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Brief • February 20, 2019
Sabens v. State of Vermont, VT, Complaint, Wrongful Death (Medical), 2019 STATE OF VERMONT ED STATE OF VERMONT, CENTURION OF VERMONT, LLC, CENTENE CORPORATION, STEVEN FISHER, M.D., LURA BARROWS, SHERRY BISSON, BRIANA HOLLAND, TERI FRANCES MARCH, CYNDI MCGOVERN, KELLY PLACE, HEATHER RIPLEY, JANICE WHITEHEAD, JESSICA WILLIAMS, GREG HALE, and TRACY …
Kickback publication • February 20, 2019
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Article • February 18, 2019
Texas no-knock raid proves deadly; no drugs found by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Houston Police Department (“HPD”) conducted a no-knock search at the home of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas early this year. Heroin was allegedly being sold out of the home and the owners reportedly possessed a weapons’ stash. …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Filed under: Juries, Trials
Jurors Showing More and More Savvy Toward Trial Evidence by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  For many decades, prosecutors have been the true kings of U.S. courtrooms. Longtime Dallas, Texas, prosecutor Henry Wade attained infamy for stating, “Guilty ones are easy to convict. It takes real effort to convict the …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alaska: Three men, including now-retired Missoula, Montana, police officer Casey Richardson, were sentenced at an Anchorage court hearing in January 2019 for their roles in hunting-related crimes within the Wrangell Saint Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska during 2014 and 2015, according to the Fairbanks …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Minnesota Sees Rising Tide of Payouts for Epidemic of Police Misconduct by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Although bigger cities and states have gotten most of the negative publicity regarding police misconduct, Minnesota and its biggest city, Minneapolis, are drawing unwanted national attention for over $60 million in payouts the …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Government Snitches: Incentivized Witnesses Are the Leading Cause of Wrongful Convictions by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Every year, innocent people go to prison, or even death row, because of government informants who lie to get a good deal in their own criminal case. The problem, studies show, is the …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Filed under: Gang Policies
NYPD Gang Database Lacks Transparency, Limits Due Process by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The New York Police Department (“NYPD”) expanded its gang database to include more than 42,000 New Yorkers during a time when gang-related activity is at an all-time low in the city. Placement is secretive with little-known …
$175,000 Settlement to Public Protester with Profanity-laced Sign Tased by Police Officer by One of two men protesting police brutality while carrying a sign reading “Fuck Bad Cops” was tased by a police officer, after which he sued for violation of his First and Fourth Amendment rights. In December 2018, …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Study: Racial Bias Inherent in the Jury Selection Process by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Wake Forest University criminal law professor Ronald Wright recently published a research paper, which proves—with statewide evidence—that the peremptory challenge process of jury selection in North Carolina trials is racially biased.  Prosecutors, who are first …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Filed under: junk science
Agencies: Bite-mark Forensics Outdated Science by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Critics contend that bite-mark evidence is an inconclusive forensic science and should be supported by other evidence when used in the prosecution of a defendant for any crime. To date, there have been 31 exonerations from re-examination of cases …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Filed under: Bail
Algorithm-dictated Freedom? Vet California’s New Pretrial Risk Assessment Tool by Virginia Griese by Virginia Griese An individual’s liberty may soon be in the hands of technology.  Pretrial risk-assessment algorithms will replace the cash bail system in California, thanks to S.B. 10, the new bail reform law signed by Governor Jerry …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
San Francisco DA Candidate Chesa Boudin Puts Criminal Justice Reform Front and Center by Chesa Boudin stands out among the candidates for the 2019 district attorney race in San Francisco. Boudin, a deputy public defender, helped to lead efforts to reform the cash bail system and has earned support from …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
New California Laws Peel Back Secrecy Surrounding Police Discipline Amid Pushback by Betty Nelander by Betty Nelander The tide is changing on police accountability and transparency in California with the passage and signing of the California Records Act (“SB-1421”) and Assembly Bill 748. But SB-1421, which was scheduled to take …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Filed under: Police
Facebook Tells Law Enforcement to Quit Using Phony Accounts by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Facebook recently told law enforcement to stop using fake accounts as a ruse to bust people on its service. The social media giant also shut down several law enforcement accounts that violated its policy against …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
‘Ban the Box’ Movement Expands in New Direction by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  For many people, the negative effects of being in jail or prison follow them throughout their lives after they re-enter society. Probably one of the most pervasive of these effects is obtaining employment they are qualified …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction
Forensic Entomology Helps Nevada Murder Convictee Get Exonerated After 17 Years in Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  In June 2001, 18-year-old Kirstin Blaise Lobato narrowly escaped being raped in Las Vegas, Nevada. With her small pocket knife, she wounded her attacker’s genitals. He was left intact but did …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal: Thousands More Cases Likely Affected by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has dismissed about 45,000 charges in more than 30,000 drug cases prosecuted in the state due to misconduct by chemists Sonja Farak of Amherst drug lab and Annie Dookhan of Hinton …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Filed under: Voting
NY Election Websites Tell Parolees They Can’t Vote, Even Though They Can by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Months after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo granted voting rights to most of the state’s parolees, state election websites still say they cannot vote. More than half the board of elections’ websites …
Article • February 15, 2019 • from CLN March, 2019
Filed under: Police Misconduct
Police Use of ‘Undercover Friending’ Investigative Technique Unregulated by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The widespread use of social media to conduct unregulated, warrantless, long-term surveillance of individuals has become prevalent among the nation’s police departments. Officers have created Facebook accounts with false identities to follow targeted individuals without consideration …
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