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Article • April 15, 2025 • from CLN May, 2025
Filed under: Death Penalty
Younger Generations Lead Decline in U.S. Support for Death Penalty by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Support for the death penalty among Americans has fallen to 53%, its lowest level since 1972, driven primarily by younger generations who are far less likely to favor capital punishment for convicted murderers, …
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
A Guilty Voice: Is Voice Analysis Junk Science or Reliable Evidence? by Clarence Walker Jr. by Clarence Walker Jr. Law enforcement officials believe our vocal cords betray us with every syllable we speak. Welcome to a world of technology capable of listening to a human voice and then determining whether …
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
Nevada Supreme Court: Theft Offenses and Possessing or Receiving Stolen Property Offenses Are Mutually Exclusive and Double Jeopardy Protections Bar Conviction for Both Offenses When Based on Same Conduct by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Nevada reaffirmed that theft offenses and possessing or receiving stolen property …
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
Filed under: junk science, Use of a Gun
Study Confirms New York City’s ShotSpotter Deployment Was a Costly Misstep by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson SoundThinking’s ShotSpotter technology, which uses echolocation to alert police and emergency medical services (“EMS”) to potential gunshots detected by microphones across a city, has faced mounting scrutiny. While sales and public relations …
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
Filed under: DNA Testing/Samples
‘Jack the Ripper’ Meets DNA Analysis by James Mills by James Mills More than 135 years after a series of gruesome murders terrorized London, new DNA evidence has emerged that may lend credence to long-held suspicions about one of the original suspects. The infamous “Jack the Ripper” killings, a string …
How Online Behavioral Ads Fuel Mass Surveillance by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson It is no secret that digital advertising companies profit handsomely by accessing and exploiting the private information of consumers. What may be surprising, however, is the increasing efficiency with which these companies collect, distribute, and monetize …
California Court of Appeal Vacates Sentence Where Trial Court Imposed Sentence Under ‘One Strike’ Enhancement Statute Enacted After Crimes Were Committed by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, vacated the sentence of Santiago Gonzalo Canales and remanded for resentencing because the trial …
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
Government Hacks Computers to Thwart Hackers by James Mills by James Mills Did you know the federal government has the ability to access a virtually unlimited range of computers—including laptops, workstations, and library terminals—if it so desires? This revelation comes after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) announced in a …
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
How to Take Your Postconviction Case Directly to the U.S. Supreme Court: A Roadmap to Direct Collateral Review by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell For prisoners who have exhausted their state postconviction options, the path to relief in federal court is filled with obstacles. Many assume that the only option …
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
Filed under: News in Brief
NEWS IN BRIEF by Alabama: On February 19, 2025, a grand jury called for the immediate abolition of the Hanceville Police Department for its “rampant culture of corruption” that turned it into a criminal enterprise. The New York Post reported that an investigation followed the death of dispatcher Christopher Willingham, …
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
Faster Justice: Rapid DNA Set to Expand Law Enforcement Reach by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott In a significant development for forensic science, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) approved updates to the Quality Assurance Standards (“QAS”) for Forensic Laboratories in January, paving the way for DNA profiles …
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
FBI Pressured Forensic Science Group to Censor Critical Workshops, Emails Reveal by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson When the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (“AAFS”) announced its lineup of workshops for a recent conference, Ted Hunt, a senior policy advisor to the FBI’s crime lab, demanded that references to …
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
Filed under: Pardons/Clemency
Trump Appoints ‘Pardon Czar’ at Black History Month Event by James Mills by James Mills President Donald J. Trump recently announced the appointment of Alice Johnson, a formerly incarcerated woman whose sentence he had commuted, as his senior adviser on pardons, a role he dubbed “pardon czar.” The announcement was …
From the Editor Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Holdings and Dicta* by Richard Resch *But Were Afraid to Ask by Richard Resch As Andrew v. White, 220 L. Ed. 2d 340 (2025) (per curiam), illustrates, even highly accomplished legal professionals at the pinnacle of the profession can find …
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
SCOTUS Clarifies It Had Already Been ‘Clearly Established Federal Law’ in 2004 for Purposes of AEDPA That Evidence at Trial Can Be So Prejudicial as to Violate Due Process by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The Supreme Court of the United States clarified that it had already been clearly established …
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
Maryland Supreme Court: Trial Court Abused Its Discretion by Failing to Exercise That Discretion Where It Summarily Refused Requested Jury Instruction Because It Was a Non-Pattern Instruction and ‘Some Evidence’ Supported the Instruction by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Maryland held that when there is “some …
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
Bite Marks and Broken Justice: A Louisiana Man’s Life and Death Struggle Against Junk Science by David Kim by David Kim In a Louisiana courtroom last September, attorney Scott Greene stood before those in attendance and issued a stark warning: The video they were about to see would unsettle them. …
California Court of Appeal Vacates Former NFL Star’s Rape Conviction Because Prosecutor’s Racial Statements During Closing Constituted ‘Racially Discriminatory Language’ in Violation of Racial Justice Act by Phillip Wasserman, J.D. by Phillip Wasserman, J.D. The Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District, held that the prosecution’s statements during closing …
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Commonwealth Must Prove Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Offender Knew of SORNA Registration Obligations for Failure to Register Conviction by Sagi Schwartzberg by Sagi Schwartzberg The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that, to support a conviction for failure to register as a sex offender, the Commonwealth is …
Article • March 15, 2025 • from CLN April, 2025
Fifth Circuit Announces Definition of ‘Controlled Substance’ in Effect at Time of Current Sentencing Applies for Purposes of Career-Offender Enhancement, Not Definition at Time of Prior Sentencings by Jeffrey Cohen by Jeffrey Cohen The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the definition of “controlled substance” …
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