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Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples
Federal Rules Limit Searches of Private DNA Databases by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A new policy instituted by the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), effective November 1, 2019, is the first federal rule governing the use of family-tree DNA databases by law enforcement. Services that allow individuals to trace …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Unsurprisingly Lenient Sentence for Rapist Cop by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso A now-former Louisville, Kentucky, Metro Police officer was sentenced to just five years for five rapes and possession of child pornography. The rapes were reduced to misdemeanors, while the latter was a felony conviction. The first victim came …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Filed under: Release and Reentry
Kim Kardashian Keeps Going, Helps Release D.C. Prisoner by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell If Kim Kardashian’s efforts to help people get released from prison were just a stunt, as some said, then she’s become a full-time stuntwoman in her own right. This past October, Kardashian helped yet another prisoner …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Filed under: Bail, Bail Bonds
Court Rulings Condemning Cash Bail Systems Increasing by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A historically overlooked, or at least minimized, constitutional guarantee is that excessive bail amounts must not be imposed upon citizens accused of crimes. Cash bails routinely far exceed not only most people’s ability to pay but are …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police
More Crooked Cops in New York City Make the Naughty List by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In October of 2019, the Bronx District Attorney released a heavily redacted list of 75 cops whose testimony the District Attorney’s office feared would undermine cases. Because many of those cops were proven …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
For the Mentally Ill, Calling 911 Could Prove Deadly by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Police responding to 911 calls that involve individuals in a mental health crisis might resort to deadly force rather than exercise restraint and give support, according to a trend identified by The Intercept’s Shaun King. …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Alabama Sheriff Denied Immunity for False Charges Against Whistleblower by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso An Alabama sheriff was denied immunity for acts taken to extort and silence a whistleblower who exposed her corruption. In Alabama, sheriffs are allowed to receive as personal income any excess funds “left over” after …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Filed under: Police Misconduct, Police
Police Still Have Access to Records That Are Supposedly Sealed, Suit Alleges by Bill Barton by Bill Barton According to a recent Collateral Consequences Resource Center report, “While police in 12 states are prevented by law from accessing records of arrests that did not result in a conviction, officers in …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
DNA Contamination Threatened Conviction of Innocent Man by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The NYC Medical Examiner’s office (“ME”) reviewed the DNA analysis procedure in a burglary case that was the only evidence used to charge Darrell Harris with the crime. They found that the DNA sample could have been …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Filed under: Racial Discrimination
White Cop Gets 10 Years for Murder; Black Kid Gets 10 Days for Oversleeping by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Former white police officer Amber Guyger murdered her black neighbor and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. In contrast, 21-year-old Deandre Somerville, a black college student from Palm Beach …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
DA’s Office Files Bar Complaint on Its Own Former Prosecutor by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso The Santa Fe, New Mexico, District Attorney’s Office submitted a formal complaint to the state’s Bar Association alleging that former prosecutor Jason Lidyard (who is now a district court judge) intentionally withheld exculpatory evidence …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Tenth Annual NRC Report Magnifies Limits of Forensic Evidence by Bill Barton by Bill Barton Steven Mark Chaney was convicted of a 1987 murder based partially on the testimony of forensic scientists, which linked him to the crime by a bite mark found on the victim’s skin. The court heard …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Critics Claim Thin Blue Line Protects Cops and Prosecutors in Orange County, California by Bill Barton by Bill Barton At about 6 a.m., August 19, 2018, Orange County police officer Michael Devitt yanked Mohamed Sayem from his Jeep and punched him several times in the face and stomach, an incident …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Study Confirms Immigrants Sentenced More Harshly in Non-Immigrant Areas by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A recent Penn State University study confirmed that negative perceptions of immigration and immigrants have affected sentencing in geographic areas not traditionally known for being destinations for immigrants. Prior to the 1990s, Hispanics traditionally immigrated …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Filed under: Prosecutors
Prosecutors Transform Due Process into ‘Dues Processed’ by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Criminal justice reform advocates often espouse pretrial diversion programs. These programs permit accused citizens to pay a fee and take a class or two in exchange for dismissal of the charges and a clean record. The prosecutor …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
New Tennessee Legislation Will Destroy Hundreds, Probably Thousands, of Families by Sandy Rozek by Sandy Rozek, NARSOL In some of our border states, children sit in detention camps, taken from their parents and held for a reason deemed good by some in our society. Half the country away in the …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Employers are Adjusting to Hiring Ex-Offenders by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso A recent look at how Indianapolis companies are adjusting to hiring ex-offenders highlights opportunities and challenges for the newly released around the country. Nationally, the prison population has decreased 1.3 percent from 2017 to 2018, but in some …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Kansas Considers It Acceptable to Listen to Attorney-Client Conversations by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss United States District Court Judge Julie Robinson released a 188-page opinion August 13, 2019, holding the Kansas branch of the U.S. Attorney’s Office (“USAO”) in contempt for deliberate obfuscation and misrepresentation …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Filed under: Sentencing
Sixth Circuit Vacates Sentence Because District Court Relied on Uncharged Shooting Allegation for Upward Departure from Sentencing Guidelines Range by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated the sentence of Andre D. Hatcher, Jr. because the district court relied on an uncharged …
Article • February 19, 2020 • from CLN March, 2020
Washington Supreme Court Remands for Resentencing Where State Failed to Prove Criminal History by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In an enbanc decision, the Supreme Court of Washington reversed and remanded for resentencing where the State failed to prove a defendant’s criminal history beyond a reasonable doubt. A jury convicted …
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