More from this issue:

1. Stinging Back: Resisting Government Surveillance of Cellphones, by Anthony Accurso
2. Seventh Circuit Announces Safety Valve Relief Under § 3553(f) Is Narrower Than Guidelines Firearms Enhancement Under § 2D1.1(b)(1), District Court Erred by Conflating Them, by Douglas Ankney
3. Cellular Roaming’s Inadequate Security, by Michael Thompson
4. Tech Monopolies Prevent Effective Privacy Laws in the U.S., by Anthony Accurso
5. California AB 2773 Requires Police to State Reason for Traffic Stops Before Questioning, by Jo Ellen Nott
6. Fourth Circuit: Maryland’s First-Degree Assault Statute Is Indivisible so Conviction Is Not an ACCA Predicate for Sentencing Enhancement Purposes, by Douglas Ankney
7. Report Finds Bad Forensic Evidence Leads to More Wrongful Convictions and Establishes Forensic Errors Typology, by Matthew Clarke
8. Washington Supreme Court: Nonexceptional Consecutive Terms of ‘Community Custody’ May Not Exceed Aggregate Term of 24 Months, by Sam Rutherford
9. SCOTUS: Reiterates Jury Verdict of Acquittal for Any Reason Bars Retrial Under Double Jeopardy Clause of Fifth Amendment, by Richard Resch
10. FBI Visit to Oklahoma Woman in Response to Social Media Post Sparks Debate on Free Speech, by Jo Ellen Nott
11. California Court of Appeal: Petitioner Has Constitutional Right to Be Present at Evidentiary Hearing Under Felony Murder Resentencing Law, by David Reutter
12. De-Identified Is Not Anonymous, by Michael Thompson
13. The Police Have a Dark Money Slush Fund, by Katya Schwenk
14. Police Body Cameras, A Decade Later, by Anthony Accurso
15. Criminal Justice Reform Becoming a Corporate Priority, by David Reutter
16. Tenth Circuit: Plea Not Knowing and Voluntary Where Plea Counsel Materially Misrepresented Defendant’s Right to Impartial Jury Selected Through Racially Nondiscriminatory Means, by Douglas Ankney
17. More Facial Recognition Failures, by Michael Thompson
18. California Supreme Court: Jury’s Finding of Intent to Kill for Gang Enhancement, Standing Alone, Insufficient to Find Prisoner Failed to State a Prima Facie Case in § 1172.6 Petition for Resentencing on First-Degree Murder Conviction, by Douglas Ankney
19. Non-Toxic Fluorescent Spray Reveals Fingerprints in Seconds, by Douglas Ankney
20. Use of Solitary Confinement on the Rise in ICE Facilities, by Anthony Accurso
21. New York Court of Appeals: SORA Designation Violates Defendant’s Due Process Rights Where Crime Involved No Sexual Contact or Motivation and Defendant Was Not a Sex Offender and Posed No Risk of Sexual Threat, by Douglas Ankney
22. New Data From BOP Reveals Technical Violations Account for Nearly a Third of First Step Act Recidivism, by Jo Ellen Nott
23. Retraction: ‘Federal Habeas Corpus: The Savings Clause Remedy for Federal Prisoners’ by Dale Chappell
24. The Death of the Savings Clause, by Dale Chappell
25. First Circuit: Defendant’s Statement ‘I guess I’ll wait until I have a lawyer’ Is Unequivocal Invocation of Right to Counsel, by Sam Rutherford
26. Facial Recognition’s Distorted View, by Michael Thompson
27. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Announces Defendants Under Age 21 Ineligible for LWOP Sentences, by Douglas Ankney
28. New Jersey Supreme Court Announces Extension of Eyewitness Identification Safeguards of Henderson to Pretrial Preparation Sessions and Provides Framework for Showing Photos During Pretrial Phase, by Douglas Ankney
29. Robotic Police Dogs Being Adopted Across the Country, by Michael Thompson
30. Ninth Circuit Announces Adoption of ‘Premises Rule’ for Co-Tenant Consent-to-Search Analysis, Holds Co-Tenant’s Consent Invalid Where Defendant Instructed Co-Tenant Not to Allow Police Entry in Their Presence, by Sam Rutherford
31. Sixth Circuit Announces Untimely Notice of Appeal That Provides Reason for Tardiness May Be Construed as Motion to Reopen, by Douglas Ankney
32. Googling Your Privacy, by Michael Thompson
33. News in Brief

More from Anthony Accurso:

• Ninth Circuit: ‘Dominion and Control’ Provision of Search Warrant for Suspect’s Computer That Lacked Temporal or Other Limitation Constitutes General Warrant, Aug. 1, 2025
• Nearly $60,000 Awarded to Mother Of Dead Missouri Prisoner 
In Suit For His DOC Records, July 15, 2025
• $42,000 Paid to Wisconsin Prisoner Allowed 
to Harm Himself While Under Observation, July 15, 2025
• Ongoing Detainee Deaths Push Rikers Island 
into Federal Court Receivership, July 15, 2025
• The Dangerous Practice of Late-Night Jail Releases, July 15, 2025
• Percentage Of Prisoners Serving Life Without Parole Is Up 
Despite Overall Decrease in Prison Population, July 15, 2025
• Colorado Supreme Court Announces Police Facilitating 
Drug-­Detection Dog’s Entry Into Vehicle by Opening Door 
During Traffic Stop Without Probable Cause Is Unconstitutional Search in Violation of Fourth Amendment, July 1, 2025
• Illinois Supreme Court Announces Entering ‘Blind’ Guilty Plea Does Not Waive Defendant’s Right to Challenge Sentence, July 1, 2025
• $62,500 For Idaho Prisoner Raped by Guard 
Who Later Committed Suicide, June 1, 2025
• Eighth Circuit Lets Missouri Guard Skate For Placing Avowed Enemies In Same Cell, Resulting In Assault, June 1, 2025

More from these topics:

• The Arrival of REAL ID: National ID Cards 
and Internal Passports in America, Aug. 1, 2025. Police State-Surveillance.
• The Quiet Transformation of Government Data 
into a Mass Surveillance Tool, Aug. 1, 2025. Police Searches, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance.
• DEA’s Secret Phone Surveillance Program ‘Hemisphere’ 
Sparked Internal Warnings—Then a Cover-Up, Aug. 1, 2025. Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Privacy Act/Rights.
• Driverless Vehicles Are the Newest Mass Surveillance Tool 
of Law Enforcement, July 1, 2025. Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Recordings.
• New Orleans Police Continue Using Facial Recognition 
Despite City Restrictions, July 1, 2025. Police State-Surveillance, Cell-Site-Location Records, Electronic Surveillance, Authorization.
• Facial Recognition at the Border: CBP’s Push to Scan Every Car Passenger Sparks Privacy Concerns, May 15, 2025. Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Privacy Act/Rights, Searches - Border Stops/Searches, Immigration Law/Offenses.
• Car Subscriptions: Another Means of Mass Surveillance by Law Enforcement, May 15, 2025. Vehicle Searches, Internet, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance.
• Welcome to 2025: Where Your Freedoms Go to Die, April 15, 2025. Government Misconduct, Police State-Surveillance.
• D.C. Police Continue Heavy Investment in Social Media Monitoring, April 15, 2025. Internet, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Social Media.
• ICE’s Expansive Surveillance Tool Monitors Hundreds of Websites and Apps, April 15, 2025. Police State-Surveillance, Enforcement of Immigration Laws, Electronic Surveillance, Immigration Law/Offenses, Social Media.