Fourth Circuit Vacates Order Denying § 2254 Motion, Remands for Evidentiary Hearing on Whether Counsel’s Failure to Object to Duplicative Drug Conspiracy Counts in Violation of Double Jeopardy Clause Was Strategic by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Thomas Clarke The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated the U.S. …

New ‘Barcode’ System Puts DNA Sample to the Authenticity Test by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso Researchers have developed a new system that could be used to ensure that the evidence processed in a laboratory is the same evidence that was collected in the field (e.g., from a crime scene). …