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Law Enforcement Scrambles to Hide Stingray Use by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Privacy experts have warned against the use of Stingray technology since its existence was first revealed. This device permits the user to locate individuals by tracking the signals emitted by their cell phones. Dozens of large law enforcement …
Officer-Involved Shooting Data? Hard to Find! by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis How often do police officers shoot Americans? How many people do they kill? What color were victims of police shootings? Were they armed? It would seem reasonable that an informed citizenry that employs an enormous paramilitary police force …
Article • March 16, 2018 • from CLN April, 2018
Filed under: Criminal Procedure, DUI
Defendant’s Right to Testify Violated: Hawaii Supreme Vacates Conviction by Norma Gonzalez by Norma Gonzalez The Supreme Court of Hawaii vacated the defendant’s conviction for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant because the defendant’s waiver of the right to testify was not voluntarily, intelligently, and knowingly made. …
Article • March 16, 2018 • from CLN April, 2018
Georgia Attempts to Limit Access to Official State Law by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The State of Georgia has sued to block publication on the internet of its Official Code of Georgia Annotated (“OCGA”) by a nonprofit organization called Public Resource. The group wants to publish the OCGA on the …
Article • March 16, 2018 • from CLN April, 2018
Sheriff Wanted Medical Examiner to Alter Reports by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A pair of San Joaquin County forensic pathologists recently quit, citing abusive treatment working under Sheriff Steve Moore. They say Moore tried to influence their decisions in cases, especially on deaths that occurred at the hands of …
Article • March 16, 2018 • from CLN April, 2018
Witness Misidentification: Ohio Man’s 14 Convictions Vacated by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson An Ohio man who was convicted of a violent home invasion robbery on the basis of faulty eyewitness identifications was exonerated just minutes before being sentenced to a lengthy prison term. On February 5, 2017, a man …
Article • March 16, 2018 • from CLN April, 2018
Filed under: Criminal Procedure
Texas: Retroactive Application of Law That Decriminalized Specific Conduct Not Violation of Separation of Powers by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (“CCA”) held that the state legislature does not violate the Separation of Powers Clause of the Texas Constitution when it exercises its power …
Article • March 16, 2018 • from CLN April, 2018
Data: High Rate of Sexual Abuse by Cops by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Police officers in America hold powerful positions. These heavily armed men and women make daily decisions that greatly affect the citizens with whom they interact. Unfortunately, some cops misuse the power granted to them by abusing …
Article • March 16, 2018 • from CLN April, 2018
Filed under: Police Misconduct
$ Millions to Settle Philly Police Misconduct Cases by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Philadelphia is the latest big city in the spotlight after a series of big-money settlements to resolve dozens of police misconduct cases. According to court records, more than 300 lawsuits against narcotics officers with the Philadelphia …
Article • March 16, 2018 • from CLN April, 2018
Filed under: Bail Bonds
Fight Mass Incarceration? There’s an App for That by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In the eyes of many, the American justice system is in need of reform on several levels, especially in the area of bail. Pretrial detainees account for 70% of the incarcerated, and many are behind bars …
Article • March 12, 2018
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Singing Man Ticketed by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis Everybody stop dancing now. On September 27, 2017, Taoufik Moalla was driving to the store when the 1990 C&C Music Factory hit "Everybody Dance Now" came on the radio. Inspired, Moalla began loudly singing along with the catchy tune. Fortunately for …
Article • March 12, 2018
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Troopers Try to Frame Activist, But Record It by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Journalist Michael Picard, who has previously recorded instances of police misconduct, was arrested by Connecticut state troopers on September 11, 2015, while he lawfully open carried a firearm and recorded their activities at a DUI checkpoint …
Article • March 12, 2018
15 Crooked Cop Cases Canned by Christopher Zoukis by Chris Zoukis   Cook County, Illinois Chief Criminal Judge LeRoy K. Martin tossed the convictions of 15 criminal defendants on November 16, 2017 because the cases were linked to disgraced former Chicago Police Sergeant Ronald Watts. All of the men whose …
Article • March 12, 2018
Police Caught Planting Drugs--on Body Cam! by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On July 19, 2017, the Maryland Office of the Public Defender released a video recording made by Baltimore Police Officer Richard Pinheiro's body-cam showing him planting drugs in a backyard then "discovering" them a few minutes later. Because …
Article • March 12, 2018
Filed under: Staff-Staff Assault
New Jersey Customs Agents Indicted for "Rape Table" by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson "Once the lights go out, they grab you like a gang, and they forcibly throw you on the table and one officer ended up mounting me and pretty much riding me like a horse," said Customs …
Article • March 12, 2018
$50 Million Lawsuit Filed in "Cowboy" Tasing that Kills Detroit Teen by David Reutter by David Reutter A $50 million lawsuit was filed against a Michigan State Trooper who Tasered a Detroit teen on an ATV before the teen crashed and died. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 15-year-old …
Judge's Husband Profited From Prison Stock by David Reutter by David Reutter The Iowa federal judge who oversaw the judicial proceeds for about 400 undocumented immigrants who were arrested at the country's largest kosher slaughterhouse may have committed ethical violations by coordinating the raid. The May 12, 2008 raid made headlines for …
Article • March 12, 2018
Shocking Video Shows Police Disparity for Same Actions, Different Races by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A video posted to Facebook shows a white man walking down the street with an AR-15 assault rifle on his shoulder. The police approach the man and ask for identification. The man refuses and …
Article • March 12, 2018
Most American Indian Tribes Oppose Death Penalty, Regardless of Crime by by Dale Chappell Most American Indian tribes believe the criminal justice system does not work, at least "not in a sufficient way that they would opt into the [federal] death penalty," says Melissa Tatum, a research professor at the …
Article • March 12, 2018
Cops Strip Search Woman in Public...Charges Dropped by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 4, 2017, prosecutors dropped criminal charges against two Harris County sheriff's deputies who publicly performed a body cavity search on a Black woman on June 20, 2015. This prompted her attorney, Sam Cammaack, to release …
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