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SCOTUS Goes Live on Camera

Loaded on Sept. 15, 2020 by Jayson Hawkins published in Criminal Legal News October, 2020, page 40
Filed under: TV/Movies, Public Trial. Location: United States of America.

by Jayson Hawkins

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we live and conduct our business, yet some of those changes were long past due. Many relate to safety, others to convenience, and a few —namely with the U.S. Supreme Court — have brought transparency.

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  2. The Junk Science Cops Use to Decide You’re Lying, by Jordan Smith
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  8. Sixth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Grant of Summary Judgment to Defendants in § 1983 Suit Against City and Police Officers, by Douglas Ankney
  9. Ninth Circuit Clarifies Use of Rule 60(b) for Changes in Law, by Dale Chappell
  10. Nebraska Supreme Court Announces Remand for New Sentencing Hearing Appropriate Remedy for Enhanced Vehicular Homicide Sentence Without Evidence of Prior Convictions, by Douglas Ankney
  11. Study Exposes Public Defender Plea Negotiation Practices and Suggests New Negotiation Theory, by David Reutter
  12. Colorado Supreme Court Announces New Rules for Awarding Presentencing Credit, by Anthony Accurso
  13. Government Agencies Expand Use of Private Companies to Bypass Constitution, by Casey Bastian
  14. California Supreme Court Announces New Time Limit for Habeas ‘Appeal’ Stages, Clarifying Tolling for Federal Habeas Petitioners, by Dale Chappell
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  16. South Carolina Supreme Court: Failure to Give Logan Instruction Not Harmless Error Where Evidence Almost Entirely Circumstantial, by Douglas Ankney
  17. Justice Sotomayor Raises Due Process Concerns Over Eleventh Circuit’s Use of Published Successive Habeas Denial Orders, by Dale Chappell
  18. Colorado Supreme Court: Prosecution Prohibited From Arguing Defendant’s Failure to Retreat Showed Lack of Fear, Undermining Claim of Self-Defense, by Douglas Ankney
  19. Seventh Circuit: District Court Abused Discretion by Denying Relief Without First Considering Recalculations Under First Step Act, by Douglas Ankney
  20. California Supreme Court Vacates LWOP Sentence After Its Recent Cases Clarifying ‘Special Circumstance’ Murder, by Dale Chappell
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  22. Indiana Supreme Court: Must Be Immediate Causal Connection Between Confrontation and Other Crime by Defendant to Negate Self-Defense, by Douglas Ankney
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  24. Ninth Circuit: Police Violate Fourth Amendment Executing Administrative Warrant Where Primary Purpose Is Gathering Evidence for Criminal Investigation, by Douglas Ankney
  25. Interactions Between Diabetics and Law Enforcement Can Become Life-Threatening, by Casey Bastian
  26. Fourth Circuit Grants ‘SOS’ § 2254 Petition Attacking Three-Decade-Old Murder Conviction Based on New Evidence, by Dale Chappell
  27. Washington Federal Court: Looking at Lock Phone Screen Requires Warrant, by Anthony Accurso
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