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Below you’ll find the blog posts and comments from the Criminal Justice category. We will try to cover topics and articles and information about criminal issues and defense cases across the nation.
We often blog about how your privacy and civil rights are under attack. When in comes to recording the police as a private citizen, and being free from constant government surveillance, such as with automatic licence plate scanners, your freedoms are being eroded.
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Justice is served when all the rules and obligations of the prosecution and defense are met in a court of law. The prosecution always has the burden of proof, that is, all defendants are innocent until proven guilty. Knowing the criminal justice system is the best defense.
There is a lot to complain about in the U.S. criminal justice system. And many of those complaints (mass incarceration, mandatory minimums, etc.) have a whole lot to do with over-criminalization in general. To that end, the House Judiciary Committee has created a task force to look at over-criminalization at the federal level and issue [...]
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Being poor isn’t a crime. Or is it? Americans living in poverty are more likely to be involved in the justice system than those from other economic groups. It’s partly because they have little to no access to employment and the means by which to keep themselves and their families fed with a roof over [...]
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Score a victory for civil liberties and protections. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that police generally must seek a warrant before drawing blood in a suspected drunk driving case. In a section of criminal law that often turns due process on its head, this ruling is a positive one indeed. About Elizabeth Renter [...]
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Many of us no longer feel like the police are here to protect us. As a collective, citizens are growing more and more suspicious and even afraid of police officers. When we see cases of police brutality and the militarization of law enforcement, it only makes us more wary of the badge. This distrust has [...]
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When you call the United States a “police state”, people either look at you like you are a paranoid conspiracy theorist or they nod their head in agreement. While the thought of the “land of the free” being anything but free is troubling, to be sure, there are signs that the people of this nation [...]
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Sentencing guidelines and mandatory minimums have not done what was promised—they haven’t reduced crime and they haven’t eliminated racial disparities. What they have done is serve as fuel to the prison systems of this country and forced government at local, state, and federal levels to dole out millions in related costs. In an effort to [...]
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In the past, U.S. Supreme Court justices have sided with the states in warrantless drug dog sniff searches. But this past week, they shifted directions on one Florida case, deciding that the police can’t use a drug dog at a home (even on the front porch) without a warrant. The difference between this case and previous ones? [...]
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People are accused of crimes they didn’t commit on a relatively regular basis. Less often, they are convicted for these offenses. Even experts have difficulty estimating just how many wrongful convictions happen, but a recent study indicates we may be able to predict when they will. About Elizabeth Renter is a freelance writer and editor [...]
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Over the past few decades, SWAT teams have gone from a big city thing to an every city thing. Cops with military equipment, training, and even military assistance are no longer rare, they are commonplace. And with the police increasingly looking like a domestic military force, there needs to be accountability and the people need [...]
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As the most incarcerated nation in the world, many people have strong and even emotional opinions about crime and punishment in the United States. There is a sense of the “bad guys” being bad to the core and getting their due. Pardons issued by governors across the country, therefore, are sometimes greeted with serious controversy [...]
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