by Casey J. Bastian
Probation officials play a critical role in the criminal justice process. These officials create pre-sentencing reports containing both legal and extralegal information about the offender. This information is used to fashion sentencing recommendations. One factor considered is remorse. If the offender shows remorse, more lenient sentencing ...
by Michael Dean Thompson
Introduction
After 9/11, authorities determined the event was possible due to a failure of the various intelligence agencies to communicate with each other and share their information, data, insights, and discoveries. In 2007, Eben Kaplan wrote for the Council on Foreign Relations that a clear example ...
by Anthony W. Accurso
The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures” and requires that warrants be issued only “upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing ...
by David M. Reutter
The United States Sentencing Commission (“Commission”) adopted nine amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (“Guidelines”) that became effective on November 1, 2023. It’s the first action by the Commission since it lost a quorum in early 2019. After it regained a quorum in 2022, the Commission ...
by Casey J. Bastian
“Having an encounter with police … is an unsettling encounter for anybody, but for someone with autism, it can be extremely distressing.”
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Helen Lyons, Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent, Adults Neglected, Vulnerable and Abused Division
Anyone who has experienced even a simple traffic stop understands the ...
by Michael Dean Thompson
While it is true that Americans tend to carry their cellphones as grafted appendages, it may be that their cars know even more about them than their cellphones. Consider the following scenario: Jane sees that her car is iced over, so she uses her remote key ...
