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Article: High Court Won’t Hear Killer’s Appeal on Jury’s Anti-Gay Bias
UPDATE: Charles Rhines was executed at 7:39 PM on November 4, 2019 by lethal injection. Despite trying to halt the […]
Article: Massachusetts Top Court Okays Requiring Drug-Free Probation
Can a court make a probationer’s staying drug-free a condition of staying out of jail on probation, even if the […]
Article: Will New York Police Get to Use “Textalyzers” to Show Drivers Were Texting?
New York, like nearly every state, has a law against texting while driving, yet the practice is still fairly common, […]
Article: Pardoned by President, Sheriff Arpaio Wants Conviction Tossed
Donald Trump’s first presidential pardon went on August 25 to Joe Arpaio, the long-time Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, first […]
Article: What is Your Right to Film the Police?
Whether you are being questioned by police or are witnessing a police encounter with another person, you may consider recording […]
Article: Still Some Bugs in California’s Database of Gang Members
About the CalGang Database For over two decades, California law enforcement agencies have been compiling CalGang, a massive state-funded database […]
Article: Disciplinary Hearings: Many Colleges and Universities Do Them Very Poorly
The failure of schools to fairly handle student disciplinary proceedings is no longer a well-hidden secret, as recent court decisions […]
Article: What You Should Know about Your Miranda Rights
You’ve seen it scores of times, in crime stories on TV and in movies. After collaring a suspect, the detective […]
Article: Your Right to Remain Silent: How, When and Why You Should Always Use It
“I am invoking my fifth amendment right to remain silent.” We have all seen suspects on police and legal procedurals […]