More from this issue:

1. A Guilty Voice: Is Voice Analysis Junk Science or Reliable Evidence?, by Clarence Walker Jr.
2. SCOTUS Clarifies It Had Already Been ‘Clearly Established Federal Law’ in 2004 for Purposes of AEDPA That Evidence at Trial Can Be So Prejudicial as to Violate Due Process, by Sam Rutherford
3. From the Editor Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Holdings and Dicta*, by Richard Resch
4. How to Take Your Postconviction Case Directly to the U.S. Supreme Court: A Roadmap to Direct Collateral Review, by Dale Chappell
5. ‘Jack the Ripper’ Meets DNA Analysis, by James Mills
6. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Announces State Wiretap Statute Requires Suppression of Both Audio and Video Components of Audiovisual Footage of Unlawfully Intercepted Oral Communication Showing Defendant as Party to Communication, by Douglas Ankney
7. Faster Justice: Rapid DNA Set to Expand Law Enforcement Reach, by Jo Ellen Nott
8. FBI Pressured Forensic Science Group to Censor Critical Workshops, Emails Reveal, by Michael Thompson
9. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Defense Counsel Had Actual Conflict of Interest Where Own Performance During Police Interview of Defendant Could Serve as Basis of Motion to Suppress Based on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, New Trial Required W, by Anthony Accurso
10. California Court of Appeal Vacates Sentence Where Trial Court Imposed Sentence Under ‘One Strike’ Enhancement Statute Enacted After Crimes Were Committed, by Douglas Ankney
11. Study Confirms New York City’s ShotSpotter Deployment Was a Costly Misstep, by Michael Thompson
12. Shakedown in New Mexico: Decades-Long Police Corruption Scandal Rocks Albuquerque’s DWI Unit, by Jo Ellen Nott
13. Trump Appoints ‘Pardon Czar’ at Black History Month Event, by James Mills
14. How Online Behavioral Ads Fuel Mass Surveillance, by Michael Thompson
15. Convicted Double Murderer Executed by Firing Squad in South Carolina, by David Kim
16. Filming ICE Agents at Work: Know Your Rights, by Jo Ellen Nott
17. Can Comics Help Juries Understand Complex DNA Evidence?, by Michael Thompson
18. California Police Misused State Databases Over 7,000 Times in 2023, by James Mills
19. Government Hacks Computers to Thwart Hackers, by James Mills
20. Nebraska Supreme Court Announces ‘Working Days’ for Purposes of ‘Temporary Domicile’ SORA Reporting Requirement Means Weekdays, Excluding Legal Holidays, and Reverses Conviction for Failure to Register, by Sagi Schwartzberg
21. California Court of Appeal Vacates Former NFL Star’s Rape Conviction Because Prosecutor’s Racial Statements During Closing Constituted ‘Racially Discriminatory Language’ in Violation of Racial Justice Act, by Phillip Wasserman, J.D.
22. EFF Launches Rayhunter: A New Tool to Detect Covert Cellular Surveillance, by David Kim
23. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Commonwealth Must Prove Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Offender Knew of SORNA Registration Obligations for Failure to Register Conviction, by Sagi Schwartzberg
24. Fifth Circuit Announces Definition of ‘Controlled Substance’ in Effect at Time of Current Sentencing Applies for Purposes of Career-Offender Enhancement, Not Definition at Time of Prior Sentencings, by Jeffrey Cohen
25. Bite Marks and Broken Justice: A Louisiana Man’s Life and Death Struggle Against Junk Science, by David Kim
26. Nevada Supreme Court: Theft Offenses and Possessing or Receiving Stolen Property Offenses Are Mutually Exclusive and Double Jeopardy Protections Bar Conviction for Both Offenses When Based on Same Conduct, by Douglas Ankney
27. Virtual Injustice: How Remote Hearings Harm Incarcerated Defendants, by Jo Ellen Nott
28. 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, by Douglas Ankney
29. NEWS IN BRIEF

More from David Kim:

• Central Bank Digital Currencies: Trojan Horses Delivering 
Mass Surveillance Under the Guise of Monetary Innovation, Aug. 15, 2025
• U.S. Sentencing Commission Adopts 2025 Amendments 
to Resolve Circuit Conflicts, Aug. 1, 2025
• The Flawed Science of Cannabis Impairment Detection: 
The Need for Evidence-Based Reform, Aug. 1, 2025
• Summary of the 2025 Drug Offenses Amendment 
by the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Aug. 1, 2025
• Tenth Circuit Announces Motor Vehicles Are Not Per Se Instrumentalities of Interstate Commerce Under Commerce Clause for Purposes of the Federal Kidnapping Statute, Aug. 1, 2025
• The Quiet Transformation of Government Data 
into a Mass Surveillance Tool, Aug. 1, 2025
• The Arrival of REAL ID: National ID Cards 
and Internal Passports in America, Aug. 1, 2025
• Beyond the City Limits: How Rural Sheriff’s Departments 
Are Driving the Spike in Police Killings, Aug. 1, 2025
• Fourth Circuit Announces Sentencing Disparity 
Between Defendant and Co-Defendants Alone Constitutes ‘Extraordinary and Compelling’ Reason Sufficient 
to Justify Compassionate Release, Aug. 1, 2025
• SCOTUS Announces ‘Economic Loss’ Not Required 
to Violate Federal Wire Fraud Statute, July 1, 2025

More from these topics:

• Death Row Prisoners Challenge New Tennessee 
Single-Drug Lethal Injection Protocol, June 1, 2025. Conditions of Confinement, Death Row, Method of Execution.
• South Carolina Conducts First U.S. Execution by Firing Squad in 15 Years, May 1, 2025. Death Penalty, Method of Execution.
• Idaho Stopped From Repeatedly Scheduling Executions That It Cannot Carry Out, July 1, 2024. Injunctions, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty, Death Row, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Punishment, Method of Execution, Lethal Injection, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Alabama Conducts First Nitrogen Hypoxia Execution, March 1, 2024. Death Penalty, Death Row, Method of Execution.