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Today the Supreme Court handed down a much awaited ruling regarding the use of GPS tracking devices attached to automobiles. The ruling may disappoint some, who don’t hold civil liberties in high regards, but is cause for celebration for others. The High Court voted unanimously that cops do need a warrant when tracking a vehicle [...]
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What would it take for you to confess to a crime that you didn’t commit? Would several hours in an interrogation room do it? For many, the acts of interrogating police officers push them to the edge, where they end up admitting to crimes they never committed. One former police officer is working to change [...]
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DNA exonerations occur when a person who had previously been found guilty or even pled guilty to a crime is cleared of the offense because of DNA evidence. This could be someone else’s DNA found on the crime scene, implicating another suspect, or an absence of the original suspect’s DNA. When it comes to evidence, [...]
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Every month there seem to be more and more cases of people being arrested for doing nothing more than videotaping the police. This is due, at least in part, to more people having video capable phones. But it also signals a growing frustration among the police, where they would affect an arrest in many cases [...]
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Over the past several years, we’ve heard about DNA databases designed to keep tabs on convicted criminals. These databases are designed to catalog the identifying information to potentially help solve future crimes. But some in the criminal justice world think that the same sort of cataloging should be done on police officers. Understandably, many officers [...]
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In a first for the state, and possibly the first nationwide, a town has rejected state funding for police to purchase automatic license plate scanners (ALPR) due to privacy concerns.
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The last time the United State Supreme Court examined eyewitness identification and the Constitution was 1977. Since that time, much has been learned about the role and the effectiveness of human memory in regards to identifying a stranger. Now that they plan to revisit the issue, some hope this will open an opportunity for the [...]
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The United States Courts released their 2010 Wiretap Report this week, showing the use of wiretaps on phones by law enforcement is at an all-time high. When compared with 2009, law enforcement made use of 82% more wiretaps this past year. Of 3,194 wiretap applications, only one was denied in 2010.
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Can the police attach a GPS tracking device to your car without your knowledge and without a warrant? A U.S. Court of Appeals said no and overturned a conviction on that ruling. But many others, including federal prosecutors and the Obama Administration, say yes. The Supreme Court will have the final say in their upcoming [...]
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In an attempt to stop all drunk driving, a new bill in Congress would fund development of alcohol detecting sensors in vehicles, to be required in all new vehicles. Congressman Heath Shuler (R-NC) has introduced legislation that would authorize funding for the ROADS SAFE Act, which stands for Research of Alcohol Detection Systems for Stopping Alcohol-related [...]
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