Absolute Immunity Puts Prosecutors Above the Law
By giving powerful law enforcement officials absolute immunity from civil liability, the Supreme Court leaves their victims with no recourse.
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.