More from this issue:

1. Felony Murder: The Crotchet of American Murder Jurisprudence, by Douglas Ankney
2. Comply or Die: The Only Truly Compliant Person in a Police State Is a Dead One, by John W. Whitehead
3. Reverse Location Warrants Neglect Particularity Requirement, by Casey Bastian
4. Cops Increasingly Use Amazon Ring to Target Protestors, by Dale Chappell
5. Debunked Bite-Mark Comparison Evidence: Wrongfully Convicted Man Freed After Spending Over 25 Years on Death Row, by Casey Bastian
6. $1.4 Million for Nevada Man Wrongly Imprisoned Over 20 Years, by Dale Chappell
7. Data: NYPD Still Using Chokeholds Despite Ban, by Kevin Bliss
8. New Book Scrutinizes Data-Driven Policing
9. Sixth Circuit Orders New Trial and Reassigns Case to Different Judge Where District Court’s Mishandling Deprived Defendants of Meaningful Opportunity to Prove Juror Bias, by Douglas Ankney
10. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Invalidates Parole Regulation Prohibiting Aggregation of Life Sentences With Consecutive Sentences, by Matthew Clarke
11. It’s Time to Reconsider Consent Searches, by Anthony Accurso
12. Austin, Texas, Diverting Funds From Police to Transform Community, by Edward Lyon
13. Philadelphia’s Progressive Reform-Minded DA Has Made Tremendous Strides – But Are They Enough to Win Reelection?, by Douglas Ankney
14. Extreme Prosecutorial Misconduct Results in Wrist Slap, by Edward Lyon
15. Study: Reduced Pretrial Incarceration Doesn’t Diminish Public Safety, by Casey Bastian
16. When Police Body Cam Is a ‘Propaganda Tool’, by Edward Lyon
17. Internet-Connected Devices and the Fourth Amendment, by Anthony Accurso
18. Are Police Playing Copyrighted Music to Prevent Live Streaming?, by Anthony Accurso
19. Minnesota Supreme Court Clarifies Meaning of ‘Mentally Incapacitated’ Regarding Consent to Sexual Contact, by Douglas Ankney
20. Leaving Digital Trails, by Jayson Hawkins
21. Fourth Circuit: Police Description of ‘More Deliberate’ Second Handshake Than First Handshake Doesn’t Give Rise to Reasonable Suspicion of Drug Transaction Justifying Terry Stop, by Douglas Ankney
22. Tenth Circuit: Firearm Seizure Not Justified After Inventory Search Is Abandoned, by Anthony Accurso
23. Study Shows Innocent People Choose False Guilty Pleas and False Testimony to Gain Benefits, by David Reutter
24. Washington Supreme Court Reaffirms Workman’s Lesser Included Offense Test and Clarifies Confusion in its Application, by Douglas Ankney
25. Report: Police More Aggressive at Leftwing Rallies, by Kevin Bliss
26. Eleventh Circuit: Lawyer’s Purposeful Late Filing of Habeas Petition Grounds for Equitable Tolling, by Dale Chappell
27. Washington Supreme Court Announces State’s Strict-Liability Drug Possession Law Is Unconstitutional, by Douglas Ankney
28. California Supreme Court Announces Conditioning Pretrial Release on Ability to Afford Bail Unconstitutional, by Douglas Ankney
29. Ohio Supreme Court: Touching ‘Fog Line’ Doesn’t Justify Traffic Stop, by Douglas Ankney
30. Sixth Circuit Follows Trend of Reigning in Commentary’s Impermissible Expansion of Sentencing Guidelines, by Douglas Ankney
31. Nevada Supreme Court Announces Felon’s Possession of Multiple Firearms at One Time and Place Is Only Single Violation of State Statute, by Douglas Ankney
32. New Hampshire Supreme Court: Defendant Had Subjective and Objective Expectation of Privacy in Apartment Building’s Utility Closet in Common Areas, Evidence Suppressed, by Anthony Accurso
33. Online Records Impose Digital Punishment for Millions, by Anthony Accurso
34. Study: Militarizing Police Doesn’t Shrink Crime Rates, by Jayson Hawkins
35. Georgia Supreme Court: Cumulative Effect of Trial Errors Requires Reversal of Murder Conviction, by Matthew Clarke
36. Fourth Circuit Finally Holds Davis Retroactive, by Dale Chappell
37. The Costs of the War on Drugs, by Jayson Hawkins
38. Tennessee Supreme Court Clarifies Inevitable Discovery Doctrine in Raid of Home to Execute Arrest Warrant, by Anthony Accurso
39. $27 Million Settlement for George Floyd’s Family, by Jayson Hawkins
40. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Speculation Insufficient to Trigger ‘Forfeiture by Wrongdoing’ Exception to Confrontation Clause, by Dale Chappell
41. Second Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Police Detaining and Frisking Man Based Solely on Unconfirmed Hunch, by Matthew Clarke
42. Colorado Supreme Court Suppresses Evidence on Cellphone Obtained Via Invalid Warrant, Not Cured by Obtaining Second Valid Warrant, by Anthony Accurso
43. News in Brief

More from Anthony Accurso:

• Sixth Circuit Holds Dismissal Not Automatic When Plaintiff Simultaneously Files Same Claims in State Court, Aug. 1, 2025
• Delaware’s ACLU Files Action on Behalf Of Six Prisoners 
Assaulted During Midnight Raid, Aug. 1, 2025
• DOJ Inspects BOP Food Service Operations, 
Finds Troubling Issues at Multiple Facilities, Aug. 1, 2025
• Guaranteed Basic Income Programs for Prisoners 
Reduce Food Insecurity and Homelessness, Aug. 1, 2025
• Ninth Circuit: ‘Dominion and Control’ Provision of Search Warrant for Suspect’s Computer That Lacked Temporal or Other Limitation Constitutes General Warrant, Aug. 1, 2025
• Nearly $60,000 Awarded to Mother Of Dead Missouri Prisoner 
In Suit For His DOC Records, July 15, 2025
• $42,000 Paid to Wisconsin Prisoner Allowed 
to Harm Himself While Under Observation, July 15, 2025
• Ongoing Detainee Deaths Push Rikers Island 
into Federal Court Receivership, July 15, 2025
• The Dangerous Practice of Late-Night Jail Releases, July 15, 2025
• Percentage Of Prisoners Serving Life Without Parole Is Up 
Despite Overall Decrease in Prison Population, July 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• Special Digital Currencies Issue: 
Bitcoin and CBDCs What Is Bitcoin? The Answer to Government Surveillance 
and Control Through Money An Essential Introduction, Glossary of Multidisciplinary 
Terminology, and Colorful History, Aug. 15, 2025. Money/Property, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Money Laundering/Structuring.
• From the Editor, Aug. 15, 2025. Money/Property, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Money Laundering/Structuring.
• Central Bank Digital Currencies: Trojan Horses Delivering 
Mass Surveillance Under the Guise of Monetary Innovation, Aug. 15, 2025. Money/Property, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Money Laundering/Structuring.
• The Quiet Transformation of Government Data 
into a Mass Surveillance Tool, Aug. 1, 2025. Police Searches, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance.
• DEA’s Secret Phone Surveillance Program ‘Hemisphere’ 
Sparked Internal Warnings—Then a Cover-Up, Aug. 1, 2025. Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Privacy Act/Rights.
• Understanding Your Constitutional Rights in the 
‘100-Mile Border Zone’: A Primer for Non-Citizens in the United States When Confronted by Law Enforcement, July 1, 2025. Immigration, Fifth Amendment, Searches - Border Stops/Searches, Level of Suspicion, Routine vs. Non-Routine Border Searches, Immigration Law/Offenses, Fourth Amendment.
• Not-­So-­Friendly Neighborhood Spidernet: Emerging Mass Surveillance Tool to Weave a Web Around Your Digital Life, July 1, 2025. Fifth Amendment, Advanced Imaging Technology, Fourth Amendment.
• Driverless Vehicles Are the Newest Mass Surveillance Tool 
of Law Enforcement, July 1, 2025. Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Recordings.
• New Orleans Police Continue Using Facial Recognition 
Despite City Restrictions, July 1, 2025. Police State-Surveillance, Cell-Site-Location Records, Electronic Surveillance, Authorization.
• Facial Recognition at the Border: CBP’s Push to Scan Every Car Passenger Sparks Privacy Concerns, May 15, 2025. Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Privacy Act/Rights, Searches - Border Stops/Searches, Immigration Law/Offenses.