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Massive Corruption of a Baltimore Task Force Exposed
by Casey Bastian
We have turned a corner in America when it comes to the public automatically trusting in the nostalgic image of law enforcement. No longer can law enforcement just assume the mantle of the “good guys” who operate with impeccable motives for the greater good of society.
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More from this issue:
- Staggering Injustice, by Derek Gilna
- Fifth Circuit Vacates Sentence Eight Times Higher Than Guidelines Range That Was Imposed Without Explanation, by Dale Chappell
- Federal Habeas Corpus: Retroactivity of New Rules, by Dale Chappell
- Sex Panic: The War on Sex Offenders as Public Enemy Number One, by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
- Fourth Circuit Announces Payton’s ‘Reason to Believe’ Standard for Entering a Third-Party’s Home Based on Arrest Warrant for Suspect Amounts to Probable Cause Suspect Resides There, by Douglas Ankney
- Colorado Supreme Court: Dividing Multiple Images of Child Pornography Into Multiple Batches to Charge Multiple Counts Violates Double Jeopardy, by Dale Chappell
- First Circuit: Double Jeopardy Protections Bar Government From Seeking Death Penalty at Retrial Where Jury’s Verdict Not Imposing Death at First Trial Ambiguous, and Trial Court Prematurely Declared Mistrial, by Douglas Ankney
- Fired San Francisco Cop Charged With Manslaughter for Fatally Shooting Unarmed Suspect, by Dale Chappell
- California Supreme Court Vacates Murder Conviction, Finds IAC for Failure to Obtain Expert Testimony on Time of Death, by Dale Chappell
- Ninth Circuit: Reasonable Suspicion Justifying Traffic Stop Doesn’t Provide Probable Cause to Open Door and Lean Inside Vehicle, by Douglas Ankney
- Police Say Seizing Property Without Trial Helps Keep Crime Down. A New Study Shows They’re Wrong., by Ian MacDougall
- New York Court of Appeals Reverses Denial of Suppression Motion Where Prosecution Fails to Provide Specific Facts to Show Traffic Stop Was Lawful, by Douglas Ankney
- Michigan Voters Approve Constitutional Amendment to Protect Electronic Data and Communications, by Anthony Accurso
- Kansas Supreme Court Clarifies State Law Does Not Preclude Consent to Search Through Nonverbal Conduct, by Douglas Ankney
- Sixth Circuit Vacates Sentence Because Government Failed to Prove Sentencing Enhancements Apply, by Dale Chappell
- Eighth Circuit Announces ‘Use of Minor’ Enhancement Inapplicable for Merely Buying Firearm From Minor, by Dale Chappell
- Illinois Supreme Court Announces Guilty Plea Doesn’t Bar Postconviction Claim of Actual Innocence and Provides Framework for Review, by Douglas Ankney
- Illinois Supreme Court Announces Predicate Offenses of Home Invasion Statute are Lesser-Included Offenses of Home Invasion Statute, by Douglas Ankney
- Eleventh Circuit Announces Drug Offenses Involving Multiple Drugs Can Qualify as ‘Covered Offense’ Under First Step Act if Crack One of the Drugs, by Dale Chappell
- Montana Supreme Court: Statistical Evidence on False Accusations of Rape Improperly Bolstered Witness Credibility, by Anthony Accurso
- SCOTUS Vacates Grant of Habeas Relief, Citing Habeas ‘Deference’ to State Court Decisions, by Dale Chappell
- Eleventh Circuit: District Court ‘Mischaracterizing’ Habeas Claim Left Claim Unresolved in Violation of Clisby, Requiring Remand, by Dale Chappell
- New York Man Exonerated of Murder and Freed After 25 Years in Prison, by Douglas Ankney
- Predator or Patsy? Long Sentences for Those Caught in Victimless Child Sex Stings
- Ninth Circuit: Rehaif Error Requires Automatic Dismissal of Indictment, by Dale Chappell
- Fourth Circuit: Commercial Vehicle Permit Requirement Insufficient Grounds to Initiate Traffic Stop, by Anthony Accurso
- Eleventh Circuit: Private Probation Company With Financial Interest in its Sentencing Decisions Violates Due Process, by David Reutter
- California Court of Appeal: Confrontation Clause Violation Where Supervisor, Not Lab Tech Who Performed Drug Tests, Testified at Trial, by Anthony Accurso
- Fifth Circuit: Conviction Vacated Because No Reasonable Suspicion to Search Person in High-Crime Area, by Anthony Accurso
- Third Circuit: IAC Where Counsel Failed to Object to Accomplice-Liability Jury Instruction in Murder Case That Relieved State of Proving Specific Intent, by Dale Chappell
- Data Expose Demographics of Police Dog Bites, by Jayson Hawkins
- Seventh Circuit: Prisoner Has Right to Know Conditions of Supervised Release Prior to Being Released, by Douglas Ankney
- When a Hung Jury Is Enough, by Jayson Hawkins
- Audit of D.C. Forensics Lab Reveals History of Botched Forensic Analyses, by Casey Bastian
- Multi-Agency Task Forces Manipulate Jurisdiction to Avoid Liability, by Casey Bastian
- Inadequate and Outdated Training Results in Wild West Policing, by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
- New Michigan Law Expands Criminal Records Expungement, by Casey Bastian
- Athlete Settles Tasing Suit Against Milwaukee Police, by Edward Lyon
- Eighth Circuit Affirms Habeas Relief, Finds Arkansas Supreme Court Wrongly Denied Defendant’s Self-Representation Request, by Dale Chappell
- Police Unions Block Meaningful Criminal Justice Reform, by Casey Bastian
- How Arkansas Criminalizes Poverty, by Jayson Hawkins
- California Law Enforcement Strikes Out in 2020 Elections, by Kevin Bliss
- Massive Corruption of a Baltimore Task Force Exposed, by Casey Bastian
- NYPD Agrees to Alter Religious Headwear Policy, by Casey Bastian
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- News in Brief
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- Examining Pro-Prosecution Bias in the Judiciary: Unconscious Biases of a Prosecutorial Background, Feb. 15, 2025
- The Rise of Mass Supervision: From Rehabilitative Alternative to Shadow Carceral State, Oct. 1, 2024
- Demonstrable Remorse, Psychiatric Diagnoses, and Alternatives to Incarceration, Aug. 1, 2024
- Minnesota Sex Offender Program: The Indefinite Detention of the Reviled, Aug. 1, 2024
- The 153 Exonerations in 2023 Include 19 Resulting From Threats or Sentences of Death, July 15, 2024
- Four Dead in One Month in San Bernardino County Jails, $3,232,500 in Settlements Paid So Far, March 1, 2024
- Dangerous Encounters: Interactions Between Autistic Individuals and Law Enforcement, Dec. 15, 2023
- U.S. Sentencing Commission Publishes Compassionate Release Datafile for Fiscal Years 2020-2022, Oct. 1, 2023
- Two Dead and $4.675 Million Paid After Deputies’ Alleged Misconduct in California’s Sonoma County, Sept. 15, 2023
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- California Police Misused State Databases Over 7,000 Times in 2023, March 15, 2025. Police Misconduct, Databases.
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- Fourth Circuit Decision on Claim of Retaliation for Exercising First And Sixth Amendment Rights Highlights Police Corruption, Feb. 15, 2025. Police Misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances.
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- Mistrial for Vermont Sheriff Who Kicked Shackled Detainee, Oct. 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Mistrial Motion.