Skip navigation

Search

4160 results
Page 102 of 208. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 ... 204 205 206 207 208 | Next »

Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Data Expose Demographics of Police Dog Bites by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Stories about unarmed Black men shot by police make the news, a merciless backdrop against which the conflicts between social justice activists and champions of the status quo play out. The shootings can distract public attention from …
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Seventh Circuit: Prisoner Has Right to Know Conditions of Supervised Release Prior to Being Released by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that Jeremy Hogenkamp was entitled to know, before he was released from prison, what the terms and conditions of …
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
When a Hung Jury Is Enough by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The rules for jury trials vary a great deal from state to state, but one rule that is almost universal is the requirement that the jury’s decision be unanimous. This rule is “almost” universal because two states, Louisiana …
Multi-Agency Task Forces Manipulate Jurisdiction to Avoid Liability by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian In July 2014, college student James King was walking to a job when Grand Rapids, Michigan, Detective Todd Allen and FBI Special Agent Douglas Brownback stopped King, believing he was a fugitive in a Michigan crime. …
New Michigan Law Expands Criminal Records Expungement by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian Having a criminal record, for even minor offenses, can make it very difficult to obtain housing, employment, or education and vocational training. In an effort to alleviate some of these difficulties, lawmakers in Michigan have passed bipartisan …
Inadequate and Outdated Training Results in Wild West Policing by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. The cause for incidents of police violence in recent years, particularly in the sequence of events that played out in the spring and summer of 2020, has been ascribed predominantly to systemic and …
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Athlete Settles Tasing Suit Against Milwaukee Police by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A 2018 lawsuit by Milwaukee Bucks player Sterling Brown filed against the city of Milwaukee alleging police used excessive force ended with a $750,000 settlement. Milwaukee city attorney Tearman Spencer and assistant city attorney Robin A. Pederson …
Police Unions Block Meaningful Criminal Justice Reform by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian Americans are asking: What is preventing the meaningful reforms in policing that are clearly needed? The answer may be police unions. While there are a plethora of issues to be addressed, unions have become an organized force …
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Eighth Circuit Affirms Habeas Relief, Finds Arkansas Supreme Court Wrongly Denied Defendant’s Self-Representation Request by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the grant of habeas corpus relief on December 18, 2020, agreeing that the Arkansas Supreme Court wrongly denied a defendant’s …
How Arkansas Criminalizes Poverty by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Like millions of Americans, Teresa Hunter was hit hard by the financial repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic. But what the Hot Springs resident never imagined was that her temporary inability to afford housing could put her behind bars. Renters in …
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
California Law Enforcement Strikes Out in 2020 Elections by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The 2020 elections saw California police unions losing a lot of ground in their battle to hold power over a more liberal state perspective to criminal justice reform. Historically, law enforcement unions have been a powerful …
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Massive Corruption of a Baltimore Task Force Exposed by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian We have turned a corner in America when it comes to the public automatically trusting in the nostalgic image of law enforcement. No longer can law enforcement just assume the mantle of the “good guys” who …
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
NYPD Agrees to Alter Religious Headwear Policy by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian Jamilla Clark and Arwa Aziz were arrested on minor charges in 2017 by the New York Police Department (“NYPD”) – Clark in Manhattan and Aziz in Brooklyn. Clark and Aziz are devout Muslims who wear the appropriate …
Massachusetts Supreme Court Announces Requirement Prosecution Prove Defendant Knew Firearm Was Loaded Applies Retroactively by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (“SJC”) concluded that the holding in Commonwealth v. Brown, 479 Mass. 600 (2018), which requires the Commonwealth to prove that a defendant knew a …
Prosecutors Who Demand Accountability From Everyone But Themselves by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian When a criminal defendant enters a court of law, he or she is aware that the prosecutor intends to hold them accountable for any of their conduct alleged to have violated a law. The public implicitly …
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Louisiana Supreme Court Vacates Murder Conviction for Speedy Trial Violation by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In a case where state prosecutors delayed retrying a defendant after his conviction was vacated, the Supreme Court of Louisiana held that the State’s delay violated the speedy trial rules and vacated the murder …
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Staggering Injustice by Derek Gilna Experts Say Cross-Racial Eyewitness Identification Errors Are Widespread and Contribute to Thousands of Wrongful Convictions by Derek Gilna In a time where much of the American criminal justice system is justifiably under intense pressure to eliminate potential racial bias, there is at least one issue …
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Fourth Circuit Announces Payton’s ‘Reason to Believe’ Standard for Entering a Third-Party’s Home Based on Arrest Warrant for Suspect Amounts to Probable Cause Suspect Resides There by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that the phrase “reason to believe the suspect …
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
First Circuit: Double Jeopardy Protections Bar Government From Seeking Death Penalty at Retrial Where Jury’s Verdict Not Imposing Death at First Trial Ambiguous, and Trial Court Prematurely Declared Mistrial by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled that the Government is barred …
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Kansas Supreme Court Clarifies State Law Does Not Preclude Consent to Search Through Nonverbal Conduct by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Kansas clarified that state law does not require consent to search to be verbal and that nonverbal conduct may constitute consent under the totality of …
Page 102 of 208. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 ... 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 ... 204 205 206 207 208 | Next »