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Article • March 1, 2026 • from CLN April, 2026
NEWS IN BRIEF by Alaska: Alaska News Source reported that former Bethel Police Department (BPD) Off. Jonathan Murphy, 39, was convicted on February 13, 2026, of a brutal use of force. Body-camera footage captured Murphy during a December 2023 stolen-vehicle stop as he struck the compliant driver, Bernard Mael. When …
by Jo Ellen Nott I n a significant victory for the reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals and those with arrest records, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed House Bill 1836, known as the “Clean Slate” Act, on January 16, 2026. The legislation by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott In …
Illinois Supreme Court Announces Six-Element Jeffries Test Governs Self-Defense Jury Instructions in Cases Involving Force Against Police Officers, Rejecting Appellate Court Approaches That Either Created Separate Threshold Inquiry or Automatically Requir by Douglas Ankney by Doug Ankney In a unanimous opinion, with a special concurrence by Chief Justice Neville, the …
Article • January 1, 2026 • from CLN February, 2026
NEWS IN BRIEF by Alabama: WABM in Birmingham reported that former Eleventh Judicial Circuit Presiding Judge Gilbert P. Self, 64, was sentenced to 51-­1/2 years in state prison on December 17, 2025, following his conviction the previous month on public corruption charges. As CLN reported, a jury found him guilty …
Article • December 15, 2025 • from CLN January, 2026
NEWS IN BRIEF by Alabama: In a rare victory for ethics enforcement in the Cotton State, a Lauderdale County jury returned a guilty verdict on November 7, 2025, against a former state judge accused of public corruption. According to the Alabama Political Reporter, Gilbert Porterfield Self, Sr., former presiding judge …
Seventh Circuit Announces One-Year Time Limit in Rule 35(b) Is Nonjurisdictional Claim-Processing Rule, Overruling Prior Precedent in Light of Supreme Court’s Hamer Decision by David Kim by David Kim The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that the one-year time limit for filing a sentence-reduction motion …
Article • November 15, 2025 • from CLN December, 2025
NEWS IN BRIEF by Alabama: The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama sentenced former Centre Police Department (CPD) Off. Michael Kilgore, 41, to four years in federal prison on October 8, 2025, after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in a wild evidence-­planting scheme to …
Article • October 15, 2025 • from CLN November, 2025
NEWS IN BRIEF by California: Former Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Joseph Dessert, 42, was sentenced to nine years in prison on August 8, 2025, for sexually abusing his teenage daughter. According to The Modesto Bee, County Superior Court Judge Jeff Mangar said that the lawman violated his office’s trust …
Filing • September 2, 2025
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HRDC v. Peoria County, IL, Complaint, Censorship, 2025HRDC v. Peoria County, IL, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 1:25-cv-01369-JEH-RLH #1 Filed: 09/02/25 Page 1 of 13 E-FILED Tuesday, 02 September, 2025 10:59:02 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE …
Filing • September 2, 2025
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HRDC v. Peoria County, IL,Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Supporting Memorandum, Censorship, 2025 1:25-cv-01369-JEH-RLH #5 Filed: 09/02/25 Page 1 of 23 E-FILED Tuesday, 02 September, 2025 01:57:07 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, …
Brief • September 2, 2025
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HRDC v. Peoria County, IL, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 1:25-cv-01369-JEH-RLH #1 Filed: 09/02/25 Page 1 of 13 E-FILED Tuesday, 02 September, 2025 10:59:02 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit corporation, Case No. Plaintiff, …
Brief • September 2, 2025
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HRDC v. Peoria County, IL,Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Supporting Memorandum, Censorship, 2025 1:25-cv-01369-JEH-RLH #5 Filed: 09/02/25 Page 1 of 23 E-FILED Tuesday, 02 September, 2025 01:57:07 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, …
News in Brief by Alabama: Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith faces six misdemeanor counts after a grand jury indicted him on May 30, 2025, for knowingly employing uncertified personnel. WBRC in Birmingham reported that Smith’s second-in-command, Chief Deputy Ralph Williams, was also indicted on one count of providing false or …
Article • August 1, 2025 • from CLN August, 2025
Illinois Supreme Court Announces Conviction for Attempted First Degree Murder Requires ‘Intent to Kill Without Lawful Justification by Jeffrey Cohen The Supreme Court of Illinois held that a conviction for attempted first degree murder requires proof that the defendant acted with the intent to kill without lawful justification, rejecting the …
Illinois Supreme Court Announces Entering ‘Blind’ Guilty Plea Does Not Waive Defendant’s Right to Challenge Sentence by Anthony Accurso The Supreme Court of Illinois ruled that a defendant retains the right to challenge his sentence when he enters a “blind” guilty plea, i.e., a plea that does not specify the …
Illinois Supreme Court: Use of Flashlight by Police to See Through Small Gap in Chained and Padlocked Kitchen Cabinet Doors Constitutes ‘Search’ Under Fourth Amendment by Jeffrey Cohen The Supreme Court of Illinois reversed the Appellate Court’s denial of the defendant’s suppression motion, holding that contraband discovered by police inside …
Article • May 15, 2025 • from CLN June, 2025
SCOTUS Announces Only ‘False’ Statements Made to FDIC Are Criminalized Under 18 U.S.C. § 1014, Not Statements That Are ‘Misleading’ but True by Richard Resch Resolving a split between the United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and Seventh Circuit, the Supreme Court of the United States held …
Article • May 15, 2025 • from CLN June, 2025
Illinois ‘Murderer’ Registry Punishes More Than It Protects by Jo Ellen Nott Illinois maintains a digital public shaming website called the Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database, which is mandated under the provisions of Illinois Compiled Statutes 730 ILCS 154/85 (a) and (b). Supporters of the registry often claim …
Article • May 15, 2025 • from CLN June, 2025
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News in Brief by Alabama: On March 31, 2025, in State of Alabama v. Mac Marquette, Morgan County Circuit Judge Charles Elliott denied former Decatur Police Department officer Marquette’s motion for self-defense immunity in the fatal shooting of Steve Perkins. According to the Associate Press, the denial depended legally on …
Questionable Retail Theft Panic Fuels More Mass Surveillance and Police Militarization by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott The shoplifting crisis dominating recent news may be exaggerated, but it has delivered major wins for police departments nationwide. An investigation by The Appeal on March 27, 2025, reveals that fears …
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