Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Rejects Federal Central Bank Digital Currency, Signs Groundbreaking Bill Safeguarding Personal Finances from Government Control and Surveillance by Miles Dyson by Miles Dyson In a historic, first-of-its kind law in the nation, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida signed into law on May 12, 2023, a landmark …

When Your Criminal Case Is Dropped, But Your Mugshot Lives Forever by Julie Levitch by Julie Levitch, The Crime Report Just as protests spread across the country in response to the killing of George Floyd, I was arrested—a white, middle-class, suburban mom with no criminal record. While the appalling circumstances …

Delaware Supreme Court: Substitution Not Allowed for Chain of Custody Witness by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Supreme Court of Delaware vacated a defendant’s convictions for substance possession after the trial court allowed the State to substitute a different officer for testimony instead of the one who conducted …

Third Circuit: No Categorical Ban on Reliability of Recantations as New Evidence by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a district court’s “categorical” ban on using a witness’ recantation (and confession to the crime) as new evidence to show actual …

Addressing the Evidentiary Sources of Wrongful Convictions, Southwestern University Law Review, 2008 LITTLE M ACRO.DOC 10/6/08 11:23 PM ADDRESSING THE EVIDENTIARY SOURCES OF WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS: CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION OF EVIDENCE IN CAPITAL STATUTES Rory K. Little∗ In an effort to provoke realistic remedial thinking,1 this essay presents and discusses a proposed …