More from this issue:

1. Faulty Forensics and Lab Scandals Highlight Urgent Need for Enforceable Scientific Standards, by Matthew Clarke
2. Criminal Cops: Tracking Crimes Committed by Police Officers, by Christopher Zoukis
3. Prosecutors in New Orleans Prosecute Public Defenders for Doing Their Job, by Matthew Clarke
4. Seventh Circuit: No Federal Court Jurisdiction to Resolve State Executive and Legislative Branch Disputes, by Mark Wilson
5. Eighth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment on Ferguson Protestor’s Excessive Force Claim, by Mark Wilson
6. Ninth Circuit Suppresses Gang Affiliation Evidence Obtained Without Miranda Warnings, by Mark Wilson
7. Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Lawyer’s Contempt Sanction for “Improper” Argument, by Mark Wilson
8. Trump Administration Kills Obama’s Forensic Evidence Reliability Reform Efforts, by Mark Wilson
9. Georgia Supreme Court Grants New Trial After Trial Transcript Lost, by Christopher Zoukis
10. New California Law Safeguards Minors’ Rights When in Police Custody
11. $450,000 Settlement to Whistleblower in Case of Framing, by David Reutter
12. What Do You Get for Kicking Handcuffed Suspects? Promoted and $130,000 Annual Pension for Life, by Derek Gilna
13. Idaho Supreme Court Reinstates Class Action Against the State Alleging Inadequate Public Defense System, by Mark Wilson
14. Suffolk County District Attorney and Aide Indicted for Beating and Coverup, by Derek Gilna
15. Baltimore Police Department’s Misconduct Scandals Result in Hundreds of Dismissals and Indictment of Eight Officers, by Derek Gilna
16. Oregon Supreme Court Announces Default Rule When Plea Agreement Silent About Reprosecution Upon Subsequent Death of Victim, by Mark Wilson
17. New York Becomes First State to Require Trial Judges to Remind Prosecutors of Their Brady Obligations During All Criminal Trials, by Christopher Zoukis
18. DOJ Ends Unconstitutional Investigative Holds by Louisiana Police, by David Reutter
19. Idaho Supreme Court: Officer Must Intend to Arrest Before Conducting a Search Incident to Arrest, by Christopher Zoukis
20. In Case of First Impression, Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Public Records Restriction Inapplicable to Defense Attorney’s Request for Client’s Files and Awards Fees, by Mark Wilson
21. Tennessee Supreme Court Clarifies Split Confinement Sentence Procedures, by David Reutter
22. Sentence Vacated Due to Improper Enhancement Under Sentencing Guidelines, by Christopher Zoukis
23. Texas Attorney General Rules Civilly Committed Sex Offenders Entitled to Vote by Mail Ballot, by Matthew Clarke
24. U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Habeas Relief Citing AEDPA Deference, by Brandon Sample
25. New York City Quietly Assembling Massive Unregulated DNA Database, by Derek Gilna
26. Supreme Court Holds Texas May Not Use Outdated Standards to Determine Intellectual Disability in Death Penalty Cases, by Matthew Clarke
27. Ninth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment on Unreasonable Seizure Claim, by Mark Wilson
28. Ninth Circuit: Discovery Rule Applies to Judicial Deception Claims, by Mark Wilson
29. From the Editor, by Richard Resch
30. U.S. Supreme Court Decision Temporarily Throws Florida’s Death Machine Into Disarray and Prompts Change to State’s Death Penalty, by David Reutter
31. News in Brief

More from David Reutter:

• Fifth Circuit Greenlights Federal Takeover of Mississippi Jail, Aug. 1, 2025
• Ninth Circuit Revives Prisoner’s Claim Based on Guard’s 
Thwarting of Administrative Remedies, Aug. 1, 2025
• Tenth Circuit Ruling Paves Way for $2.7 Million Settlement 
for Intellectually Disabled Jail Detainee Raped by Sheriff, Aug. 1, 2025
• Ninth Circuit Agrees That Former Guantanamo Detainee 
Lacks Grounds to Sue for Waterboarding, Aug. 1, 2025
• Qualified Immunity Denied for Iowa Prison Doctor’s MRI Delay 
for Non-Medical Reasons, Aug. 1, 2025
• Ninth Circuit: Continuing-Violations Doctrine Applies 
for PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Purposes, Aug. 1, 2025
• First Circuit: Prosecutor’s Breach of Plea Agreement 
Requires Government’s Specific Performance of Agreement, 
Not Specific Performance by District Court, Aug. 1, 2025
• Oregon Prisoners Can Now Seek Economic Damages 
for Future Lost Income More Easily, July 15, 2025
• $22.5 Million Verdict Arrives Too Late for 
Wrongfully Convicted Illinois Prisoner, July 15, 2025
• First Circuit Revives Rhode Island Prisoner’s 
Excessive Force Claim Against Guard, July 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• DOJ Finds Unconstitutional Conditions in Texas Juvenile Detention, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Sentencing, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons.
• Georgia Moves to Shield Intellectually Disabled Prisoners 
from Execution, June 1, 2025. Sentencing, Death Penalty.
• Fourth Circuit: District Court Failed to Provide Sufficient Explanation for Sentence Imposed and Did Not Address Defendant’s Arguments for Downward Variant Sentence, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, Drug Laws/Offenses.
• Fourth Circuit: Procedurally Unreasonable Sentence Where District Court Failed to Address Defendant’s Non-Frivolous Downward Variance Argument Based on Sentencing Disparity 
Due to Which State’s Statute Prior Conviction Based Upon, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, Failure To Consider Disparity, Federal-State Differences/Disparity/Conflicts, Disparity in Charging/Sentencing Practices.
• SCOTUS Announces Only ‘False’ Statements Made to FDIC 
Are Criminalized Under 18 U.S.C. § 1014, Not Statements 
That Are ‘Misleading’ but True, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, False Statements/Perjury.
• Wisconsin Supreme Court: Jail Time Must Be Credited When Charge Causing Jailing Read in At Sentencing, Jan. 1, 2024. Sentencing, Good Time, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Credits.
• Changing Perception, Changing The Law, April 15, 2020. Sentencing, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
• Seventh Circuit: Trial Judge Violated 5th Amendment by Modifying Instructions to Allow Jury to Convict on Offenses Not Charged in Indictment, April 15, 2020. Sentencing.
• SCOTUS: ‘Serious Drug Offense’ Under ACCA Is Self-Defining, Match with Equivalent Federal Offense Not Required, April 15, 2020. Sentencing.
• Illinois Prisoner Locked Up Decades Without a Conviction or Sentence, April 1, 2020. Criminal Prosecution, Sentencing.