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Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Drug Detection Using Fingerprints in the Works by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to techdirt.com, scientists at the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom have developed a new forensic technique that, in as little as 30 seconds, analyzes sweat found along the ridges of fingerprints to determine whether …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Sixth Circuit Reverses Relevant Conduct Firearm Enhancement Because No Connection Between Possession Charges Based on Two Separate Shootouts by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a lower court’s ruling that two unrelated instances of gun possession were part of the …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Kansas Supreme Court: Deadly Weapon-Use Finding Prerequisite to Imposing Violent Offender Registration Requirement by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 13, 2018, the Supreme Court of Kansas held that, absent a finding by a trial court that a defendant used a deadly weapon in a person felony, the trial …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Third Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to Prisoner Convicted of First-Degree Murder Without Evidence of Specific Intent to Kill by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted a Pennsylvania state prisoner conditional habeas corpus relief because the jury instructions used to convict …
Why Sex Offender Registries Keep Growing Even as Sexual Violence Rates Fall by Steven Yoder Lists that include out-of-state visitors are inflating the numbers and keeping fear at a boil. by Steven Yoder, theappeal.org Quentin (not his real name) was convicted eight years ago of child pornography possession in Florida. …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
NYPD’s Lack of Disciplinary Record Transparency Frustrates Prosecutors by Betty Nelander by Betty Nelander Disciplinary records of New York Police Department officers who arrest people have been closely shielded. Even the district attorneys, who sometimes must decide whether to charge arrestees with crimes based on an officer’s word, have often …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Maryland’s Top Court Rules Actual Notice by Trial Judge Unnecessary to Trigger Hearing Requirement On Defendant’s Request to Replace Defense Counsel by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Maryland’s top court, the Court of Appeals, reversed the conviction of a defendant because the trial court failed to entertain and rule on …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Immigration Authorities Seize Wrongfully Convicted Man After Release by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke March 2018 should have been the happiest month of his life. After over two decades of wrongful imprisonment, the Cook County State’s Attorney agreed to drop murder charges against Illinois state prisoner Ricardo Rodriguez. He should …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Filed under: Money/Property
Chicago Tries to Reduce Deficit at its Poorer Citizens’ Expense by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Chicago may be Frank Sinatra’s kind of town, but not for many of the city’s poorer citizens. They would probably move, if only they did not owe the city so much money and either …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Kansas (Finally) Outlaws Sex Between Cops and Detained Citizens by A new Kansas law makes it illegal for cops to have sex with people they pull over or detain for investigation. If you are one of the many who naturally thought this was already illegal, you are in good company: …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
California Property Owners Billed for Their Own Prosecution by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis An investigation by the Desert Sun has uncovered an unusual phenomena in two California communities: The cities are taking property owners accused of public nuisance infractions to criminal court with the help of private prosecutors. The …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
What Some Prison Sentence Lengths Actually Reflect by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon When a criminal convictee is sentenced, the number of months or years assessed does not always mean the convictee will remain in prison for that entire time. Nearly all states and most other jurisdictions in the world …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Filed under: Juries
Trial Lawyer Advocates ‘Jury Nullification’ To Acquit the Unjustly Accused by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Mark Bennett, a 22-year criminal trial lawyer, argues that responsible citizens have a duty to serve on a criminal jury as a reasoned observer of the trial process — and not as a pawn …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Academic Paper Highlights Need to Tighten Rules for Fingerprint Evidence in Light of False-Positive Error Rate by Steve Horn by Steve Horn A new study published in the UCLA Law Review reveals a potential for rule tightening on the use of fingerprint evidence in the U.S. judiciary. “The Reliable Application …
New York City Gang Database Increases 70 Percent Since 2014 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Concerns are being raised about a 70 percent increase in the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) gang database revealed in a recent public records request by CUNY School of Law professor Babe Howell. …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Filed under: Guilty Pleas, Judiciary, Trials
South Dakota Supreme Court Rules that Trial Court Cannot Reject a Plea Agreement It Already Implicitly Accepted by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Supreme Court of the State of South Dakota reversed a trial court’s decision to reject a binding plea agreement because it had already implicitly accepted the …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
New Mexico Supreme Court: Seriousness of Charged Crime Itself Not Sufficient to Deny Defendant Pretrial Release by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A court must not automatically consider any single factor to be dispositive when deciding whether to deny or grant pretrial release, but must consider several factors on the …
Article • August 17, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Iowa Supreme Court: Relief from Conviction Not Required When Suing for Legal Malpractice Based on Wrongful Sentence by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In an issue of first impression in Iowa, the Supreme Court of Iowa held that relief from a wrongful sentence is enough to allow a legal malpractice …
South Dakota Supreme Court Announces Search Incident to Arrest Exception to Warrant Requirement Does Not Apply to Collection of Urine Sample Upon Arrest by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Law enforcement must secure a warrant prior to obtaining a urine sample from an arrestee, the Supreme Court of South Dakota …
Article • August 15, 2018 • from CLN September, 2018
Armed and Dangerous: If Police Don’t Have to Protect the Public, What Good Are They? by John W. Whitehead by John W. Whitehead, Commentary, The Rutherford Institute After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell …
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