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Ninth Circuit Announces Attorney Cannot Be Compelled to Provide ‘Privilege Log’ Protected Under Fisher if Doing So Would Undermine Client’s Fifth Amendment ‘Act-of-Production Privilege’ and Attorney-Client Privilege by Sagi Schwartzberg by Sagi Schwartzberg The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that an attorney cannot be compelled to …
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 …
Broken Trust The Pervasive Role of Deceit in American Policing by Andrew Eichen While at times an effective tool, deception is ethically dubious and can result in severe negative consequences for suspects. September 12, 2024 • Policy Analysis No. 979 by Andrew Eichen This article was originally published by the …
Article • September 1, 2024 • from CLN September, 2024
AI-Generated Police Reports Must Have Guardrails for Inaccuracy, Bias, Transparency, and Review by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Axon announced the launch of Draft One, a technology that the company calls its newest public safety product, on April 23, 2024. This AI system generates police reports from the …
The Prosecutor and the Snitch Ring by Liliana Segura, Jordan Smith by Liliana Segura and Jordan Smith “Cold Justice” star Kelly Siegler relied on jailhouse informants to win convictions despite reasons to doubt their credibility. Secrets and Liars What Happened When a Star Prosecutor Was Accused of Running a Jailhouse …
$3.76 Million Awarded to Denver Grandmother for SWAT Raid of Home Based on Inaccurate iPhone Ping by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A Colorado jury awarded a 78-year-old woman, Ruby Johnson, $3.76 million in damages on March 1, 2024, after a SWAT team raided her home based on …
A Lie Is Still a Lie, Even if the Speaker Genuinely Believes It by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi What did you eat for breakfast this morning? Most of us could answer that question – with a good deal of confidence in the accuracy of the answer. But what if, …
Article • April 24, 2023
Latest Document Leak Already Being Used by Government as Excuse to Tighten Surveillance on All of Us by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi After the latest confidential document leak, the Biden Administration as well as various security agencies are developing stricter methods to monitor social media sites and chatrooms. According …
The FBI Used an Undercover Cop With Pink Hair to Spy on Activists and Manufacture Crimes by Trevor Aaronson by Trevor Aaronson The young woman with long pink hair claimed to be from Washington state. One day during the summer of 2020, she walked into the Chinook Center, a community …
Article • March 22, 2023
Facing Driving-While-Suspended Charge in Oregon? DMV Has Thousands of Inaccurate Records, So You May Actually Be Innocent. But Other Innocent Drivers Already Sent to Prison by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Oregon law enforcement stopped Nicholas Chappelle on January 30, 2022, for expired tags. When the officer ran …
Article • February 15, 2023 • from CLN March, 2023
They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars. by Brett Murphy by Brett Murphy, ProPublica Tracy Harpster, a deputy police chief from suburban Dayton, Ohio, was hunting for praise. He had a business to promote: a miracle method to determine …
Wrongful Conviction for First-Degree Murder Vacated 26 Years After Misconduct by Corrupt Chicago Detective Reynaldo Guevara Framed Him by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Edwin Davila’s first-degree murder conviction has been vacated after he was paroled in February of 2020. At the time of his release, Davila had …
Fifth Circuit Denies Absolute Immunity for Prosecutor Who Fabricated Evidence in Murder Conviction and Death Sentence by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed an order of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana that denied absolute immunity to …
Article • October 15, 2022 • from CLN November, 2022
Daniel Taylor Was Innocent. He Spent Decades in Prison Trying to Fix the State’s Mistake. by Steve Mills He was in police custody at the time of the murders, but a dubious confession led to his wrongful conviction while Chicago police and prosecutors turned a blind eye to inconvenient facts …
Framed by Dirty Chicago Detective Reynaldo Guevara, Marilyn Mulero Is Exonerated After 28 Years in Prison by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On August 9, 2022, a Cook County judge in Chicago, Illinois granted motions filed by State’s Attorney Kim Foxx to dismiss all charges against Marilyn Mulero, …
Article • April 11, 2022
Lies the Police Can Legally Tell You (And How to Respond) by Brooke Kaufman by Brooke Kaufman Despite some depictions in popular culture, the police can lie to you during questioning. Although there are limits to the lies police can tell, most officers will say anything to get a confession …
Fired Southern California White Cop Ordered To Stand Trial for Filing False Report About Brutal Arrest of Black Man for Smoking At Trolley Station by A fired White cop caught on camera brutalizing a Black man for allegedly smoking a cigarette at a Southern California trolley stop was ordered to …
Article • August 15, 2021 • from CLN September, 2021
California Court of Appeal Vacates Guilty Plea That Resulted in Legal Fiction by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, Division Three, reversed a guilty plea where a trial court approved a plea bargain for human trafficking of a minor for a …
Article • June 15, 2021 • from CLN July, 2021
Discredited New York Police Detective’s False Testimony Causes the Dismissal of Close to 100 Drug Convictions by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna In April of 2021, Brooklyn district attorney announced that he will seek the dismissal of over 90 drug convictions obtained as a result of false testimony by New …
Article • September 15, 2020 • from CLN October, 2020
When Police Caught Lying, the Spin Begins by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Traditionally, police have been the ones to call when a common citizen has been assaulted, robbed, had his home burgled, or a car stolen. They were called noble, even honorable names like Blue Knights or New Centurions …
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