Voluntarily Made, March 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Police/Govt Misconduct, Plea Bargaining, Evidence - Destruction/Fabrication/Manipulation of, Knowingly and Voluntarily Made.
• Audit Finds LAPD’s Frivolous Use of Helicopters Flunks Cost/Benefit Analysis, March 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Corrections Audits.
• Improvements to Decertification Procedure for Law Enforcement Officers Guilty of Excessive Force Urgently Needed, March 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Commentary/Reviews, Police, Excessive Force (Police).
• Harris County, Texas, Settles Civil Rights Case for $1.5 Million Brought by Innocent Man Shot in His Home Five Times by Trigger-Happy Deputy, Feb. 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Excessive Force (Police), Fourth Amendment, rights, Police/Govt Misconduct, Monell Liability, Fourth Amendment.
• Evidence Shows When Researchers Work Alongside Cops in the Field, De-escalation Training Is Implemented and Effective, Feb. 15, 2024. Excessive Force (Police).