More from this issue:

1. Understanding Your Constitutional Rights in the 
‘100-Mile Border Zone’: A Primer for Non-Citizens in the United States When Confronted by Law Enforcement, by Richard Resch
2. Third Circuit: No ‘Constructive Possession’ of Firearm Discovered in Trunk of Vehicle Six Months After Defendant’s Arrest, 
During Which Time He Was Incarcerated and Vehicle Impounded in Tow Lot Whose Sole Security Feature Was a Locked Gate, by Sagi Schwartzberg
3. SCOTUS Announces ‘Economic Loss’ Not Required 
to Violate Federal Wire Fraud Statute, by David Kim
4. The Algocracy Agenda: How AI and the Deep State 
Are Digitizing Tyranny, by John & Nisha Whitehead
5. Driverless Vehicles Are the Newest Mass Surveillance Tool 
of Law Enforcement, by James Mills
6. Not-­So-­Friendly Neighborhood Spidernet: Emerging Mass Surveillance Tool to Weave a Web Around Your Digital Life, by Michael Thompson
7. Shelby County DA Oversees Retesting After Forensic Analyst’s Dismissal for ‘Unethical Conduct’, by Sam Rutherford
8. Sixth Circuit Announces Invoking Fifth Amendment While Testifying at Trial Does Not Contradict Prior Proffer Statement Nor Does Questioning the Sufficiency of the Prosecution’s Evidence, by David Kim
9. Biomedical Engineers Discover Pruny Fingers Yield 
the Same Fingerprint Patterns as Dry Ones, by Jo Ellen Nott
10. Fourth Circuit: A Finding of Offering Money to Minor 
for Videos Depicting Specific Conduct Without Establishing 
Order of Events Insufficient to Establish Offer ‘Caused’ 
Minor to Produce Explicit Material Within Meaning 
of Guidelines § 2G2.2(c)(1) Cros, by Sagi Schwartzberg
11. From Witness Descriptions to Digital Mugshots: 
AI’s Growing Role in Policing, by James Mills
12. Punishment TV, by Vidal Guzman
13. Class Incarceration Has Become a Prominent Factor 
in Mass Incarceration, by Charles "Keith" Wampler
14. California Court of Appeal Issues Writ of Mandate 
Directing Superior Court to Hold Evidentiary Hearing 
Under State’s Racial Justice Act, Ruling Defendant 
Provided Sufficient Evidence to Establish Prima Facie 
Claim of Implicit Bias by San Diego Police, by Sagi Schwartzberg
15. Fourth Circuit Announces Counterman v. Colorado 
Is New Rule of Constitutional Law That Applies 
Retroactively to Cases on Collateral Review and 
Grants Authorization to File Successive § 2255 Motion, by Douglas Ankney
16. 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, by Anthony Accurso
17. Illinois Supreme Court Announces Entering ‘Blind’ Guilty Plea Does Not Waive Defendant’s Right to Challenge Sentence, by Anthony Accurso
18. New Orleans Police Continue Using Facial Recognition 
Despite City Restrictions, by James Mills
19. Arizona’s Secret Mass Surveillance System: An Obscure Financial Database Amasses Millions of Financial Records in the Shadows, by Michael Thompson
20. Green Light for Justice: Dutch Researchers Find 
Perovskite Method Improves Gunshot Residue Analysis 
with Unprecedented Sensitivity, by Jo Ellen Nott
21. How Police Departments Hire Bad Cops: 
The Shadow System Protecting ‘Wandering Officers’, by Clarence Walker, James Mills
22. News in Brief

More from John & Nisha Whitehead:

• How Tyranny Becomes Entrenched: 9/11 and the Police State’s Endless Power Grabs, Oct. 15, 2025
• The Algocracy Agenda: How AI and the Deep State 
Are Digitizing Tyranny, July 1, 2025

More from these topics:

• U.S. Sentencing Commission Report Breaks Down Federal Contraband Sentences, March 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Mechanical Searches/Scanners, Statistics/Trends, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Bribery/Extortion/Theft.
• New York State Prisons Turning Away Visitors with Tampons After Scan, Feb. 1, 2026. Gender Discrimination -- Women, Mechanical Searches/Scanners, Visitor Searches, Visiting.
• How to Build a Human; A Forensics Company Tells Cops It Can Use DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face. Scientists Worry the Tool Will Deepen Racial Bias., Sept. 15, 2025. Forensic Sciences, Fourth Amendment, rights, DNA Evidence, Advanced Imaging Technology.
• AI Honeypots: Police Are Using Chatbots to Pose 
as Teens and Sex Workers to Entrap Suspects, Aug. 1, 2025. Mechanical Searches/Scanners, Computer Searches, Entrapment, Government Deception and Trickery.
• Arizona’s Secret Mass Surveillance System: An Obscure Financial Database Amasses Millions of Financial Records in the Shadows, July 1, 2025. Searches, Search and Seizure, Warrants, Continuing Financial Crimes Enterprise (CFCE), Domestic Financial Institution.
• Not-­So-­Friendly Neighborhood Spidernet: Emerging Mass Surveillance Tool to Weave a Web Around Your Digital Life, July 1, 2025. Fifth Amendment, Advanced Imaging Technology, Fourth Amendment.
• From Witness Descriptions to Digital Mugshots: 
AI’s Growing Role in Policing, July 1, 2025. Sufficiency of Evidence, Advanced Imaging Technology, Profiling Evidence.
• Legal Gaffe Prolongs Case of Former St. Louis Detainee Held Eight Months After Dismissal of Charges, Feb. 15, 2025. Overdetention, Search and Seizure, Pending Appeal/Sentencing, Dismissal.
• Illinois Supreme Court Announces Odor of Burnt Cannabis Alone Is Insufficient to Establish Probable Cause for a Warrantless Vehicle Search, Feb. 1, 2025. Vehicle Searches, Probable/Proximate Cause, Warrantless Searches, Marijuana Laws/Issues.
• Minnesota Prisoners Getting Scanned Mail, Kept Waiting 18 Months for Tablets, Jan. 15, 2025. Mechanical Searches/Scanners, Mail Regulations, Emails.