Investigation: ‘Gold Standard’ Of Evidence Turned To Pyrite By Colorado Crime...
Law enforcement investigators and prosecutors have overwhelmingly embraced plenty of pseudoscience over the years, treating everything from bite marks to hair samples as conclusive evidence capable of...
View ArticleBecause Facial Recognition Tech Just Isn’t Sketchy Enough, Cops Are Now...
Facial recognition tech is probably improving as time goes on. Given enough providers, controversy, and individuals who definitely want this tech to stop being so terrible at correctly identifying...
View ArticleCourt To Cops: Sucking At Your Job And Slow-Walking A Stop Means You Lose All...
Pretextual stops. Let’s talk about it. Cops who perform traffic stops are rarely performing traffic stops because they care about traffic safety. They’re looking for something — anything — else....
View ArticleUK MPs In Full Moral Panic Decide To Ignore The Research, Push For Dangerous...
The moral panic about kids and technology these days is just getting dumber and dumber. The latest is that MPs in the UK are considering an outright ban on smartphones for kids under 16. Just last...
View ArticleState Court Says There’s A Reasonable Expectation Of Privacy In Conversations...
Kind of an odd bit of Fourth Amendment jurisprudence here, given all the factors. (h/t FourthAmendment.com) Obviously, some conversations have an expectation of privacy, even when they’re held in...
View ArticleGavin Newsom Jumps On Moral Panic Bandwagon To Ban Phones In School Despite...
We live in the age of performative lawmaking. Something must be done! This is something. We will do it. Who cares about the tradeoffs, nuances, or the evidence? Throw all that out the window and DO...
View ArticleAppeals Court Tells Cops They Can’t Hold A House Hostage For Hours Before...
Most people would respond to a possible drug overdose by seeking immediate medical attention and following up with medical professionals to see how the victim is faring. I mean, that’s what the EMTs...
View ArticleCourt Reverses Conviction After Cops Lied To Suspect About Having A Warrant...
It’s well-known that cops can lie to suspects to obtain confessions or further information from suspects. But not always. This Delaware case, brought to us by FourthAmendment.com, demonstrates that...
View ArticleNew Jersey Trying To Salvage Its Sketchy AF Infant DNA Harvesting Program By...
The state of New Jersey has been sued twice over its infant DNA program. Like the rest of the nation, New Jersey hospitals collect a blood sample from newborns to test them for 60 different health...
View ArticleSuing Apple To Force It To Scan iCloud For CSAM Is A Catastrophically Bad Idea
There’s a new lawsuit in Northern California federal court that seeks to improve child safety online but could end up backfiring badly if it gets the remedy it seeks. While the plaintiff’s attorneys...
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