Supreme Court to Decide Double Jeopardy Case
Most people have a basic understanding of double jeopardy. Generally, the double jeopardy clause, which is found in the Fifth Amendment to...Read More
What Does the Supreme Court’s Cell Phone Privacy Decision Mean?
Can Police Access Cell Phone Location Data Without a Warrant? In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down what digital...Read More
Two Supreme Court Cases Protect the Right to Privacy During an Arrest
Fourth Amendment protections against unlawful search and seizure have been upheld in two recent landmark Supreme Court rulings related to the searches...Read More
Duane Buck Case Raises Allegations of Racism in the Texas Judicial System
Allegations of racism in the criminal justice system are nothing new but a high profile case in Texas has led to soul...Read More
Justice Department Report Highlights Tainted Criminal Justice System in Ferguson
A damning report into the way crime is handled in Ferguson, MO., has confirmed that not all local criminal justice systems are...Read More
Supreme Court Places Limits on Police Powers to Search Smart Phones
Just as cell phones and smart phones have become a way of life in recent years, it has become routine for police...Read More
The Supreme Court’s Application of the Fourth Amendment to Privacy Concerns Raised by New Technologies Over the Last Century
In Olmstead v. United States, 277 U.S. 438 (1928), the Court found the Fourth Amendment did not apply to wiretaps because “[t]he...Read More
Maryland v. King: Is Big Brother Coming to Get Your DNA?
Yesterday I discussed whether the massive data mining efforts of the U.S. government presaged a Big Brother like invasion of privacy. Today...Read More
Supreme Court Rules Police Can Collect DNA Samples from Suspects on Arrest
DNA and the question of when and under what circumstances it can be taken from suspects has occupied many hours in the...Read More
Expert Witness is Allowed to Testify in Stop and Frisk Lawsuit
Police powers of “stop and frisk” have proved controversial with landmark legal cases in Texas and elsewhere.