More from this issue:

1. News in Brief
2. National Fingerprint Database Frees Man After 36 Years, by Jayson Hawkins
3. Seventh Circuit Holds Indiana Pointing a Firearm and Intimidation Convictions No Longer Qualify Under ACCA After Johnson, by Pat O'Connell
4. Asset Forfeiture Not So Helpful to Crime-Fighting, by Edward Lyon
5. New York Court of Appeals Overturns Murder Conviction, Finds Prosecutor Withheld Critical Video Evidence in Violation of Brady Obligations, by Dale Chappell
6. Tennessee Supreme Court Reverses Conviction Because Trial Court Refused to Give ‘Necessity’ Jury Instruction Because Defendant Never Testified About Mental State, by Douglas Ankney
7. Sixth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Denial of Safety-Valve Relief, by Douglas Ankney
8. Georgia Supreme Court Announces Fundamental Overhaul of Jurisprudence Governing Appeals of Guilty Pleas and Out-of-Time Appeals, by Douglas Ankney
9. California Court of Appeal: Equal Protection Requires Pretrial Detainees on Home Confinement Be Eligible for Good Conduct Credits, by Douglas Ankney
10. U.S. Supreme Court ‘Death Caucus’ Setting Death Penalty Litigation Tone, by Kevin Bliss
11. Georgia Supreme Court: Warrantless Search of Vehicle’s Airbag Control Module is Unconstitutional, by Douglas Ankney
12. Seventh Circuit Vacates Sentence Because Sentencing Judge Should Have Recused Himself Due to Ex Parte Communications with U.S. Attorney’s Office, by Douglas Ankney
13. Santa Didn’t Create Naughty Cops List, But It’s Worth Checking Twice, by Douglas Ankney
14. Nevada Supreme Court: Trial Court Must Give Manslaughter Instruction Even When Evidence Is Circumstantial, by Douglas Ankney
15. Seventh Circuit Reaffirms Sex Trafficking and Kidnapping Are not Violent Felonies for 924(c) After Davis, by Dale Chappell
16. Supreme Court of Hawai’i Rules Presenting Falsified Polygraph Results Is Coercive Per Se, by Douglas Ankney
17. Sixth Circuit Holds Career Offender Status Does not Bar Retroactive FSA Relief Under First Step Act, by Dale Chappell
18. Using Algorithms to Erase Pot Convictions in California, by Douglas Ankney
19. Colorado Supreme Court Announces Clarifications and Modifications to Proportionality Review Standard as Applied to Habitual-Offender Sentences, by Douglas Ankney
20. Costly Electronic Monitoring Programs Replacing Ineffective Jail Bond Systems, by Kevin Bliss
21. NJ Supreme Court: Confession not Voluntary Where Police Tell Suspect Truth Would Set Him Free, Promise Him Counseling Instead of Jail, and Minimize Seriousness of Offenses, by Douglas Ankney
22. Eleventh Circuit: Conspiracy to Commit Hobbs Act Robbery not a Crime of Violence Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), by Douglas Ankney
23. Third Circuit Grants Habeas Relief in Loss of GBMI Plea in Pennsylvania Court Due to IAC, Announces New Rule, by Dale Chappell
24. Washington Supreme Court: Failure to Pay Fines Don’t Increase Sentencing Score, by Anthony Accurso
25. Harmless Error: Explained, by Gabe Newland
26. On Remand from Supreme Court, Eleventh Circuit Holds in Specific Circumstances an Ake Violation Constitutes Structural Error, by Douglas Ankney
27. Refusing to Permit Attorney to Make Offer of Proof Is Abuse of Discretion, Says Indiana Supreme Court, by Douglas Ankney
28. Police Use of Rapid DNA Machines Unregulated, by Jayson Hawkins
29. Tenth Circuit Holds Davis Retroactive, Retaliation Against a Witness Not Crime of Violence Under § 924(c), by Dale Chappell
30. Perils of Risk Assessment Tools in Criminal Justice, by Jayson Hawkins
31. If It Saves More Than One Child, by Sandy Rozek
32. U.S. District Court Holds Hobbs Act Robbery not Crime of Violence for § 924(c), Grants § 2255 Motion, by Dale Chappell
33. From the Editors
34. Fourth Circuit: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel in Death Penalty Case for Failure to Investigate Fetal Alcohol Syndrome as Mitigating Factor During Sentencing Phase, by Chad Marks
35. Hawai’i Supreme Court Announces New Rule Requiring Both Judges and Juries to Consider Numerous Factors in Witness ID Cases, by Dale Chappell
36. Insurance Companies Are Paying Cops To Investigate Their Own Customers, by Kendall Taggart

More from Kendall Taggart:

• Insurance Companies Are Paying Cops To Investigate Their Own Customers, Dec. 17, 2019

More from these topics:

• California Court of Appeal Announces Defendants May Obtain Brady Evidence From Police Officers’ Personnel Files in Advance of § 1172.6 Hearing Requesting Vacatur of Conviction and Resentencing for Certain Types of Murder Convictions, Feb. 15, 2025. Disclosure of Records, Police, Brady Violations, Murder/Felony Murder, Resentencing, Prior Conviction/Sentence/Incarceration, Evidence - Admissibility.
• Chicago’s Police Body Cam Transparency, Feb. 1, 2025. Videotaping, Police, Police State-Surveillance.
• Study Finds That Black Americans Want Both Police Presence and Reform: Looking Beyond the Headlines, Oct. 1, 2024. Criminal justice system reform, Police, Racial Profiling.
• Colorado Law Enforcement Agencies Will Soon Send Drones Instead of Cops in Response to 911 Calls, Sept. 1, 2024. Police, Advanced Imaging Technology.
• Don’t Stand Too Close to First Responders Under New Florida Law, Aug. 1, 2024. Police, Safety Threat to Police.
• 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.
• 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).
• The Almost Unknown Turkey Bowl and Black Sheep, Oct. 15, 2023. Exercise, Police.
• New Robotic Cops Patrolling in NYC, Sept. 1, 2023. Police, Electronic Surveillance.
• From the Sad but True Files: Police Oppose Laws Prohibiting Cops From Lying to Juveniles During Interrogations, Sept. 1, 2023. Police, False Statements/Perjury, Police Interrogations, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders.