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New York City’s Bail Success Story
by Bill Barton
A new study that analyzed more than 5 million criminal cases in New York City — beginning in 1987 — intimates that the city has “already done a better job of slashing its use of bail and jail than nearly any other urban area in the United ...
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- News in Brief
- Record Number of Exonerations Prompts Michigan AG to Create Conviction Integrity Unit, by Douglas Ankney
- $21 Million Settlement for Wrongfully Convicted Man Released After 39 Years in Prison, by Douglas Ankney
- Police, Prosecutor Misconduct Continues Unabated as Evidenced by Record Number of Exonerations in 2018, by Douglas Ankney
- Report: Google Can Track You Even When Your Phone’s Off, by Anthony Accurso
- New York Court of Appeals: Jury Trial Right Attaches to Deportable Crimes Punishable by Less Than Six Months in Jail, by David Reutter
- $270,000 Awarded to Grandmother Brutalized by Pennsylvania Cops, by Edward Lyon
- $1 Million Settlement for NYC Crime Lab Tech Who Blew Whistle on Use of Untested DNA Tests for Decades, by Edward Lyon
- Wisconsin Supreme Court Holds That Statute Doesn’t Require Habeas Petitioner to Plead Timeliness, Overruling Smalley v. Morgan, by Douglas Ankney
- Report Finds Lack of Reporting on Deaths in Law Enforcement Custody, Even After Landmark Legislation, by Steve Horn
- Study Details the Effect of Brain Scan Evidence on Sentencing, by Anthony Accurso
- NYC Program Helps Former Prisoners Realize Their Dream
- ‘They need to be marked for life’, by Sandy Rozek
- The FBI Polices Itself Like Kids Guarding a Candy Store, by Edward Lyon
- Fifth Circuit: Confrontation Clause Violated When Officer’s Testimony Relates Incriminating Information Received From Non-Testifying Informant, by Douglas Ankney
- Eighth Circuit Overlooks Procedural Default, Orders Immediate Release From Excessive ACCA Sentence Based on Prior Sex Offense, by Michael Berk
- New York City’s Bail Success Story, by Bill Barton
- Ninth Circuit: Running From Police Alone Doesn’t Give Rise to Reasonable Suspicion Justifying Stop and Frisk, by Douglas Ankney
- Georgia Supreme Court Announces New Evidence Code Abrogates Categorical Exclusionary Rule of Mallory, by Douglas Ankney
- Under Marsy’s Law, Police Using Violence Can Claim ‘Victim’ Status, by Edward Lyon
- Private Citizens Carrying Guns Commit Fewer Crimes Than Cops, by Douglas Ankney
- Massachusetts Supreme Court: Discharge From Civil Commitment Required When Examiners Conclude Defendant Is Not Sexually Dangerous, by Douglas Ankney
- FAMM, Washington Lawyers’ Committee, NACDL Launch Compassionate Release Clearinghouse
- Seventh Circuit Orders Grant of Successive § 2255 Motion and Resentencing in Pre-Booker Mandatory Guidelines Case Involving Elements Clause’s Definition of ‘Crime of Violence’, by Chad Marks
- West Virginia Supreme Court Announces Parole Eligibility Statute for Prisoners Who Committed Crimes as Minors is Retroactive, by Douglas Ankney
- California Supreme Court: Prop 47 Requires Dismissal of Conviction Based on a Predicate Felony That Is Later Reduced to a Misdemeanor, by Douglas Ankney
- Hawai’i Supreme Court Remands for Resentencing Where Circuit Court Considered Defendant’s Refusal to Admit Guilt in Imposing Consecutive Sentences, by Douglas Ankney
- Maryland Court of Appeals Rules That Courts Must Ask Non Compound ‘Strong Feelings’ Question Upon Request During Voir Dire, by Douglas Ankney
- Fourth Circuit: Cannot Substitute Career Offender Predicate on Collateral Review, by Anthony Accurso
- Court Extends McQuiggin Actual Innocence Exception to Defaulted Legal Claim, Vacates § 924(c) Conviction, by Dale Chappell
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds Consent to Search Does Not Include K-9 Sniff When No K-9 Present When Consent Given and Wait 40 Minutes for Its Arrival, by Dale Chappell
- Fifth Circuit: Plain Error Requiring Resentencing Where Court Didn’t Give Defendant Chance to Speak at Sentencing Hearing and Prospective Allocution Provided Added Details to Lead Reasonable Judge to Reconsider Harsh Sentence, by Michael Berk
- Court Reporters Likely Fail to Accurately Transcribe Testimony for Speakers of ‘African American English’, by Anthony Accurso
- Bucklew v. Precythe, by Michael Avery
- From the Editor: Compassionate Release for Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons, by Richard Resch
- Parole a Detriment to Rehabilitation; ‘Less Is More’ Reform Sensible, by Kevin Bliss
- Minnesota Supreme Court Holds ‘Stalking-by-Mail’ and ‘Mail-Harassment’ Statutes are Facially Overbroad, by Douglas Ankney
- Fifth Circuit: Denial of Habeas Petition as Successive Reversed Where Second Petition Challenges a Separate Judgment, by Same Court, Not Covered in First Petition, by Chad Marks
- ‘DNA Mixtures,’ ‘Touch DNA,’ and Software-Enhanced Forensic DNA Analysis, by Michael Berk
- Sixth Circuit Holds Chalking Car Tires for Parking Enforcement Constitutes a Search Under Fourth Amendment, by Matthew Clarke
- SCOTUS Announces Death of ‘Categorical Approach’ by Invalidating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(3)(B) as Unconstitutionally Vague, by Richard Resch
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Consent to Search Does Not Attenuate Seized Evidence From Taint of Illegal Search of CSLI, by Douglas Ankney
- Exonerations: From Wrongful Conviction to Release and Beyond, by Edward Lyon
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- Philadelphia Jails to Release Prisoners Earlier in the Day, Oct. 1, 2020
- Missouri Downsizing Prisons to Save Cash, Oct. 1, 2020
- BOP Official Reportedly Had Sexual Relationship With Former Police Union Head, Sept. 1, 2020
- Alabama Says It Will Reform Prisons, the Nation’s Deadliest, Aug. 1, 2020
- Devastating Consequences of Chicago Gang Database – And No Way to Be Removed, July 15, 2020
- Rappers Jay-Z and Yo Gatti Help Prisoners in Mississippi Sue State Over “Inhumane and Unconstitutional Conditions”, July 1, 2020
- Rhode Island Corrections’ Union President Fined for Excessive Political Donations, June 1, 2020
- Report: Oaks of Justice Pitch to Help Prisoners Return Home Appears Shady, June 1, 2020
- A Mass Purge of Misconduct Records by Phoenix, Arizona Police, May 15, 2020
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- Nevada Supreme Court Rules Bail Determination Requires Due Process and Severs Unconstitutional Language from Bail Statute, May 15, 2020. Bail, Pending Appeal/Sentencing.
- Court Grants Bail to Ex-Peruvian President Challenging Extradition Due to Solitary Confinement, March 4, 2020. Bail.
- Court Rulings Condemning Cash Bail Systems Increasing, Feb. 19, 2020. Bail, Bail Bonds.
- Exonerated Kentucky Man’s High Bail Prevented His Release for Six Years, Feb. 4, 2020. Release and Reentry, Bail, Bail Bonds.
- High Bail Amounts Lead to Sharp Increase in Franklin, PA, Jail Population, Nov. 18, 2019. Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends, Bail, Bail Bonds.
- Second Circuit Clarifies Conditions for Releasing a Defendant on Bail to Home Detention With Private Armed Security Guards, Nov. 16, 2019. Bail.
- St. Louis Ordered to Stop Holding Detainees Simply Because They Can’t Afford Bail, Aug. 21, 2019. Bail.
- Video Bail Hearings Violate Rights in Many Ways, Aug. 21, 2019. Bail.