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Article • November 1, 2023 • from CLN November, 2023
ICE Tramples Over the Judicial System by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi ICE stands for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The ICE website proclaims that its “primary focus” is “securing our nation’s borders and safeguarding the integrity of …
Article • October 1, 2023 • from CLN October, 2023
U.S. Sentencing Commission Publishes Compassionate Release Datafile for Fiscal Years 2020-­2022 by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian In September 2022, the U.S. ­Sentencing Commission (“USSC”) published its Compassionate Release Datafile (“Datafile”). The Datafile reported the statistics concerning motions for compassionate release filed between October 1, 2019, through March 31, …
Article • October 1, 2023 • from CLN October, 2023
We’re All Suspects in a DNA Lineup, Waiting to be Matched with a Crime by John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead By John & Nisha Whitehead August 21, 2023 “Make no mistake about it … your DNA can be taken and entered into a national DNA database if you are ever arrested, rightly …
Article • October 1, 2023 • from CLN October, 2023
Filed under: Databases, Pro Se Issues
‘Data for Defenders’: Valuable New Resource for Defense Counsel and Pro Se Litigants by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi A new open access database called “Data for Defenders,” a project of MDefenders program at the University of Michigan Law School, is a valuable tool for defenders. The resources available in …
Article • October 1, 2023 • from CLN October, 2023
Database Containing 450,000 Records of NYPD Misconduct Now Available by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In June 2023, the Legal Aid Society made available to the public a new database with over 450,000 searchable records of New York Police Department (“NYPD”) and Department of Corrections (“DOC”) officers with the goal …
Article • September 1, 2023 • from CLN September, 2023
Travis County, Texas, Efforts to Keep Mentally Ill Individuals Out of Jail Face Funding, Infrastructure, and Information Management Challenges by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Travis County is in Central Texas, 150 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico. The city of Austin, the state capital and county …
Article • September 1, 2023 • from CLN September, 2023
Collaborative Project Between Innocence Project and National Registry of Exonerations Produces Interim Report Reconciling Data Coding Discrepancies by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian The Innocence Project (“IP”) and the National Registry of Exonerations (“NRE”) each keep track of and list wrongful convictions. Each also works to identify the causes …
Article • September 1, 2023 • from CLN September, 2023
‘Lab in a Box’ Provides DNA Results in Minutes by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi The method that law-enforcement agencies use to test a suspect’s DNA is currently undergoing the most significant transformation in the science’s history. New Rapid DNA technology can develop an individual’s DNA profile in one to …
Article • August 1, 2023 • from CLN August, 2023
Filed under: Drug Testing, War on Drugs
Roadside Drug Tests: Failed Technology From the Failed War on Drugs by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso Field test kits are touted as an easy way for law enforcement to determine if an unknown substance is in fact a narcotic. Millions are used each year by police during traffic stops, …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
New Commission in Georgia Will Discipline and Remove Prosecutors Who Are Seen as Not Tough Enough on Crime by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Republican Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia signed into law Senate Bill 92 (“SB 92”) on May 5, 2023, creating the Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission …
Ninth Circuit: Government’s Inflammatory Arguments in Sentencing Memorandum and at Sentencing Hearing Implicitly Breached Plea Agreement Promise Not to Recommend Sentence in Excess of Low-End Guidelines Range by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the Government’s inflammatory arguments in its …
Financial Pressure Finally Brings Police Reform by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Their names became litanies on streets across America: Trayvon Martin, Freddie Gray, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd. Yet protests, relentless media coverage, and the promises of politicians failed to move the needle on police violence or impunity. At last, …
Article • May 25, 2023
Maryland Cops Stop People Based on Smell of Pot Despite Being Legal in State, Lawmakers Pass Bill to End Abusive Practice by Miles Dyson by Miles Dyson Maryland lawmakers have passed a bill that will restrict police officers’ ability to search people based on the smell of marijuana. The bill, …
Article • March 30, 2023
Another Chapter in Cops’ False Narrative That Mere Contact With Fentanyl Is Deadly – Cleveland Police K-9 Given NARCAN After Fentanyl Exposure by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A police K-9 involved in the execution of a search warrant for a 27-year-old drug trafficking suspect on March 15, …
Article • March 15, 2023 • from CLN April, 2023
Sensitive Information in Police Database Vulnerable to Hacking by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The law enforcement tech company, ODIN – which catalogs tactical plans for police raids, criminal investigation information, and the personal data of any person coming into contact with police whether as victim, criminal, or confidential …
Article • February 15, 2023 • from CLN March, 2023
Filed under: Victims, Home Search
Indiana Supreme Court: Defendant Who Was Both Victim of Crime and Suspect in Unrelated Crime Entitled to Pirtle Warning Prior to Police Asking for Consent to Search Home by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso The Supreme Court of Indiana reversed the denial of a suppression motion after finding that the …
Article • January 15, 2023 • from CLN February, 2023
NYC: The First DNA Gun Crimes Unit in America by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead In the beginning of July 2022, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the City’s Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jason Graham announced at a press conference that NYC is opening the nation’s very first DNA …
Article • January 15, 2023 • from CLN February, 2023
Police Foundations: The Impossible Task of Separating the World of Policing From the World of Corporate Money by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian “Not a lot of people are aware of this public-private partnership where corporations and wealthy donors are able to siphon money into police forces with little …
Article • December 15, 2022 • from CLN January, 2023
Filed under: Databases, junk science
NIST’s Upgrade to Software Reference Library Makes Data More Accessible to Law Enforcement by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) upgraded its National Software Reference Library (“NSRL”) to make its data easier for law enforcement agencies to access in searches during criminal investigations. …
Article • November 15, 2022 • from CLN December, 2022
Filed under: Informants, FBI
The Pariah by Murtaza Hussain He Declined the FBI’s Offer to Become an Informant. Then His Life Was Ruined. by Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept Aswad Khan didn’t understandwhypeople were congratulating him. On a February morning in 2017, rolling out of bed at his home in an upper-middle class area of …
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