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Article • May 15, 2025 • from CLN June, 2025
SCOTUS Announces Only ‘False’ Statements Made to FDIC Are Criminalized Under 18 U.S.C. § 1014, Not Statements That Are ‘Misleading’ but True by Richard Resch Resolving a split between the United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and Seventh Circuit, the Supreme Court of the United States held …
Third Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to Prisoner on Confrontation Clause and Ineffective Assistance Claims Based on Trial Court Reading Entire Criminal Information Into the Record of Co-Conspirator Who Pleaded Guilty by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the U.S. District Court …
Las Vegas Jury Finds Detectives Fabricated Evidence Against Woman Who Spent 15 Years in Prison for Murder and Awards Her $34 Million by James Mills by James Mills A Nevada jury ruled that two Las Vegas homicide detectives fabricated evidence against a local woman in a 2001 murder. Kirstin “Blaise” …
False Confessions and Wrongful Convictions: Known Causes and Steps to Eliminate Them by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney A s of February 2024, the National Registry of Exonerations (“NRE”) at the University of Michigan has registered 3,475 postconviction DNA and non-DNA exonerations since 1989—an average of 100 per year. Of …
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 …
Louisiana Supreme Court Finds Prosecution Withheld Favorable Impeachment and Exculpatory Evidence in Violation of Brady by Matthew Clarke The Supreme Court of Louisiana vacated four 23-year-old convictions and death sentences because the prosecution withheld impeachment and exculpatory evidence in violation of the defendant’s due process rights. In 2001, Darrell J. …
Third Circuit: Defense Counsel Ineffective Under Strickland Where Counsel Sat Silent After Judge Threatened to Charge Witness With Perjury Unless Testimony Changed by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that Ronald Rogers was denied effective assistance of counsel when his attorney …
Article • December 15, 2023 • from CLN December, 2023
Chicago Cop Lied So Many Times Under Oath That Prosecutors Are Dismissing Cases That Relied on His Testimony by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi As an old and wise theologian once said, “A half-truth is a whole lie.” If we are to take those words to heart, then what should …
From the Sad but True Files: Police Oppose Laws Prohibiting Cops From Lying to Juveniles During Interrogations by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Vehement opposition by law ­enforcement stopped the passage of a 2022 Colorado bill that would have banned police from lying to juvenile suspects while attempting to extract …
Article • August 1, 2023 • from CLN August, 2023
Deceiving Themselves: How Cops’ False Belief in Their Ability to Detect Deception From Nonverbal Cues Leads to Miscarriages of Justice by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian “The mistakes of lie detection are costly to society and people victimized by misjudgments. The stakes are really high.” — Maria Hartwig, John …
Publication • 2023
Fear and Silence-How Culture, Policy, and the Win at All Costs Mentality Allows Police Testilying to Thrive, Jan. 2023 R A E F AND E C N E L I S HOW CULTURE, POLICY, AND THE "WIN AT ALL COSTS" MENTALITY ALLOWS POLICE TESTILYING TO THRIVE Chicago Appleseed Center for …
Article • May 17, 2023
Indiana Passes Law Prohibiting Police From Lying to Juveniles During Interrogation to Help Prevent False Confessions by Miles Dyson by Miles Dyson Indiana lawmakers have passed a new law that prohibits law enforcement from lying to juveniles during interrogations. The law, which was signed by Gov. Eric Holcomb on May …
Publication • August 31, 2022
The Government's Use of Altered Evidence and False Testimony by FBI Personnel to Secure and Illegal Conviction, Aug 2022 Tully & Weiss Retired Attorneys at Law 713 Main Street, Martinez, CA 94553 FIAT JUSTIT IA RUA! CAELUM Phone: (925) 229-9700 * fax: (925) 231-7754 The Government’s Use of Altered Evidence …
Article • May 15, 2022 • from CLN June, 2022
West Virginia Supreme Court: Defendant Who Provided False Information to Detective Who Failed to Identify Himself as Police Officer Has No Duty to Cure False Statement Upon Learning Detective Is a Police Officer by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia ruled that a …
Article • February 4, 2022
Melodramatic Police Press Conferences Regarding Contact with Fentanyl Being Fatal to Cops Is Missing Key Element—the Truth, Lament Experts Who Say It’s ‘Not Possible’ by Cops have a new fiction for their reports and statements in the press that is not supported by toxicology experts and cannot be objectively examined …
Article • September 15, 2021 • from CLN October, 2021
Study Finds Interactive Lineup Improves Accuracy of Eyewitness Identification, But Does It Also Increase Likelihood of False Identifications? by Matthew Clarke A team of researchers at the University of Birmingham’s School of Psychology in the U.K. developed interactive lineup software that allows witnesses to view lineup photographs from different angles. They …
Deal Presented by Kentucky Prosecutor Evidence of Effort to Smear Breonna Taylor by Casey Bastian by Casey Bastian Jamarcus Glover was offered a plea agreement on July 13, 2020, by Commonwealth attorney Tom Wine. Glover is a convicted felon with a history of drug trafficking. The plea would reduce the …
Article • October 15, 2020 • from CLN November, 2020
The Danger of Police Dishonesty by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Police occupy a unique place in a free society. They are empowered to enforce the public will upon the very public that empowers them. They alone are entrusted with the power to use lethal force, while at the same …
Chavez v. City of Farmington, NM, Settlement, Excessive Force - Gun Shot, 2015
Chavez v. City of Farmington, NM, Complaint, Excessive Force - Gun Shot, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00171 Document 1 Filed 02/27/15 Page 1 of 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO MICHAEL CHAVEZ, Plaintiff, vs. No. CITY OF FARMINGTON, OFFICER CHRIS BLEA, in his individual capacity and as …