Criminal Procedure

Afternoon Briefs: Judge allows DNA collected from suspect via fake survey; judge resigns amid probe of texts

Judge allows DNA collected in fake police survey A judge in Wisconsin has ruled that prosecutors can use DNA collected from a licked envelope in the prosecution of Raymand Vannieuwenhoven for a 1976 double murder. Judge James Morrison of Marinette County, Wisconsin, said the DNA could be used, even though…

Mar 22, 2021 4:00 PM CDT

Wife’s warnings before death can’t be used in husband’s murder trial, top state court rules

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a dead woman’s earlier warnings that her husband may kill her can’t be used as evidence in his retrial for murder.

Mar 19, 2021 11:51 AM CDT

Children’s court judge is charged with possession of child pornography

A Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, children’s court judge was charged Wednesday with possession of videos and images depicting the sexual abuse of toddlers and boys.

Mar 18, 2021 12:51 PM CDT

Leaving prison? Dial down the aspirations, don’t try to be lawyers or doctors, survey respondents say

Should former prisoners pursue prestigious careers and home ownership? A survey suggests that people think the American dream should be more limited for this group of people.

Mar 17, 2021 2:52 PM CDT

‘Cataclysmic’ decision striking down strict liability drug law puts past convictions at risk in this state

Years of convictions could be at risk following a Washington Supreme Court decision that struck down the state’s felony drug possession law.

Mar 15, 2021 10:43 AM CDT

Afternoon Briefs: 5 Jones Day plaintiffs drop claims; no immunity for cop who shocked girl during seizure

Only 1 plaintiff remains in Jones Day pay-bias suit Five of six former associates suing Jones Day for gender bias have dropped their claims. The move follows a decision by all the plaintiffs in December to drop class action pay-bias claims in the suit. The five plaintiffs said in a…

Mar 12, 2021 2:56 PM CST

Prosecutor’s suspicion during assault defendant’s Zoom hearing leads to arrest

A Michigan man accused of assaulting his girlfriend ended up back in jail because of a prosecutor’s suspicions during his Zoom hearing. Coby James Harris, 21, was arrested during the hearing March 2.

Mar 10, 2021 9:53 AM CST

A look at HBO’s ‘The Undoing’ and bail reform

Here in Oklahoma, I’m watching snow flurries continue to dump in a manner I haven’t witnessed in a decade (2011 was the last time we came close to anything blizzard-like). I lived in Eagle County, Colorado, for a while after undergrad, and this current snowstorm is the closest thing I’ve experienced to that kind of weather since I left. To be completely honest, we aren’t built for this type of temperature.

Mar 9, 2021 11:00 AM CST

Why were lawyers arguing about third-degree murder charge in case of cop charged in George Floyd killing?

Updated: A Minnesota judge on Thursday reinstated a third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer accused in the death of George Floyd.

Mar 9, 2021 10:33 AM CST

9th Circuit upholds part of federal anti-riot law in case against white supremacists

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco on Thursday revived the prosecution of four white supremacists under a federal anti-riot law, even as it struck down some parts of the law for infringing protected speech.

Mar 5, 2021 10:44 AM CST

California nonprofit pushes states to make jury instructions more broadly available

Since his early days as a lawyer, Wisconsin criminal defense attorney Chad Lanning has been troubled that the state’s jury instructions were not freely available to the legal community or the general public. As Lanning rose to leadership in the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, he turned to Public.Resource.Org’s Carl Malamud for assistance in raising concerns about the issue.

Mar 1, 2021 9:00 AM CST

Afternoon Briefs: Judge allows DNA collected from suspect via fake survey; judge resigns amid probe of texts

Wife’s warnings before death can’t be used in husband’s murder trial, top state court rules

Children’s court judge is charged with possession of child pornography

Leaving prison? Dial down the aspirations, don’t try to be lawyers or doctors, survey respondents say

‘Cataclysmic’ decision striking down strict liability drug law puts past convictions at risk in this state

Afternoon Briefs: 5 Jones Day plaintiffs drop claims; no immunity for cop who shocked girl during seizure

Prosecutor’s suspicion during assault defendant’s Zoom hearing leads to arrest

A look at HBO’s ‘The Undoing’ and bail reform

Why were lawyers arguing about third-degree murder charge in case of cop charged in George Floyd killing?

9th Circuit upholds part of federal anti-riot law in case against white supremacists

California nonprofit pushes states to make jury instructions more broadly available

State AG faces impeachment for fatal car crash; ‘his face came through your windshield,’ cop says

Illinois will end cash bail, require police body cameras in criminal justice overhaul signed by governor

Prisoner who filed pro se appeal of his enhanced sentence wins Supreme Court review

Witness accounts of federal executions are at odds with government reports on tranquil deaths

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