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Oregon Considers Compensating the Wrongfully Convicted; They Currently Don't

Oregon Considers Compensating the Wrongfully Convicted; They Currently Don't

They were also the last state requiring a jury to be unanimous in order to convict someone of a crime. The article can be found here.


House Passes Bill Making It Illegal for Federal Officers to Engage in Sexual Acts with Detainees

House Passes Bill Making It Illegal for Federal Officers to Engage in Sexual Acts with Detainees

You can find the article here. Troubling this wasn’t the law before.


Google Collection of User Data Lawsuit

Google Collection of User Data Lawsuit

They deny it, but pretty much everyone believes they do so.�? You can read more about the lawsuit here.


Felony Murder

Felony Murder

Felony Murder, which is different than homicide, mitigated homicide or negligent homicide in that you can be held accountable for a homicide that someone else causes if its in the course of a commission of a felony offense by you and one or more other individuals. The simple example is if you are the getaway driver during a bank robbery and someone is killed while the others are robbing the bank.


Indiana Passes Civil Forfeiture Law for Unlawful Assembly

Indiana Passes Civil Forfeiture Law for Unlawful Assembly

And it is as nebulous as possible.�? Again civil forfeiture is easily abused and gives perverse incentives to the government without deterring crime.


Civil Forfeiture Does Not Deter Crime

Civil Forfeiture Does Not Deter Crime

But is does provide all sorts of perverse incentives for government agencies and agents.


Facial Recognition and Civil Rights

Facial Recognition and Civil Rights

A number of groups are trying to get the federal government to curtail the use of facial recognition.�? As much as I would like this to be successful, I don’t see it happening.�?


Kentucky Wants to Make It Illegal to Be Derogatory with the Police or Give Other People Water Bottles: Not a Joke

Kentucky Wants to Make It Illegal to Be Derogatory with the Police or Give Other People Water Bottles: Not a Joke

The article is here.


No Knock Raid Might Get Banned in Georgia

No Knock Raid Might Get Banned in Georgia

“Multiple bills supported by Democrats range from straight-forward changes such as more training for officers in de-escalation techniques and a ban on using choke holds during arrests, to more complicated overhauls including a citizen-led review board for officer-involved shootings and outlawing private prisons.”


Why You Should Speak with an Attorney Before Speaking to Law Enforcement: One of All-Too-Many Examples

Why You Should Speak with an Attorney Before Speaking to Law Enforcement: One of All-Too-Many Examples

“Huwe Burton was wrongly convicted because of deceptive interrogation techniques. How many more cases were “solved” the same way?”