in prosecution for bomb hoax at church; but spray-painting "the stupid Jew" in the storage locker isn't relevant enough, and thus isn't admissible. (Both the painted items were in defendant's native Kurdish.)
"I can tell you that I have never been put in a position of doubting my own sanity like I was in the hands of those police officers," Knox tells Reason.
According to disciplinary charges against Jennifer Kerkhoff Muyskens, she suppressed video evidence that would have helped DisruptJ20 defendants.
Some of the worst-performing elementary schools in California retrained teachers to teach reading with phonics. A new paper says the change worked.
One of the defense's theories was that "the requested immigration records" might "support [the ex-wife's] motive to fabricate because claiming she was a victim of a sexual assault would provide a way to continue her legal residency in the United States without assistance from Appellant after her divorce."
Sometimes he calls for freedom, and sometimes he preaches something darker.
By giving powerful law enforcement officials absolute immunity from civil liability, the Supreme Court leaves their victims with no recourse.
After the latest reprieve from the governor, he’s scheduled for execution in February.
Fearmongering about mass school shootings leads to some dumb, privacy-threatening ideas.
"There's a new special interest group in town: parents."
Former Congressman Alan Grayson, now running for the Senate in Florida, is producing some interesting caselaw.
“During discovery, plaintiff shall not inquire of the defendant concerning his prior sexual or romantic experiences ... with anyone unless the identity of the person ... has been disclosed by the [person] or otherwise become public, in either case in connection with a claim, published report in mainstream media, or public allegation that any such sexual or romantic experience or encounter was not in all respects consensual.”
Bonus fact: The majority opinion was written by a male judge, joined by three female judges (one of them a former sexual assault prosecutor). The dissent was written by a male judge.
The results of facial recognition software might not be admissible evidence—but the police are allowed to use them to generate admissible evidence.
stemming from a dispute about picketing and open carry.
Less dependence on bail and stronger requirements for evidence sharing will help defendants fight charges.
New Mexico will apparently now be the only state in which spouses may generally testify about confidential statements made during the marriage.
"Auto-brewery syndrome" (or "gut fermentation syndrome") is apparently a thing -- but, the Maine high court says, the judge permissibly excluded a particular expert who wanted to testify this thing might have happened in this case.
The relationship between the people who inhabit those spaces and their distant and often distrusted imperial government.
A controversial medical examiner, exaggerated testimony, and bad forensics branded Jeffrey Havard a rapist and a baby killer.
Justices hear challenge to Virginia court's expansion of warrantless vehicle searches.
"Touch DNA" evidence can easily implicate the wrong person, yet police are increasingly relying on it.
Scientific evidence does not mandate any particular policy.
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