Brennan Center for Justice: Ames Grawert and James Cullen – “This analysis provides final crime data to update the report, Crime in 2015: A Preliminary Analysis. It finds the same conclusions as that report (and its December 2015 update), with slightly different percentages.” Summary of Findings: “The analysis examines crime in the 30 largest cities… Continue Reading
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SCOTUS upholds $2B judgment in favor of terror victims against Iran
Via Findlaw: “The United States Supreme Court ruled that almost $2 billion in assets seized from Bank Markazi, Iran’s central bank, can be used to pay victims of terror attacks and their families who won default judgments against the country in civil.. – Bank Markazi v. Peterson, et al. Continue Reading
EFF Sues for Secret Court Orders Requiring Tech Companies to Decrypt Users’ Communications
Via EFF: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit today against the Justice Department to shed light on whether the government has ever used secret court orders to force technology companies to decrypt their customers’ private communications, a practice that could undermine the safety and security of devices used by… Continue Reading
Report – In Six States, Immigration Relief Takes Over 1,000 Days on Average
“Despite the recent appointment of new immigration judges, the Immigration Court’s backlog continues to rise each month. The latest figures show that at the end of March the number of pending cases had reached 486,206. The ballooning backlog has many implications; this month TRAC is spotlighting what our overloaded court system means for individuals seeking… Continue Reading
District court rules in favor of library e-reserve against publishers
Inside HigherEd: “A U.S. district court judge has once again taken a look at three publishers’ case against Georgia State University’s e-reserve and ruled that, in 41 of 48 cases, no copyright infringement took place. The ruling, a 220-page walk-through that applies the four-part fair-use test to each of the 48 cases, is seen by… Continue Reading
Federal Sentencing Statistics 2015
Federal Sentencing Statistics 2015 – “Geographic Statistics by Fiscal Year: The sets of reports [on this site] are released annually and examine federal sentencing statistics from each judicial district, the districts within each judicial circuit, and the districts within each state. Each report compares the statistics from the respective district, circuit, or state to the… Continue Reading
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emission Trends and the Role of the Clean Power Plan
CRS report via FAS – U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emission Trends and the Role of the Clean Power Plan, Jonathan L. Ramseur, Specialist in Environmental Policy. April 11, 2016. “Recent international negotiations and domestic policy developments have generated interest in current and projected U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emission levels. GHG emissions are generated throughout the United… Continue Reading
Maryland Court ends Baltimore police use cellphone tracking devices
Via TechDirt: “The Baltimore Police Department’s warrantless deployment of Stingray devices has come to an end. It may have gotten away with more than 4,300 times so far, but the Maryland Special Appeals Court has declared these devices operate as searches under the Fourth Amendment. The 74-page opinion — which belatedly follows its two-page order… Continue Reading
United States Supreme Court: Criminal Law Cases in the October 2015 Term
CRS – United States Supreme Court: Criminal Law Cases in the October 2015 Term. Sarah S. Herman, Legislative Attorney; Charles Doyle, Senior Specialist in American Public Law. April 6, 2016. “The white collar crimes on the Supreme Court’s 2015 docket consist of three Hobbs Act cases, one on insider trading (Salman v. United States), and… Continue Reading
A 25-Year Survey of Prosecutorial Misconduct and a Viable Solution
Caldwell, Harry M., Everybody Talks About Prosecutorial Conduct But Nobody Does Anything About It: A 25-Year Survey of Prosecutorial Misconduct and a Viable Solution (2016). U. Ill. L. Rev. (2016 Forthcoming); Pepperdine University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2761252 “Prosecutors, whom we trust to carry out the demanding and… Continue Reading
The Record – Your Guide to the Criminal Justice System
“The Marshall Project is a nonprofit news organization that focuses on the American criminal justice system. Our mission is to create and sustain a sense of urgency about criminal justice in America. We aim at all times for accuracy, fairness, and impartiality. Our repertoire includes deep investigative projects, narratives and profiles that put a human… Continue Reading
Supreme Court Vacancies: Frequently Asked Questions
Via FAS – Supreme Court Vacancies: Frequently Asked Questions, Sarah S. Herman, Legislative Attorney. March 31, 2016: “The unexpected death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on February 13, 2016—in the middle of the Supreme Court’s October 2015 term — has prompted questions about the process for filling the vacancy and how the Court will… Continue Reading
