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Article • November 15, 2022 • from CLN December, 2022
DOJ: Unlawful Snitching Program Run by the Orange County, California, DA’s Office and Sheriff’s Department Compromised Unknown Number of Convictions by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a bombshell report on October 13, 2022, revealing that the Orange County District Attorney’s Office …
Article • November 15, 2022 • from CLN December, 2022
The Insidious Nexus Between Law Enforcement Budget Increases and Misdemeanor Policing by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian The murder of George Floyd in 2020 resulted in massive Black Lives Matter protests and vigorous calls to defund the police. Politicians across the country seemed to respond to those demands. Budgets …
Article • November 15, 2022 • from CLN December, 2022
Filed under: Crime, Fines
Study Examines Link Between Fines and Crime by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins A new study published in the American Sociological Review (“ASR”) challenges the efficacy and rationale of the growing body of fees and fines being imposed for minor offenses in courts across the U.S. The study asserts that …
Publication • September 20, 2022
US Senate Staff Report-Uncounted Deaths in America's Prisons and Jails-Sept. 2022 United States Senate PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Jon Ossoff, Chair Ron Johnson, Ranking Member UNCOUNTED DEATHS IN AMERICA’S PRISONS & JAILS: HOW THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FAILED TO IMPLEMENT THE DEATH IN …
Article • September 15, 2022 • from CLN October, 2022
Filed under: Crime, Police
Study Shows Crime Reduced When Crisis Teams, as Opposed to Police, Respond to Low-Level Crimes by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett In June 2021, Denver, Colorado, launched its Support Team Assistance Response (“STAR”) program that consists of a two-person crisis response team, a medic and a clinician, who are called …
Article • September 15, 2022 • from CLN October, 2022
Filed under: Crime Labs, junk science
Understanding Environmental Effects on Blowflies Permits Fine-Tuning of Evidence Revealed From Fly Colonization of Decomposing Bodies by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Forensic investigators have long used the well-known stages of blowfly development found on bodies post mortem to determine the amount of time that has elapsed since death. However, …
Article • September 15, 2022 • from CLN October, 2022
Filed under: Informants
Government Snitches Rake in Millions as Their Testimony Is the Leading Cause of Wrongful Convictions by Jacob Barrett, Dale Chappell by Jacob Barrett and Dale Chappell The general public’s familiarity with the government’s use of informants in criminal proceedings is largely confined to movies and TV documentaries. Yet, every year, …
Article • September 15, 2022 • from CLN October, 2022
Fifth Circuit: Officer’s Testimony About CI’s Controlled Buy That He Did Not Personally Witness Violates Confrontation Clause by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated a Texas defendant’s drug conviction, concluding that the Government flouted his right to confront witnesses against him, …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from CLN August, 2022
Fourth Circuit: South Carolina Marijuana Law Not a Categorical Match to Federal Law for ACCA Sentencing by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that a defendant’s convictions under South Carolina law for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute in …
Article • July 15, 2022 • from CLN August, 2022
Fifth Circuit: District Court Miscalculated Sentencing Guidelines Range by Implausibly Finding Defendant Would Use All Cash Proceeds of Drug Sales Seized to Purchase More Meth to Resell by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the U.S. District Court for the …
Article • June 12, 2022
FOIA Request Reveals Cincinnati Cop Had Sex While On-Duty With Sex Workers He Searched in Police Database by Brooke Kaufman by Brooke Kaufman According to a recent WCPO report, a 29-year-old Cincinnati police officer resigned from his post in 2020 after investigators uncovered he used a law enforcement database to …
Publication • 2022
Filed under: Prison/Jail Murders
Auditor of the State of California -San Diego County Sheriff's Dept Report, Feb. 2022 San Diego County Sheriff ’s Department It Has Failed to Adequately Prevent and Respond to the Deaths of Individuals in Its Custody February 2022 REPORT 2021‑109 CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR 621 Capitol Mall, Suite 1200 | Sacramento …
Publication • 2022
Filed under: Cost of Prison Systems
Decarceration's Inside Partners-2022 DECARCERATION’S INSIDE PARTNERS Seema Tahir Saifee* This Article examines a hidden phenomenon in criminal punishment. People in prison, during their incarceration, have made important—and sometimes extraordinary—strides toward reducing prison populations. In fact, stakeholders in many corners, from policy makers to researchers to abolitionists, have harnessed legal and …
Publication • 2022
U.S. Dept of Justice-Prisoners in 2021-Statistical Tables, Dec. 2022 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Statistics December 2022, NCJ 305125 E. Ann Carson, PhD, BJS Statistician F rom yearend 2020 to yearend 2021, the number of persons under the jurisdiction of state or federal correctional …
Article • May 15, 2022 • from CLN June, 2022
Idaho Supreme Court Announces Prospectively Testimony by Drug Recognition Expert Requires State to Comply With Expert Witness Disclosure Requirements of Rule 16(b)(7) by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Idaho announced, “that henceforth, testimony from drug recognition expert requires the state to comply with the expert witness …
Article • May 15, 2022 • from CLN June, 2022
Filed under: Crime Labs
Costs of Untested Rape Kits by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Few crimes are as traumatic as a violent sexual assault. When the assailants are unknown and at large, victims often remain in a constant state of anxiety and apprehension, unsure when or if they may be attacked again. DNA …
Article • May 1, 2022
Florida Sheriff’s Version of Fiscal Responsibility— ‘We Prefer’ Homeowners Shoot Burglars to ‘Save Taxpayer Money’ by Brooke Kaufman by Brooke Kaufman According to Santa Rosa County, Florida, Sheriff Bob Johnson, homeowners who encounter burglars should stand their ground and, if necessary, use deadly force. During a press conference, Johnson told …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from CLN May, 2022
United States Has Four Percent of the Global Population and Over Thirteen Percent of Global Deaths at the Hands of Law Enforcement by Casey Bastian Procedural Deficiencies in Cause of Death Reporting Systems Cause Extensive Underreporting of Fatal Police Violence by Casey J. Bastian Our nation is experiencing a recent …
Article • May 1, 2022
Bribery and Drug Charges Results in 8 Year Sentence for Former Corrupt NYPD Officer by Brooke Kaufman by Brooke Kaufman Former NYPD officer Robert Smith, 45, of Plainview, NY, was sentenced to 97 months in prison for accepting bribes and attempting to transport heroin. Smith previously called himself one of …
Article • April 11, 2022
Police Are Spending COVID-19 Relief Funds on New Technology by Brooke Kaufman by Brooke Kaufman According to VICE, the Biden administration has been encouraging local governments to use American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) funds, a pandemic relief aid package, on policing. “I want more cities and states to use some …
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