Prison Legal Newshttps://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Geofence Warrants: The Mass Location Surveillance and Privacy Threat Created by Google May Be Eliminated by Its Creator2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Anthony Accurso/news/author/anthony-accurso/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/geofence-warrants-mass-location-surveillance-and-privacy-threat-created-google-may-be-eliminated-its-creator//
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published in Prison Legal News
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Searches%20-%20Cellphones/Computers/Internet'>Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Cell-Phone%20Location/Tracking%20Data'>Cell-Phone Location/Tracking Data</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Electronic%20Surveillance'>Electronic Surveillance</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Sealing'>Sealing</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Application'>Application</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Warrants%20-%20General%20Search'>Warrants - General Search</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Digital%20Devices'>Digital Devices</a>.
Location:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:998'>United States of America</a>.
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<p>by Anthony W. Accurso</p>
<p>The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures” and requires that warrants be issued only “upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing ...</p>
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Minnesota Supreme Court Announces Odor of Marijuana Alone Emanating From Vehicle Insufficient for Probable Cause to Search Under Automobile Exception2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Anthony Accurso/news/author/anthony-accurso/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/minnesota-supreme-court-announces-odor-marijuana-alone-emanating-vehicle-insufficient-probable-cause-search-under-automobile-exception//
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published in Prison Legal News
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Searches%20-%20Automobile'>Searches - Automobile</a>.
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:1496'>Minnesota</a>.
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<p>by Anthony W. Accurso </p>
<p>The Supreme Court of Minnesota ruled that the standard for probable cause to conduct a warrantless search of a vehicle requires more than the mere odor of marijuana.</p>
<p>Adam Lloyd Torgerson was stopped by Litchfield Police on the evening of July 5, 2021, because his “vehicle’s ...</p>
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Michigan Supreme Court: Defendant’s Statements Involuntary and Inadmissible2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Douglas Ankney/news/author/douglas-ankney/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/michigan-supreme-court-defendants-statements-involuntary-and-inadmissible//
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published in Prison Legal News
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Juvenile%20Offenses/Offenders'>Juvenile Offenses/Offenders</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Confessions%20and%20Statements%20of%20Defendant'>Confessions and Statements of Defendant</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Voluntary%20Nature/Voluntariness'>Voluntary Nature/Voluntariness</a>.
Location:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:1495'>Michigan</a>.
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<p>by Douglas Ankney</p>
<p>The Supreme Court of Michigan held that Joshua Lamar-James Stewart’s age and his health, along with the timing of the police interrogation and the officers’ tactics that included promises of leniency, racial slurs, a combative tone, and misrepresentation of the evidence against Stewart rendered his statements involuntary ...</p>
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Tales From the ‘Tails’ of Bloodstains2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Douglas Ankney/news/author/douglas-ankney/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/tales-tails-bloodstains//
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Commentary/Reviews'>Commentary/Reviews</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:junk%20science'>junk science</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Eyewitness%20Testimony'>Eyewitness Testimony</a>.
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<p>by Douglas Ankney</p>
<p>Protrusions that deviate from the boundaries of otherwise elliptical bloodstains—known as “tails”—may provide additional relevant crime-scene evidence, according to James Bird, scientist and co-author of a study appearing in the journal Physics of Fluids.</p>
<p>A group of scientists from Boston University and University of Utah demonstrated that ...</p>
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New Jersey Supreme Court Excludes CSLI Testimony Based on Agent’s ‘Rule Of Thumb’ Method for Determining Defendant’s Location2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Anthony Accurso/news/author/anthony-accurso/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/new-jersey-supreme-court-excludes-csli-testimony-based-agents-rule-thumb-method-determining-defendants-location//
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published in Prison Legal News
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Cell-Phone%20Location/Tracking%20Data'>Cell-Phone Location/Tracking Data</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Application'>Application</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Opinions%20and%20Expert%20Testimony'>Opinions and Expert Testimony</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Expert%20and%20Opinion%20Testimony'>Expert and Opinion Testimony</a>.
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<p>by Anthony W. Accurso</p>
<p>The Supreme Court of New Jersey held a lower court erred when it allowed an FBI agent to testify about cell site location information (“CSLI”) regarding defendant’s alleged location during the timeframe the charged offense occurred based on the agent’s personal “rule of thumb” approximation of ...</p>
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New Night-Vision Capable Drone Marketed to Police2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Anthony Accurso/news/author/anthony-accurso/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/new-night-vision-capable-drone-marketed-police//
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Police%20State-Surveillance'>Police State-Surveillance</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Electronic%20Surveillance'>Electronic Surveillance</a>.
Location:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:998'>United States of America</a>.
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<p>by Anthony W. Accurso</p>
<p>Skydio, a popular drone manufacturer, released the new X10, whose main selling point is an infrared camera, which allows it to track people and fly autonomously in the dark.</p>
<p>The company began making hobby drones about a decade ago, selling them to athletes who wanted something ...</p>
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Missouri Supreme Court Orders Dismissal of Pending Charges Where Trial Court Failed to Bring Prisoner to Trial Within 180-Day Limitations Period Provided for in ‘Interstate Agreement on Detainers’2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Douglas Ankney/news/author/douglas-ankney/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/missouri-supreme-court-orders-dismissal-pending-charges-where-trial-court-failed-bring-prisoner-trial-within-180-day-limitations-period-provided-interstate-agreement-detainers//
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Interstate%20Agreement%20on%20Detainers%20%28IAD%29'>Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD)</a>.
Location:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:1498'>Missouri</a>.
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<p>by Douglas Ankney</p>
<p>The Supreme Court of Missouri made permanent its grant of a temporary writ of prohibition and ordered dismissal of the charges pending against Steven Wishom after the Jefferson Circuit Court failed to bring Wishom to trial on those charges within the 180-day limitations period of the Interstate ...</p>
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Third Circuit: Defendant Not on Rental Agreement Had Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in Car Because He Had Dominion and Control of Car Where Renter Gave Keys to Him, He Was in Possession of Them Upon Arrest, and Car Parked Nearby2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Anthony Accurso/news/author/anthony-accurso/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/third-circuit-defendant-not-rental-agreement-had-reasonable-expectation-privacy-car-because-he-had-dominion-and-control-car-where-renter-gave-keys-him-he-was-possession-them-upon-arrest-and-car-parked-nearby//
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published in Prison Legal News
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Third-party%20Consent'>Third-party Consent</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Searches%20-%20Automobile'>Searches - Automobile</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Rental%3B%20Cars'>Rental; Cars</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Privacy%20Right'>Privacy Right</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Third%20Party%20Consent'>Third Party Consent</a>.
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<p>by Anthony W. Accurso</p>
<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a defendant who possessed the keys to a rental car that was rented by his girlfriend (who gave permission to him to possess the keys and operate the car) had a reasonable expectation of privacy ...</p>
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NYPD Has Spent Millions of Dollars on Social Media Analysis Tools2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Jo Ellen Nott/news/author/jo-ellen-nott/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/nypd-has-spent-millions-dollars-social-media-analysis-tools//
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Police%20State-Surveillance'>Police State-Surveillance</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Electronic%20Surveillance'>Electronic Surveillance</a>.
Location:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:1505'>New York</a>.
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<p>by Jo Ellen Nott</p>
<p>The New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) has spent millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money buying products from tech company Voyager Labs that claims it can analyze social media to track and even predict crimes. The NYPD’s 2018 contract with Voyager Labs, worth nearly $9 million, ...</p>
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New York Court of Appeals: Forensic Findings Establishing Possible Alternative Cause of Injuries in Sex-Crime Prosecution Admissible Under ‘Interest of Justice’ Exception to Rape Shield Law2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00David Reutter/news/author/david-reutter/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/new-york-court-appeals-forensic-findings-establishing-possible-alternative-cause-injuries-sex-crime-prosecution-admissible-under-interest-justice-exception-rape-shield-law//
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Rape%20Shield%20Rule'>Rape Shield Rule</a>.
Location:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:1505'>New York</a>.
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<p>by David M. Reutter</p>
<p>The New York Court of Appeals held a trial court erroneously applied New York’s Rape Shield Law to exclude forensic evidence proffered by the defendant to demonstrate that someone else caused the complainant’s injuries.</p>
<p>Sergio Cerda, who was 60 at the relevant time, was charged with ...</p>
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The Diminishment of Miranda Is Leading to False Confessions and Conviction of Innocents2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00David Reutter/news/author/david-reutter/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/diminishment-miranda-leading-false-confessions-and-conviction-innocents//
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published in Prison Legal News
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Commentary/Reviews'>Commentary/Reviews</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Wrongful%20Conviction'>Wrongful Conviction</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Confessions%20-%20Admissibility'>Confessions - Admissibility</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Impeachment%20Evidence/Purposes'>Impeachment Evidence/Purposes</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Miranda'>Miranda</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Interrogation'>Interrogation</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:In%20Custody'>In Custody</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Confessions%20and%20Statements%20of%20Defendant'>Confessions and Statements of Defendant</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Voluntary%20Nature/Voluntariness'>Voluntary Nature/Voluntariness</a>.
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:998'>United States of America</a>.
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<p>by David M. Reutter</p>
<p>False confessions are a problem as old as policing. The Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) promulgated rules in 1966 with its holding in Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966), that were designed to create a coercion-free interrogation room. SCOTUS rulings over the last ...</p>
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Fifth Circuit Announces Revocation Judgments for Violation of Supervised Release Vacated Because Underlying Sentence Vacated2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Anthony Accurso/news/author/anthony-accurso/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/fifth-circuit-announces-revocation-judgments-violation-supervised-release-vacated-because-underlying-sentence-vacated//
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:U.S.%20Sentencing%20Guidelines'>U.S. Sentencing Guidelines</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Resentencing'>Resentencing</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Revocation/Modification%20of%20Probation%2C%20etc.'>Revocation/Modification of Probation, etc.</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Revocation%20Proceedings'>Revocation Proceedings</a>.
Location:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:1518'>Texas</a>.
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<p>by Anthony W. Accurso</p>
<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that a defendant’s revocation sentences were nullified after the underlying sentence of which they were a part was vacated.</p>
<p>Eddie Lipscomb was convicted in 2008 of being a felon in possession of a firearm under 18 ...</p>
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FBI Works to Expand Court Authority for Its Offensive Cyber Operations2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Anthony Accurso/news/author/anthony-accurso/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/fbi-works-expand-court-authority-its-offensive-cyber-operations//
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<a href='/news/issue/7/2/'>February, 2024</a>, page 26
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Computer%20Searches'>Computer Searches</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Police%20State-Surveillance'>Police State-Surveillance</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Electronic%20Surveillance'>Electronic Surveillance</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Digital%20Devices'>Digital Devices</a>.
Location:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:998'>United States of America</a>.
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<p>by Anthony W. Accurso</p>
<p>The FBI’s effort to disable an army of zombie computers being used for cyber-crime is pretty mediagenic, but it is the latest step in the DOJ’s plan to render jurisdictional limits on law enforcement power obsolete.</p>
<p>For the last two decades or so, the internet has ...</p>
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Third Circuit: Defense Counsel Ineffective Under Strickland Where Counsel Sat Silent After Judge Threatened to Charge Witness With Perjury Unless Testimony Changed2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Douglas Ankney/news/author/douglas-ankney/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/third-circuit-defense-counsel-ineffective-under-strickland-where-counsel-sat-silent-after-judge-threatened-charge-witness-perjury-unless-testimony-changed//
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:AEDPA'>AEDPA</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:False%20Statements/Perjury'>False Statements/Perjury</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Strickland%20Standard'>Strickland Standard</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Strickland%20v.%20Washington'>Strickland v. Washington</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Failure%20to%20Object/Late%20Objections'>Failure to Object/Late Objections</a>.
Location:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:1512'>Pennsylvania</a>.
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<p>by Douglas Ankney</p>
<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that Ronald Rogers was denied effective assistance of counsel when his attorney sat silent after the trial judge admonished a prosecution witness that if he did not change his testimony to implicate Rogers, then the witness would ...</p>
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Study Raises Alarms About Inaccuracies and Bias in Gun Forensics Reporting2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Jo Ellen Nott/news/author/jo-ellen-nott/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/study-raises-alarms-about-inaccuracies-and-bias-gun-forensics-reporting//
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<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Commentary/Reviews'>Commentary/Reviews</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:junk%20science'>junk science</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Eyewitness%20Testimony'>Eyewitness Testimony</a>.
Location:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:998'>United States of America</a>.
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<p>by Jo Ellen Nott</p>
<p>An October 2023 study from Iowa State University reveals a troubling trend among firearms experts reporting on cartridge-case comparisons. The authors of the study, Gary Wells and Andrew Smith, state that gun forensic examiners are improperly labeling mismatches as “inconclusive,” potentially concealing evidence that could convict ...</p>
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Ninth Circuit Announces District Courts Must Either Orally Pronounce All Discretionary ‘Standard’ Conditions of Supervised Release in the Presence of Defendant or Provide Conditions in Writing Prior to Sentencing2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Douglas Ankney/news/author/douglas-ankney/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/ninth-circuit-announces-district-courts-must-either-orally-pronounce-all-discretionary-standard-conditions-supervised-release-presence-defendant-or-provide-conditions-writing-prior-sentencing//
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Loaded on <span class='date'>Feb. 15, 2024</span>
<span class='author'>by <a href='/news/author/douglas-ankney/'>Douglas Ankney</a></span>
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published in Prison Legal News
<a href='/news/issue/7/2/'>February, 2024</a>, page 30
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Filed under:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:U.S.%20Sentencing%20Guidelines'>U.S. Sentencing Guidelines</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Applicable%20Guidelines%20Issues'>Applicable Guidelines Issues</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Sentencing%20Hearing'>Sentencing Hearing</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Right%20to%20be%20Present'>Right to be Present</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Conditions%20of'>Conditions of</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Remands/Rehearings/Resentencings'>Remands/Rehearings/Resentencings</a>.
Location:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:1476'>California</a>.
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<p>by Douglas Ankney</p>
<p>The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc, held that U.S. District Courts must either orally pronounce all discretionary conditions of supervised release, including those referred to as “standard” in U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (“U.S.S.G.”) § 5D1.3(c), in the presence of the defendant at sentencing ...</p>
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The Problem with Some Non-Carceral Punishments2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Carlo Difundo/news/author/carlo-difundo/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/problem-some-non-carceral-punishments//
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<span class='author'>by <a href='/news/author/carlo-difundo/'>Carlo Difundo</a></span>
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published in Prison Legal News
<a href='/news/issue/7/2/'>February, 2024</a>, page 31
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Filed under:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Commentary/Reviews'>Commentary/Reviews</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Crime/Demographics'>Crime/Demographics</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Alternative%20Sentencing'>Alternative Sentencing</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Probation%2C%20Parole%20%26%20Supervised%20Release'>Probation, Parole & Supervised Release</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Conditions%20of'>Conditions of</a>.
Location:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:998'>United States of America</a>.
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<p>by Carlos Difundo</p>
<p>By 2007, the incarceration rate in the U.S. had skyrocketed to about 767 per 100,000 people. That statistic leads the free world and compares unfavorably with Russia’s 450 to 600 per 100,000 people. Many people see the problem with incarcerating nearly 1% of the population at a ...</p>
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Federal Habeas Corpus: The Savings Clause Remedy for Federal Prisoners2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Dale Chappell/news/author/dale-chappell/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/federal-habeas-corpus-savings-clause-remedy-federal-prisoners//
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<span class='author'>by <a href='/news/author/dale-chappell/'>Dale Chappell</a></span>
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published in Prison Legal News
<a href='/news/issue/7/2/'>February, 2024</a>, page 32
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Filed under:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Commentary/Reviews'>Commentary/Reviews</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Resources'>Resources</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Habeas%20Corpus'>Habeas Corpus</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:AEDPA'>AEDPA</a>.
Location:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:998'>United States of America</a>.
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<p>by Dale Chappell</p>
<p>When the remedy under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 cannot be used to correct a major defect that arises later on in a federal prisoner’s case, most federal courts have recognized the use of the “savings clause” to fix the problem. § 2255(e). But in order to use this remedy, ...</p>
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Researchers Find Fiber Evidence Lasts Longer Underwater Than Previously Thought2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Jo Ellen Nott/news/author/jo-ellen-nott/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/researchers-find-fiber-evidence-lasts-longer-underwater-previously-thought//
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<span class='author'>by <a href='/news/author/jo-ellen-nott/'>Jo Ellen Nott</a></span>
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published in Prison Legal News
<a href='/news/issue/7/2/'>February, 2024</a>, page 33
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Filed under:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Commentary/Reviews'>Commentary/Reviews</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:junk%20science'>junk science</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Eyewitness%20Testimony'>Eyewitness Testimony</a>.
Location:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:998'>United States of America</a>.
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<p>by Jo Ellen Nott</p>
<p>People have long looked to bodies of water as safe places to dispose of and forever hide evidence of their crimes. They believed that by tossing murder weapons or victims into the depths of rivers, lakes, and oceans, they could escape punishment. However, advancements in forensic ...</p>
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Who Let the Dogs Out? Robotic Dogs Are the Newest (and Scariest) Surveillance Tech in U.S. Police Departments2024-02-15T05:00:00+00:00Jo Ellen Nott/news/author/jo-ellen-nott/tag:www.prisonlegalnews.org,2024-02-15:/news/2024/feb/15/who-let-dogs-out-robotic-dogs-are-newest-and-scariest-surveillance-tech-us-police-departments//
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Loaded on <span class='date'>Feb. 15, 2024</span>
<span class='author'>by <a href='/news/author/jo-ellen-nott/'>Jo Ellen Nott</a></span>
<span class='issue'>
published in Prison Legal News
<a href='/news/issue/7/2/'>February, 2024</a>, page 34
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Filed under:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Police%20State-Surveillance'>Police State-Surveillance</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=tags:Electronic%20Surveillance'>Electronic Surveillance</a>.
Locations:
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:1476'>California</a>,
<a href='/search/?selected_facets=locations:998'>United States of America</a>.
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<p>by Jo Ellen Nott</p>
<p>After months of debate, the Los Angeles City Council approved the donation of a $280,000 robotic police dog in late May of 2023 in a rowdy public meeting that saw disruptive protestors ejected and banners displayed that read “No Robot Dogs.”</p>
<p>The Boston Dynamics robotic canine ...</p>
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