More from this issue:

1. The Real Minority Report Predictive Policing Algorithms Reflect Racial Bias Present in Corrupted Historic Databases, by Matthew Clarke
2. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Announces Premature Sex Offender Classification of Incarcerated Offender Who Accepted Classification Violates Procedural Due Process, by Douglas Ankney
3. Tenth Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity for Prosecutor Alleged to Have Fabricated Evidence, Despite no Previous Case with Materially Similar Facts, by Douglas Ankney
4. California Supreme Court: Furnishing Drugs Resulting in Overdose Death Does Not Automatically Trigger Great Bodily Injury Enhancement, by Dale Chappell
5. Hawaii Supreme Court Announces Five-Factor Test in Determining Whether There’s ‘Fair and Just Reason’ to Withdraw Plea, by David Reutter
6. Seventh Circuit: District Court Erred in Denying Compassionate Release Motion by Limiting ‘Extraordinary and Compelling’ Analysis to USSG § 1B1.13, by Dale Chappell
7. Anger: A Natural Reaction That Makes the Innocent Appear Guilty, by Jayson Hawkins
8. An Inside Look at Operation Trojan Shield How the FBI Crafted an International Encrypted Messaging Sting, by Jayson Hawkins
9. Tenth Circuit Announces Adoption of ‘Offense of Conviction Approach’ for Determining Sentence Reduction Under First Step Act § 404(b), by Dale Chappell
10. Kansas Supreme Court Affirms Reversal and Dismissal of Murder Charges Based on Speedy Trial Violation, by Douglas Ankney
11. Arizona Supreme Court Announces Trial Courts Have Discretion to Deny State’s Request for SVP Screening and Provides Guidance to Courts Exercising That Discretion, by Douglas Ankney
12. Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies Proper Fundamental Error Review Applicable to Allegation of a Single, Unobjected-to Instance of Prosecutorial Misconduct, by Douglas Ankney
13. Study: Bloodstain Pattern Analyses Display Alarming Lack of Accuracy, by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
14. SCOTUS Holds Ramos’ Unanimous Jury Requirement Is New Procedural Rule and Announces No New Procedural Rule Applies Retroactively on Federal Collateral Review, by Dale Chappell
15. Second Circuit: Autopsy Report Is ‘Testimonial’ for Confrontation Clause Purposes, Habeas Relief Granted, by Dale Chappell
16. Ohio, Now 24th State to End LWOP for Juveniles, by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
17. "Eighth Circuit: Government Breached Plea Agreement by Endorsing PSR’s Calculation of Higher Base Offense Level Than Plea Agreement, Curing Breach Not Recognized in Circuit", by David Reutter
18. Current Forensic Sciences Not as Objective as Most Believe, by Edward Lyon
19. DNA Standards Often Make the Difference Between Life and Death, by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
20. Justice Department Orders All Federal Agents to Wear Body Cameras, by Chuck Sharman
21. Georgia Supreme Court Announces Merger Error Claims During Sentencing May Be Raised for First Time in Habeas Petition, by Anthony Accurso
22. Justice Department Bans Chokeholds and Restricts No-Knock Entries for Federal Agents, by Chuck Sharman
23. Ninth Circuit Announces All 3 Subsections Must Be Satisfied to Deny Safety-Valve Relief Under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1), by Dale Chappell
24. Experts Agree: Police Public Relations Consistently Mislead the Public, by Jayson Hawkins
25. Study Shows Public Defenders Outperform Court Appointed Private Attorneys, by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
26. Investigative Report Highlights Difficulties in Disciplining Cops, by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
27. Florida’s Worst Cop Fired for 7th Time, by Jayson Hawkins
28. Police Do Not Want to Pay for Damage They Inflicted to Texas Home, by Kevin Bliss
29. SCOTUS Reinstates Death Sentence Reversed by Eleventh Circuit, by Matthew Clarke
30. California Supreme Court Announces Predicate Offenses for Gang Enhancement or Gang Participation Not Provable Using Expert Witness Testimony Without Personal Knowledge of Facts, by Matthew Clarke
31. NYC’s Stop-and-Frisk Still Targets Based on Race, by Jayson Hawkins
32. News in Brief

More from Chuck Sharman:

• BOP Guard, Nurse in Virginia Indicted in Prisoner’s Death, April 26, 2024
• Shocking Video Footage Reveals Rampant Violence and Neglect in Los Angeles County Jails, April 26, 2024
• As ICE Data Errors Persist, GEO Group Cashes In, April 26, 2024
• Life Sentence for Alabama Jail Escapee After Suicide of Guard Lover Who Helped Him, Sept. 15, 2023
• Alabama Guards Still Harming Prisoners, Overcrowding Set to Increase as Governor Slashes “Good Time”, Aug. 15, 2023
• Atlanta Federal Prison Gets Another Reboot, Aug. 15, 2023
• BOP Closes Deadliest Unit, Aug. 15, 2023
• Ohio Governor Reprieves Three Condemned Prisoners, Aug. 15, 2023
• Alabama Prisoner’s Family Sues Over Allegedly Botched Execution, Aug. 15, 2023
• Vermont Sheriff Locked Out of National Crime Database, Facing Impeachment, Aug. 15, 2023

More from these topics:

• Local Pennsylvania Voters Ban Solitary Confinement and No-Knock Warrants, Oct. 1, 2021. Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, No-Knock Warrants.
• Civil Rights Investigation Sought Over “No-Knock” Raid On Wrong Michigan Home, June 21, 2021. No-Knock Warrants, Wrongful Use of Force.
• No-Knock Warrants Leave Trail of Terror, Property Damage, and Deaths, April 15, 2021. No-Knock Warrants.
• Unrest After Kentucky Cops Shoot Sleeping Black Woman to Death in Her Bed While Serving No-Knock Warrant, July 15, 2020. Police--Excessive Force, Racial Profiling, No-Knock Warrants.
• ‘No-Knock Raids’ an Increasing Danger to Public Safety, May 15, 2020. No-Knock Warrants.
• Carroll v. County of Monroe, No. 12-975-cv (2nd Cir.) (712 F.3d 649) (March 12, 2013) (Per Curiam), Dec. 1, 2013. Punch And Jurists, No-Knock Warrants.