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After California Cops Kill Someone, They Probe Families for Information on Deceased Before Telling Them Their Loved One Is Dead
by Douglas Ankney
Bruce Praet, cofounder of the company Lexipol, offers California cops some advice in one of his online training webinars: When notifying the family of a person the police have killed, obtain as much information as possible on the deceased before telling the family their loved one is ...
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- Demonstrable Remorse, Psychiatric Diagnoses, and Alternatives to Incarceration, by Casey Bastian
- New Mexico Supreme Court Revises Rules Governing Pretrial Release, by Douglas Ankney
- SCOTUS Announces Existence of Probable Cause for One Charge in Criminal Proceeding Does Not Categorically Defeat Fourth Amendment Malicious-Prosecution Claim Relating to Another Baseless Charge, by Sam Rutherford
- Down with Big Brother: Warrantless Surveillance Makes a Mockery of the Constitution, by Nisha Whitehead, John W. Whitehead
- First Circuit: District Court’s One-Sentence Explanation for 10-Year Upward Departure From Sentencing Guidelines Range Insufficient to Justify Significant Variance, by Sam Rutherford
- After California Cops Kill Someone, They Probe Families for Information on Deceased Before Telling Them Their Loved One Is Dead, by Douglas Ankney
- SCOTUS Clarifies Nieves Exception to Lack of Probable Cause Requirement for First Amendment Retaliatory-Arrest Claim Does Not Require ‘Virtually Identical and Identifiable Comparators’, by Sam Rutherford
- SCOTUS: Jury, Not Judge, Must Determine Whether Defendant’s Prior Offenses Were Committed on ‘Occasions Different From One Another’ for Enhanced Sentence Under Armed Career Criminal Act, by Sam Rutherford
- FBI Encourages Use of Controversial Surveillance Program Despite Misuse, by Jo Ellen Nott
- Texas Man Exonerated by DNA Evidence After 25 Years of Maintaining His Innocence, by Jo Ellen Nott
- Third Circuit Orders Evidentiary Hearing on State Prisoner’s Petition Seeking Federal Habeas Relief Because Both State and Federal Courts Denied Relief Without Holding Hearing on IAC Claim That, if Proven, Would Entitle Him to Relief, by Douglas Ankney
- Nevada Supreme Court Announces District Courts Have No Discretion to Deny Motion to Set Aside Judgment of Conviction Filed by Statutorily Qualified Defendants Under NRS 176A.240(6)(a), by Douglas Ankney
- Don’t Stand Too Close to First Responders Under New Florida Law, by Douglas Ankney
- First Circuit: Sentencing May Not Be Based Upon Unreliable Hearsay Testimony, by Anthony Accurso
- California Supreme Court: Presence in High Crime Area and Desire to Avoid Contact With Police Does Not Amount to Reasonable Suspicion Justifying Detention for Suspected Criminal Activity, by Sam Rutherford
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- Kansas Supreme Court Severs ‘Noisy Conduct’ Law as Unconstitutionally Overbroad, by David Reutter
- Big Money and Massive Surveillance: The Finance Industry’s Partnership With Federal Law Enforcement, by Douglas Ankney
- Researchers Discover Wire-Cutting Evidence Is Too Unreliable for Court, by Douglas Ankney
- For Signal, Privacy Is Not Merely a Buzzword, by Michael Thompson
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- Minnesota Sex Offender Program: The Indefinite Detention of the Reviled, by Casey Bastian
- Louisiana Supreme Court Finds Prosecution Withheld Favorable Impeachment and Exculpatory Evidence in Violation of Brady, by Matthew Clarke
- Dogs Are Sniffing Out Electronics, by Michael Thompson
- False or Misleading Forensic Evidence Plays an Oversized Role in Wrongful Convictions, by Jo Ellen Nott
- Tenth Circuit: Counsel Advising Black Defendant No Minorities Would Be on Jury Is Material Misrepresentation About Right to Impartial Jury Rendering Guilty Plea Unknowing and Involuntary, by David Reutter
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- Tenth Circuit Upholds Nearly $8.8 Million Judgment for Utah Jail Death, June 1, 2025
- Eighth Circuit Excuses Missouri Prisoner’s Failure to Exhaust Remedies While He Was In a Coma, June 1, 2025
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- $1.2 Million in Settlements Reached in Suit Over Sacramento Jail Murder, May 1, 2025
- Eleventh Circuit Revives Volunteer Pastor’s First Amendment Claim at Georgia Jail, May 1, 2025
- Wellpath Sanctioned for Discovery Violation in Suit Over Kentucky Prisoner’s Death, May 1, 2025
- Second Circuit Revives Connecticut Prisoner’s Challenge To Conditions In Virginia Lockup Where He Was Transferred, May 1, 2025
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- Shakedown in New Mexico: Decades-Long Police Corruption Scandal Rocks Albuquerque’s DWI Unit, March 15, 2025. Police Misconduct, Bribery, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
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- Federal Court Lets BOP Withhold Mortality Reviews Under FOIA, March 1, 2025. Prison/Jail Murders, Wrongful Death, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
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