More from this issue:

1. Cold Case Killer Kelly Siegler Is a True-Crime Celebrity. Did She Frame an Innocent Man for Murder?, by Jordan Smith, Liliana Segura
2. Breakthrough in Burn Victim Identification: Ancient DNA Tech Offers New Hope, by Jo Ellen Nott
3. Tenth Circuit Announces Assault Conviction Under 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(6) Not a Qualifying Predicate ‘Crime of Violence’ for Purposes of USSG § 2K2.1(a)(3), by Douglas Ankney
4. New York Court of Appeals Announces ‘Due Diligence’ Is Applicable Standard for Certificate of Compliance Regarding Discovery Obligations and Trial Readiness, Improper Certificate Is ‘Illusory” and Fails to Toll Speedy Trial Clock, by Matthew Clarke
5. Ohio Supreme Court Announces Same Postconviction-Relief Filing Deadline Applies to ‘Delayed Appeal’ as Applies to Any Other Type of Direct Appeal, by Douglas Ankney
6. Federal Habeas Corpus: Getting Around Procedural Default, by Dale Chappell
7. New NIJ-Funded Website Assists Forensic Practitioners Estimate Age of Unidentified Skeletal Remains of Infants and Teens Based on Dental Data, by Douglas Ankney
8. $3.76 Million Awarded to Denver Grandmother for SWAT Raid of Home Based on Inaccurate iPhone Ping, by Jo Ellen Nott
9. Minnesota Supreme Court Announces Good-Faith Exception to Exclusionary Rule Under State Constitution Does Not Apply to Search and Arrest Based on Quashed Warrant That Appears Active Due to Clerical Error by Court Administration, by Douglas Ankney
10. California Court of Appeal Announces Rulings on Three Issues of First Impression Involving Certificate of Appealability and Habeas Petition, by Douglas Ankney
11. Tennessee Supreme Court Announces Prospective Abrogation of Common Law Accomplice-Corroboration Rule, by Douglas Ankney
12. Surveillance Tech Companies Compose Self-Promoting Press Releases for Cops That Media Lazily Regurgitates, by Matthew Clarke
13. South Carolina Supreme Court: Confession Involuntary Where Police Provide Miranda Warnings Then Tell Defendant Statements Are Confidential, by Sam Rutherford
14. Ninth Circuit Announces That Asking About Parole Status During Traffic Stop Does Not Violate Fourth Amendment, by Sam Rutherford
15. UN Human Rights Committee Report: ICE Electronic Data Surveillance Practices Violate Human Rights Law, by Matthew Clarke
16. Fourth Circuit Announces ‘Sentencing Package Doctrine’ Permits District Court to Resentence Both Covered and Noncovered Offenses Under First Step Act, by Sam Rutherford
17. ‘Asian Nazis’ Be Damned: Cops Coveting AI for 2024, by Michael Thompson
18. Prosecutors Receive Absurdly Lenient Sentence of Probation for Brady Violation That Resulted in an Innocent Man Spending More Than Four Years in Prison, by Douglas Ankney
19. Federal Government Proposes Reclassifying Marijuana as Less Dangerous Schedule III Drug in Historic Policy Shift, by Jo Ellen Nott
20. The 153 Exonerations in 2023 Include 19 Resulting From Threats or Sentences of Death, by Casey Bastian
21. SCOTUS Announces Federal Sentence Under ACCA Based on Federal Classification of Drug at Time of State Court Proceeding, by Sam Rutherford
22. California Court of Appeal Explains Qualification for Mental Health Diversion Under Pen. Code § 1001.36, Rules Defendant Qualified for Pretrial Mental Health Diversion, by David Reutter
23. Rethink Googling That Video of Big Bird Teaching Your Child the Letter ‘B’—You Might Be Caught in a Federal Dragnet, by Douglas Ankney
24. DOJ Is Charging Founders of Samourai Wallet for Allegedly Laundering Bitcoin, by Michael Thompson
25. What’s in a Name: ShotSpotter Becomes SoundThinking, But Problems Remain, by Michael Thompson
26. Foundations of Firearms Audio Forensics Built by Dr. Robert Maher Will Continue to Be Important Forensic Tool as More Recording Devices Are Present at Crime Scenes, by Jo Ellen Nott
27. Colorado Supreme Court Announces First Degree Criminal Trespass of Dwelling Is Lesser-Included Offense of Second Degree Burglary, Explicitly Overruling Garcia, and Merger Is Remedy for Double Jeopardy Sentencing Error, by Sam Rutherford
28. Eleventh Circuit Reverses District Court’s Grant of Habeas Relief, Notes It’s ‘Murky on When Putting Two Suspects in a Room Together Qualifies as Interrogation Under Miranda’, by Douglas Ankney
29. Minnesota Becomes Third State to Restrict ‘Excited Delirium’, by Jordan Arizmendi
30. Sixth Circuit Grants Habeas Relief on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Batson Claims, by Sam Rutherford
31. News in Brief

More from Douglas Ankney:

• Ninth Circuit Revives Complaint Over Sloppy Cell Checks 
Before Psychotic Detainee’s Death at L.A. Jail, June 1, 2025
• $500,000 for Colorado Detainee Dropped 
On His Face by Jailers, June 1, 2025
• 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
• $1.3 Million for Massachusetts Prisoner 
Stabbed by Guard in Connecticut Lockup, June 1, 2025
• $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
• Missouri Pays More Than $1.2 Million for Deputy Warden’s Sexual Harassment Claim Against Warden, May 1, 2025

More from these topics:

• A Song for Condemned Alabama Prisoner, April 1, 2025. Witnesses, Telephone Monitoring, Evidence - Failure to Disclose.
• 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.
• Nebraska Supreme Court Spanks Attorney General, Orders Felons Be Allowed to Vote, March 1, 2025. Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Attorney Misconduct, Felon Disenfranchisement Statute.
• Ninth Circuit Announces ‘Clear Error’ Review Applies to District Courts’ Factual Findings for Brady Challenges and Affirms District Court’s Mid-Trial Order Excluding Witness Testimony and Imposing Monetary Sanctions for Government’s Brady Violation, Feb. 1, 2025. Sanctions, Eyewitness Testimony, Brady Rule violations, Witnesses - Prior Statements/Testimony, Factual Disputes/Findings, Legal or Factual Challenges - assertion of.
• Sixth Circuit Announces Ohio’s Standard for Judicial Bias Contrary to Clearly Established Federal Law, Holds Trial Judge Unconstitutionally Biased in Capital Case and Defendant Denied Right to Present Mitigating Evidence, Grants Habeas Relief, Dec. 15, 2024. Murder/Felony Murder, Bias/Discrimination, Evidence - Failure to Disclose.
• Texas Prosecutor Gets Fine, Probated Bar Suspension After Jailing Woman for Abortion, Aug. 15, 2024. Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Abortion, Attorney Misconduct, Fines.
• Louisiana Supreme Court Finds Prosecution Withheld Favorable Impeachment and Exculpatory Evidence in Violation of Brady, Aug. 1, 2024. Exculpatory No Doctrine, Resentencing, Evidence - Failure to Disclose, Remands/Rehearings/Resentencings.
• 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.
• Reform-Minded Prosecutors Face Backlash for Prosecuting Bad Cops, June 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Prosecutors, Police/Govt Misconduct, Criticism of Government.
• What Happens When Prosecutors Offer Opposing Versions of the Truth?, April 15, 2024. Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Commentary/Reviews, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Outrageous Government Misconduct, Evidence - Destruction/Fabrication/Manipulation of.