More from this issue:

1. Demonstrable Remorse, Psychiatric Diagnoses, and Alternatives to Incarceration, by Casey Bastian
2. New Mexico Supreme Court Revises Rules Governing Pretrial Release, by Douglas Ankney
3. 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
4. Down with Big Brother: Warrantless Surveillance Makes a Mockery of the Constitution, by Nisha Whitehead, John W. Whitehead
5. 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
6. After California Cops Kill Someone, They Probe Families for Information on Deceased Before Telling Them Their Loved One Is Dead, by Douglas Ankney
7. 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
8. 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
9. FBI Encourages Use of Controversial Surveillance Program Despite Misuse, by Jo Ellen Nott
10. Texas Man Exonerated by DNA Evidence After 25 Years of Maintaining His Innocence, by Jo Ellen Nott
11. 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
12. 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
13. Don’t Stand Too Close to First Responders Under New Florida Law, by Douglas Ankney
14. First Circuit: Sentencing May Not Be Based Upon Unreliable Hearsay Testimony, by Anthony Accurso
15. 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
16. College and Post-Carceral Job Searches, by Michael Thompson
17. Kansas Supreme Court Severs ‘Noisy Conduct’ Law as Unconstitutionally Overbroad, by David Reutter
18. Big Money and Massive Surveillance: The Finance Industry’s Partnership With Federal Law Enforcement, by Douglas Ankney
19. Researchers Discover Wire-Cutting Evidence Is Too Unreliable for Court, by Douglas Ankney
20. For Signal, Privacy Is Not Merely a Buzzword, by Michael Thompson
21. Dozens of Prisoners in Colorado Notified About Potential Compromised DNA Evidence
22. Minnesota Sex Offender Program: The Indefinite Detention of the Reviled, by Casey Bastian
23. Louisiana Supreme Court Finds Prosecution Withheld Favorable Impeachment and Exculpatory Evidence in Violation of Brady, by Matthew Clarke
24. Dogs Are Sniffing Out Electronics, by Michael Thompson
25. False or Misleading Forensic Evidence Plays an Oversized Role in Wrongful Convictions, by Jo Ellen Nott
26. 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
27. The Prosecutor and the Snitch Ring, by Jordan Smith, Liliana Segura
28. News in Brief
29. Bluetooth Surveillance Tool Added to List of Known Cache of DHS’ Surveillance Technology, by Douglas Ankney

More from Jordan Smith:

• The Prosecutor and the Snitch Ring, Aug. 1, 2024
• Cold Case Killer Kelly Siegler Is a True-Crime Celebrity. Did She Frame an Innocent Man for Murder?, July 15, 2024
• How the Criminal Justice System Fails People With Mental Illness, March 15, 2021
• The Junk Science Cops Use to Decide You’re Lying, Sept. 15, 2020

More from Liliana Segura:

• The Prosecutor and the Snitch Ring, Aug. 1, 2024
• Cold Case Killer Kelly Siegler Is a True-Crime Celebrity. Did She Frame an Innocent Man for Murder?, July 15, 2024
• From Death Row at 16 to Suicide at 45: The Life and Death of Paula Cooper, June 20, 2015

More from these topics:

• From the Editor Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Holdings and Dicta*, March 15, 2025. Editorials, False Statements, Testimony or Documents, Confessions and Statements of Defendant.
• Sixth Circuit Revives Challenge by Kentucky Prisoner Left Three Weeks in “Rancid” Paper Undershorts, Feb. 15, 2025. Informants, Clothing, Sanitation, Summary Judgment, Deliberate Indifference.
• Las Vegas Jury Finds Detectives Fabricated Evidence Against Woman Who Spent 15 Years in Prison for Murder and Awards Her $34 Million, Dec. 15, 2024. Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, False Statements/Perjury, Evidence - Destruction/Fabrication/Manipulation of.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to California Prisoner on Napue Claim Because Prosecution Failed to Correct Informant’s False Testimony That He Did Not Receive Any Benefit In Exchange for His Testimony, Dec. 1, 2024. Informants, Habeas Corpus, Informants and Paid Witnesses, False Testimony.
• False Confessions and Wrongful Convictions: Known Causes and Steps to Eliminate Them, Dec. 1, 2024. DNA Testing/Samples, Wrongful Conviction, False Statements/Perjury, False Exculpatory Statements.
• Broken Trust The Pervasive Role of Deceit in American Policing, Nov. 1, 2024. False Statements, Testimony or Documents, Police/Govt Misconduct, Confessions - Coerced.
• Alabama Prisoner Disciplined for Lying When Guard Cleared of Sexual Assault Allegation, Oct. 15, 2024. Staff-Prisoner Assault, False Statements/Perjury, Disciplinary Proceedings.
• Ohio Pays $725,000 to Survivors of Two Prisoners Beaten to Death by Lying Guards, Oct. 15, 2024. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), False Statements/Perjury.
• California Bar Accuses L.A. Lawyer of Deceiving Prisoners Seeking Resentencing, Oct. 15, 2024. Attorney Misconduct, Malpractice (Attorneys), False Statements/Perjury.
• CDCR Slammed for Reclassifying Staff Misconduct Allegations as Routine Grievances, Oct. 15, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Employee Litigation, False Statements, Testimony or Documents, False Statements/Perjury.