Geofence warrants are a novel tool for law enforcement that can help solve cases with no known suspects. Despite their advantage for law enforcement, many are concerned they violate basic personal freedoms.… Read More Geofence Warrants: Useful Crime Solving Tool or Invasive Surveillance Tactic?
The following blog illustrates the significant consequences and benefits victims experience as a result of courts conducting domestic violence proceedings remotely.… Read More Court from Your Couch: What Remote Court Proceedings Mean for Domestic Violence Victims
The following blog touches on examples of police mobilizing Twitter as a method of police brutality against Black men. Specifically, the blog relies on Hughes v. City of Dallas to highlight an instance in which improper characterization of a Black man as a protest-shooter resulted in countless death threats and unlawful arrest. … Read More Twitter as a Weapon of Police Brutality
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many court systems implemented remote grand juries to resume the criminal justice process. While this system is a way for grand juries to continue remotely, it also poses serious risks to the integrity of the process.… Read More Jury Duty in Your Jammies: The Pros and Cons of Virtual Grand Juries
According to the current standard of DNA testing, identical twins also have identical DNA, making it impossible to distinguish between the two. A German company has developed a technique to differentiate between the DNA of identical twins, and there are potential implications for this, especially for the usage of this technique in criminal cases.
… Read More Don’t Look At Me: My Twin Did It!
POSTED BY Caroline Carollo Although we are living in the age of technology, there are still many unanswered questions as to how certain forms of technology fit within the legal world. Specifically, there is not a clear answer as to whether Fourth Amendment protections apply to one’s personal technology devices, such as cell phones and… Read More Should Law Enforcement Officers be Allowed to Conduct a Warrantless Search of the Contents of a Cell Phone Seized Incident to the Lawful Arrest of a Criminal Suspect?
POSTED BY Caroline Carollo Smartphone theft is a major problem in the United States, and the number of smartphone-related robberies has significantly increased over the past couple of years. These thefts make up between 30 to 40 percent of all robberies across the country. In 2012, approximately 1.6 Americans were victims of smartphone theft, and… Read More State and Federal Lawmakers Propose Bills in Hopes of Suppressing Theft of Mobile Devices