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News in Brief
Article • August 15, 2022 • from CLN September, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Canada: Techdirt reported that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (“RCMP”), a division of that country’s federal law enforcement akin to the FBI, used malware to spy on people’s personal communications. The report came after the RCMP admitted to doing so in the summer of 2022. The …
News in Brief
Article • July 15, 2022 • from CLN August, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: The Daily News reported that two former police officers from Fullerton and Anaheim were indicted on counts of kidnapping while working illegally as bounty hunters. The former officers were Rodger Corbett, 49, formerly of the Fullerton PD and Kevin Pedersen, 34, formerly of the Anaheim …
Maryland Court of Appeals: Kazadi Applies to Cases Where Issue Was Preserved at Trial but Appeal Not Yet Noted at Time Kazadi Decided
Article • July 15, 2022 • from CLN August, 2022
Filed under: Jury Instructions in Jury Room, Claim of Innocence
Maryland Court of Appeals: Kazadi Applies to Cases Where Issue Was Preserved at Trial but Appeal Not Yet Noted at Time Kazadi Decided by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Appeals of Maryland (“MCOA”) held that its holding in Kazadi v. State, 223 A.3d 554 (Md. 2020) applies …
News in Brief
Article • June 15, 2022 • from CLN July, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Britain: A court hearing at London’s highest legal body is scheduled for late June 2022, The Guardian reported. It will concern a lawsuit brought against the City of London police for allegedly wrongfully tasering a Black man on April 7, 2018. Case was …
Cop Training Other Cops to Use Facial Recognition to ID Individuals During Traffic Stops
Article • June 15, 2022 • from CLN July, 2022
Filed under: junk science, Traffic stop, Authentication/Identification
Cop Training Other Cops to Use Facial Recognition to ID Individuals During Traffic Stops by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Maryland Detective Nick Jerman was featured in a July 2021 episode of the Street Cop Podcast in which he teaches officers to use subterfuge and publicly available facial recognition …
University of Maryland-Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes, 2022-03
Publication • 2022
Filed under: Release and Reentry
University of Maryland-Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes, 2022-03 Releasing Older Prisoners Convicted of Violent Crimes: The Unger Story Michael A. Millemann Jennifer Elisa Chapman Samuel P. Feder University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022–03 ....... ~ ..· IV'ERSITY. of MARYLAN'D …
Maryland Court of Appeals Announces Accepting Empaneled Jury Doesn’t Waive Prior Objection to Trial Court’s Refusal to Propound a Voir Dire Question
Article • May 1, 2022 • from CLN May, 2022
Filed under: During Trial
Maryland Court of Appeals Announces Accepting Empaneled Jury Doesn’t Waive Prior Objection to Trial Court’s Refusal to Propound a Voir Dire Question by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Appeals of Maryland affirmed a decision of the Court of Special Appeals (“CSA”) that held a defendant’s acceptance of …
Canter v. Santana, MD, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2022
Brief • April 14, 2022
Filed under: Excessive Force, Transgender, Failure to Protect (Transgender)
Canter v. Santana, MD, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2022 Case Case8:19-cv-02395-JKB 8:19-cv-02395-JKB Document Document 63-1 72 Filed Filed 04/14/23 08/31/22 Page Page11ofof26 26 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND NORTHERN DIVISION AMBER M. CANTER c/o Murphy, Falcon & Murphy, P.A. 1 South Street, 30th Floor Baltimore, …
Maryland Prosecutor Covers for FBI Agent’s Lies in Defense of Junk Science
Article • March 15, 2022 • from CLN April, 2022
Filed under: junk science
Maryland Prosecutor Covers for FBI Agent’s Lies in Defense of Junk Science by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Despite the constant glamorization of forensic evidence analysis that has become so common on TV shows, regular readers of CLN should be well aware that what passes for “science” in many actual …
News in Brief
Article • February 15, 2022 • from CLN March, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On December 21, 2021, two former police officers in West Blocton, Alabama, were arrested and charged with sexual assault. According to WBRC, a news station serving Birmingham, the Tuscaloosa Police Department announced that the former officers, Craig Baird Arnold, 49, and Brian Keith Whatley, 50, …
Non-Prosecution Policies Seem to Work in Baltimore
Article • February 15, 2022 • from CLN March, 2022
Filed under: Alternative Sentencing
Non-Prosecution Policies Seem to Work in Baltimore by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins  The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic is credited with accelerating many trends that were already emerging before the plague struck. From work-at-home to mRNA vaccines, many of these new trends seem to have won a permanent place …
News in Brief
Article • January 15, 2022 • from CLN February, 2022
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News in Brief by Arizona: The family of a homeless and mentally ill man who died after being restrained by Phoenix cops in 2017 will get $5 million from the city, after a 7-2 city council vote in favor of the payment on November 17, 2021, according to a report …
Fourth Circuit: Long-Term Aerial Surveillance That Reveals ‘Whole of Individuals’ Movements’ Constitutes Search Without a Warrant, Violates Fourth Amendment
Article • December 15, 2021 • from CLN January, 2022
Filed under: Police State-Surveillance, Warrantless Searches, Suspicionless Searches
Fourth Circuit: Long-Term Aerial Surveillance That Reveals ‘Whole of Individuals’ Movements’ Constitutes Search Without a Warrant, Violates Fourth Amendment by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On rehearing en banc, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit concluded that the Aerial Investigation Research (“AIR”) program—a first of its kind …
Maryland Court of Appeals Announces Standard for Whether Scientific Evidence Is ‘Testimonial’ for Confrontation Right Purposes Under Article 21 of Maryland Declaration of Rights
Article • November 15, 2021 • from CLN December, 2021
Filed under: junk science, Confrontation Clause/Rights
Maryland Court of Appeals Announces Standard for Whether Scientific Evidence Is ‘Testimonial’ for Confrontation Right Purposes Under Article 21 of Maryland Declaration of Rights by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Citing lack of clear guidance from the U.S. Supreme Court, the Maryland Court of Appeals (“MCA” or “Court”) announced that …
News in Brief
Article • October 15, 2021 • from CLN November, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A former Alabama cop convicted of murdering a mentally ill and suicidal man in his own home reported to a state prison in Montgomery on September 6, 2021, to begin serving a 25-year sentence he received for the crime, according to Huntsville TV station WAFF. …
Concealed Exculpatory Evidence and New Palm Print Evidence Frees Wrongfully Convicted Man After 21 Years in Prison
Article • September 15, 2021 • from CLN October, 2021
Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Evidence - Failure to Disclose
Concealed Exculpatory Evidence and New Palm Print Evidence Frees Wrongfully Convicted Man After 21 Years in Prison by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In April 2021, Jonathan Smith, Sr. was freed after serving nearly 21 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Last year, the Maryland Court …
Seth v. Mcdonough, MD, Settlement Agreement, Inadequacy of Response to Covid 19 Pandemic, 2021
Brief • August 18, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19
Seth v. Mcdonough, MD, Settlement Agreement, Inadequacy of Response to Covid 19 Pandemic, 2021 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND KEITH SETH, et al., Individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons Plaintiffs-Petitioners, No. 8:20-cv-1028-PX Private Settlement Agreement and Release V. MARY LOU MCDONOUGH, …
First Step Act Knocks Corrupt Baltimore Officers' Sentences from 454 Years to 20
Article • August 16, 2021
Filed under: Police Misconduct, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, First Step Act
First Step Act Knocks Corrupt Baltimore Officers' Sentences from 454 Years to 20 by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Two former Baltimore police officers sentenced to a combined 454 years in federal prison had their sentences reduced to just 20 years each in May after their sentencing judge agreed that …
Maryland and Montana: First States to Pass Laws Restricting Access to Consumer Genealogy Databases by Law Enforcement
Article • August 15, 2021 • from CLN September, 2021
Filed under: DNA Evidence, Electronic Communictions Privacy Act
Maryland and Montana: First States to Pass Laws Restricting Access to Consumer Genealogy Databases by Law Enforcement by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian In recent years, law enforcement has realized the enormous potential to solve crimes by using genetic genealogy databases. New laws in Maryland and Montana seek to …
Maryland Enacts Significant Police Reform, Overriding Governor’s Veto
Article • August 15, 2021 • from CLN September, 2021
Filed under: Criminal justice system reform, Police
Maryland Enacts Significant Police Reform, Overriding Governor’s Veto by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins The first state in the nation to institute a police bill of rights now also holds the distinction of being the first to repeal it. Passed into law in 1974, the legislation afforded Maryland cops the …
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