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:

• Maryland Supreme Court: Trial Court Abused Its Discretion by Failing to Exercise That Discretion Where It Summarily Refused Requested Jury Instruction Because It Was a Non-Pattern Instruction and ‘Some Evidence’ Supported the Instruction, March 15, 2025. Jury Instructions, Evidence - Failure to Disclose.
• Massachusetts Supreme Court Vacates Threat-Based Conviction on First Amendment Grounds Because Jury Instructions Failed to Include Mens Rea Element Mandated by Counterman for ‘True-Threat’ Conviction, Feb. 15, 2025. Jury Instructions, Resentencing, Threats, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment.
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Clarifies Trial Court Must Conduct Inquiry Whether Defendant Knowingly and Voluntarily Waived Right to Counsel at ‘Any Stage of a Case,’ Including Arraignment or Plea Hearing, Feb. 1, 2025. Counsel - Right to, Knowingly and Voluntarily Made.
• Ninth Circuit Denies Habeas Relief to Prisoner Who Invoked Fifth Amendment Right to Counsel During Custodial Interrogation but Made Incriminating Statements to Undercover Informant Posing as Fellow Prisoner Because Right to Counsel Not Violated, Nov. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Custodial Interrogations/Statements, Counsel - Right to.
• Ohio Supreme Court Announces Self-Defense Jury Instruction Does Not Require Intent to Harm or Kill Assailant, Oct. 1, 2024. Defenses, Jury Instructions, Motive/Opportunity/Intent/Identity Evidence.
• HRDC Files Civil Rights Action on Behalf of Wrongly Convicted Florida Man Who Spent 45 Years in Prison, June 15, 2024. Wrongful Conviction, False Arrest, False Imprisonment, Hypnotically Refreshed Memory, Perjury/Perjured Testimony, Evidence - Failure to Disclose.
• Fourth Circuit Vacates Where Instructions Failed to Inform Jury That Mens Rea of ‘Knowingly or Intentionally’ Applies to ‘Except as Authorized’ in 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), June 15, 2024. Jury Instructions, Essential Elements of Crime, Mens Rea Element, Elements of Offense, Failure to Instruct on Scienter Requirement.
• Louisiana Supreme Court Springs Prisoner From Death Row, April 1, 2024. Capital Punishment, Exculpatory Materials, Perjury/Perjured Testimony, Evidence - Failure to Disclose, Withholding of Exculpatory Evidence.
• Misconduct Shades Sexual Assault Suit As Hawaii Settles With Prisoners for $2 Million, Feb. 1, 2024. Staff-Prisoner Assault, DOC/BOP misconduct, New Trial Motions, Discovery.
• U.S. Supreme Court Apparently Prioritizes Ideology Over Guilt or Innocence, Jan. 15, 2024. AEDPA, Procedural Default/Error, Proving Cause, Capital Cases, Procedural Error, Effective Assistance of Counsel, Counsel - Right to, Counsel - Effective Assistance of, Strickland Standard, Per se ineffectiveness, Right to Counsel.