Posted inLegal News

Letter: Ajay Dev Appeal

Ajay Dev Appeal In the past few years, cases such as Brendan Dassey (Making a Murderer) and Adnan Syed (Serial) have gone from the courtroom to become pop culture phenomena…
Posted inLegal Reform

Prosecutors Try To Undermine Justice Reform

Federal prosecutors are trying to block congress from real justice reform. They claim that changing the mandatory minimum sentencing laws will "undermine the ability of law enforcement officials to dismantle…
Posted inLegal News

Attorney-Client Calls Recorded

Securus Technologies, a major contractor for prison phone calls has been recording over 70 million calls in 37 states including privileged attorney-client phone calls. This may violate prisoner's constitutional rights. …
Posted inLegal Reform

Regulating Prison Phone Calls

The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 on Thursday to cap the rates and fees that companies can charge for phone service in prisons and jails. Click here to read more…
Posted inLegal Reform

Major Overhaul For Justice System

The heads of the Los Angeles Police Department and the New York City Police Department along with 130 officials from all 50 states are pushing for four broad policy goals:…
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Demilitarizing the Police

Police departments will finally look less like the military. The Department of Defense has finally notified police departments to give back military issued weapons and equipment implementing Executive Order 13688,…
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Flaws in Hair Analysis Not Being Reviewed

In 2013, the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board published a memo urging state and local labs to review their hair analysis case files. Since then, two states,…
Posted inLegal Reform

Mine Resistant Vehicles Used For Drug Busts

Mother Jones has a very interesting article regarding the militarization of our local police forces. Their magazine obtained more than 450 local requests for mine resistant ambush protected vehicle, or MRAP.…
Posted inMisconduct

Top Prosecutors Breaking the Law

The State Attorney General in Texas and Pennsylvania are both being indicted. Texas State Attorney General, Ken Paxton is being indicted on felony securities and fraud charges. Pennsylvania State Attorney,…