More from this issue:

1. After Years of Hard Work and Dedication, Adnan Syed Is Freed by Serendipity, by Jayson Hawkins
2. The Power of the Prosecutor in America: Abuse, Misconduct, Unaccountability, and Miscarriages of Justice, by Casey Bastian
3. Massachusetts Supreme Court: Probationer’s Due Process Right to Present a Defense Violated Where Denied Opportunity to Call Complainant Who Alleged Sexual Assault as a Witness During Probation Revocation Hearing, by Harold Hempstead
4. Fourth Circuit: Immigration Judge’s Failure to Inform Noncitizen of Right to Appeal Deportation Order Was Prejudicial and Invalidated Later Indictment for Illegal Reentry, by Jacob Barrett
5. Wyoming Supreme Court Rules Officer’s Conduct Prior to Traffic Stop for Traffic Violation Rendered Stop Unreasonable, by Anthony Accurso
6. Eighth Circuit Announces ‘Probable Cause’ Is Proper Standard for Determining Whether Parolee Resides at Third-Party’s Residence for Purposes of Warrantless Searches, by Anthony Accurso
7. Minnesota Supreme Court Announces Plain Language of Interference With Privacy of a Minor Statute Requires That Defendant Must Have Known Victim Was Under 18 at Time of Offense, by Jacob Barrett
8. 360 Degree Surveillance: How Police Use Public-Private Partnerships to Spy on Americans, by John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead
9. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Adding Felony Counts by Amending Indictment Constitutes Addition of More Offenses, by Douglas Ankney
10. California Court of Appeal Holds Phrase ‘From Date of Parole’ Refers to the Start Date of Parole and the Federal Fair Credit Reporting Act Does Not Preempt the California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act, by Douglas Ankney
11. The Mounting Geofencing Threat, by Michael Thompson
12. Maryland Court of Appeals: ‘No Objection’ to Introduction of Evidence at Trial That Was the Subject of Denied Motion to Suppress Does Not Waive Right to Appellate Review of Denial, by Harold Hempstead
13. Sixth Circuit: Plain View Doctrine Does Not Apply Where Items Inside Vehicle Were Not Immediately and Apparently Incriminating When Viewed by Police Positioned Outside Vehicle, by Anthony Accurso
14. New Jersey Supreme Court: Allowing Jury to Hear Defendant’s Invocation of Right to Counsel in Recorded Statement Together With Prosecutor Inferring Guilt Based on Request for Counsel Entitles Defendant to New Trial, by Jacob Barrett
15. Sensitive Information in Police Database Vulnerable to Hacking, by Kevin Bliss
16. SCOTUS: Arizona Supreme Court’s Interpretation of State Procedural Rule so ‘Novel and Unforeseeable’ It’s Not ‘Adequate’ to Preclude SCOTUS Review of Federal Death-Penalty Claim, by Richard Resch
17. Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Exigent Circumstances Exception Does Not Justify Police’s Warrantless Seizure of Suspect’s Blood Sample by Hospital Staff, by Jacob Barrett
18. New Jersey Supreme Court Announces Adoption of Daubert-Type Standard for Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Cases in Assessing Admissibility of Expert Evidence Under Rule 702, by Richard Resch
19. An Argument Without Teeth: The Flawed Science of Bite Mark Analysis, by Eike Blohm, MD
20. Survivors of Police Shootings Face Daunting Legal, Emotional, and Physical Challenges, by Eike Blohm, MD
21. Accused War Criminals Training Cops: What Could Go Wrong?, by Jayson Hawkins
22. Time to Find the Key, by Jayson Hawkins
23. Study Finds DNA Similarities Among Look-alikes, by Eike Blohm, MD
24. Pro-Police Propaganda Dominates the Mainstream Media After Police Abuse and Failure, by Benjamin Tschirhart
25. Investigation Delays Let Cops Kill Again, by Jayson Hawkins
26. $100 Million Awarded in Federal Grant Money for Recidivism Reduction, by Kevin Bliss
27. California Town Pushes Homeless Into the Desert, by Jayson Hawkins
28. Law Enforcement Accesses Commercial DNA Databases Without Warrant, by Eike Blohm, MD
29. Automatic Speaker-Identification System Performs Better Than Humans, by Michael Thompson
30. Corporations Voice Support for Black and Brown People as They Found Cop City, by Carlo Difundo
31. TSA Using Facial Recognition at Airports in Pilot Program, by Anthony Accurso
32. DNA-Based Computer-Generated Mugshots Put Entire Community on Wanted List, by Eike Blohm, MD
33. News in Brief
34. Law Enforcement and Mad Men, by Douglas Ankney

More from Jacob Barrett:

• $120,000 Settlement Reached With Long Island Detainee Assaulted by Jail Guards, July 15, 2023
• $17.675 Million Paid for New Yorker’s Wrongful Conviction, June 15, 2023
• Eighth Circuit Greenlights Arkansas Execution Protocol, June 15, 2023
• Second Circuit Upholds Connecticut Prison Porn Ban, Sets Up Circuit Split Over “Vagueness” Test, June 15, 2023
• Louisiana Sheriff Coughs Up $2.75 Million After Falsely Claiming Detainee Died From Accidental Fall, June 15, 2023
• Nevada Pays Over $568,000 for Denying Prisoner Cataract Surgery, Ends “One Good Eye” Policy, June 15, 2023
• Corizon Bankruptcy Threatens $6.4 Million Award to Family of Michigan Prisoner Whose Five-Day Jail Term Turned Into Death Sentence, June 1, 2023
• Detainee Allegedly “Eaten Alive” by Vermin in Overcrowded Atlanta Jail, May 1, 2023
• Ninth Circuit: Grievance Policy May Excuse Oregon Prisoner’s Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies, May 1, 2023
• Nevada Pays Over $568,000 for Denying Prisoner Cataract Surgery, Ends “One Good Eye” Policy, May 1, 2023

More from these topics:

• Virtual Injustice: How Remote Hearings Harm Incarcerated Defendants, March 15, 2025. COVID-19, Cause and Prejudice, Video-Conferencing.
• Prison Profiteers Ready to Help Trump Make Good on Deportation Threats, Feb. 15, 2025. GEO Group/Wackenhut, Government Misconduct, Deportation/Removal/Exclusion, Police/Govt Misconduct.
• SCOTUS Clarifies Prejudice Standard Under Strickland for Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims at Capital Sentencing, Nov. 1, 2024. Cause and Prejudice, Per se ineffectiveness.
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Getting Around Procedural Default, July 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Summary Disposition, Cause and Prejudice, Proving Cause.
• SCOTUS Announces Pending Investigation or Proceeding Is Not Required for an Offense to be ‘Related to Obstruction of Justice’ and Qualify as ‘Aggravated Felony’ in Removal of Noncitizen, Oct. 1, 2023. Deportation/Removal/Exclusion, Obstruction of Justice, Elements of Crime.
• Fourth Circuit Declines to Enforce Appeal Waiver and Procedural Default Excused by ‘Cause and Actual Prejudice,’ Reverses Denial of § 2255 Motion to Vacate § 924(c) Conviction Based on Hobbs Act Conspiracy, June 15, 2023. Wrongful Conviction, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction, Cause and Prejudice, Hobbs Act.
• California Court of Appeal Vacates Conviction Because Generic Immigration Consequences Warning Insufficient for Defendant to Understand Mandatory Immigration Consequences as a Result of Guilty Plea, Sept. 15, 2022. Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction, Failure to Inform.
• SCOTUS Announces Judge’s Error of Law Constitutes ‘Mistake’ for Purposes of Reopening a Case Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(1), Aug. 15, 2022. Cause and Prejudice, Mistrial Motion.
• Supreme Court of Iowa: Sentence Vacated Because Prosecution Failed to Follow Spirit of Plea Agreement Requiring Recommendation of Suspended Sentence, June 15, 2022. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Cause and Prejudice, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Connecticut Supreme Court Overrules Aquino, Holding Appeal Not Moot Where Defendant Deported During Pendency but Unclear Whether Appealed Conviction Sole Basis for Deportation, Feb. 15, 2022. Mootness, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction, Deportation/Removal/Exclusion.