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29 Mar 2015, 9:05 pm
” [@ClarkHat on Twitter] “Kern County, a jurisdiction with a long unfortunate history of putting the wrong people in prison” [Radley Balko, Glenn Reynolds/USA Today on People v. [read post]
27 Mar 2015, 8:02 pm
"Absurd Fourth Circuit ruling embodies everything that's wrong with drug raids": Radley Balko has this blog post today at "The Watch" blog of The Washington Post. [read post]
25 Mar 2015, 12:08 pm
To put matters in perspective, though, see Radley Balko's report that in New Mexico:The state Senate has just passed a sweeping bill that would virtually eliminate the practice of civil asset forfeiture and on this issue leave New Mexico as the most Fifth Amendment-friendly state in the country.The bill would basically require a criminal conviction before police can take property associated with a crime. [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 6:00 am
We’re asking the wrong question about police shootings by Radley Balko in the Washington Post We shouldn’t be asking if the police actions were legal or within department policy; we should be asking if they were necessary. [read post]
8 Mar 2015, 9:05 pm
[Scott Beyer, Governing] “Governors Highlight Criminal Justice Reform in State of State Addresses” [ALEC “American Legislator”] Minnesota bill would bar police agencies from investigating own officer-involved shootings [KMSP via Radley Balko] Tags: Detroit, Minnesota, New York state, policePolice and community roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
8 Mar 2015, 5:29 am
Consider Radley Balko’s extensive reporting on the failings of bite mark analysis. [read post]
23 Feb 2015, 9:05 pm
Quite a story: “Las Vegas cop behind controversial killing now influential union leader” [Las Vegas Review-Journal] Strife betwen NYPD union and City Hall long predates current NYC mayor [David Firestone, Quartz; Guardian] “Report: Massachusetts police grant ‘professional courtesy’ to other officers caught driving drunk” [Radley Balko; earlier on cops’ refusal to ticket cops] “Cleveland police union defends fired cop, saying… [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 1:39 pm
Writing in the Post, Radley Balko observed that of the nine justices, only Samuel Alito and Sonia Sotomayor have actual experience working in the criminal justice system—both as prosecutors. [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 4:41 am
It’s called Peace Officer, and here’s the trailer, including the beloved smiling face of Radley Balko speaking to police militarization: The film is by Scott Christopherson and Brad Barber, who offer this description: Peace Officer is a feature documentary about the increasingly militarized state of American police as told through the story of William “Dub” Lawrence, a former sheriff who established and trained his rural state’s first… [read post]
17 Feb 2015, 9:13 pm
Radley Balko begins a four-part series on the flawed science of bite mark analysis [parts one, two with Jim Hood angle] Federal judge Jed Rakoff “quits commission to protest Justice Department forensic science policy” [Washington Post] Disturbing, but, to those familiar with the false-memory literature, not all that surprising: “People Can Be Convinced They Committed a Crime That Never Happened” [Psychological Science on new research] Exposure of… [read post]
9 Feb 2015, 7:02 am
8 Feb 2015, 9:05 pm
” [Thaddeus Russell reviewing new Naomi Murakawa book The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America] Here comes the next verbal conflation with negative implications for defendants’ rights, “traffic violence” [Scott Greenfield] Please don’t pay attention to what goes on inside Florida prisons, it would only spoil your day [Fred Grimm, Miami Herald via Radley Balko] Trouble in California: “U.S. judges see ‘epidemic’… [read post]
31 Jan 2015, 5:01 am
At WaPo’s The Watch, Radley Balko has a fascinating discussion of the history of no-knock warrants which includes discussion by Reason’s Jacob Sullum. [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 9:15 pm
” [Washington Post, earlier (Radley Balko: Culosi incident in 2006 "wasn’t even the first time a Virginia SWAT team had killed someone during a gambling raid")] Tweet Tags: forfeiture, gambling, police, Virginia, Washington D.C.This is your Fairfax County Police Department on forfeiture is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
27 Jan 2015, 10:30 am
"Radley Balko and the inexperience of the Justices when it comes to criminal law": Senior U.S. [read post]
26 Jan 2015, 9:05 pm
[Will Baude] Most Justices have had little practical exposure to criminal law which can leave it a blind spot for them [Radley Balko] Tweet Tags: constitutional law, EEOC, religious liberty, Supreme CourtSupreme Court and constitutional law roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
26 Jan 2015, 8:51 am
See also related posts by Radley Balko, and German Lopez of Vox. [read post]
26 Jan 2015, 3:33 am
To a great many here, I’m not a good team player, despite the other team dismissing me as the sort of guy in Radley Balko’s corner of the internet. [read post]
25 Jan 2015, 6:56 am
"The Supreme Court's massive blind spot": Online at The Washington Post, Radley Balko has an essay that begins, "This term, the Supreme Court heard two cases involving the actions of police officers during traffic stops. [read post]
24 Jan 2015, 6:41 am
And this is where Radley Balko’s astute observation about the Supreme Court comes into play: Here’s the problem: You’d be hard-pressed to assemble nine lawyers in America who as a collective are further removed from the realities of the facts of these cases than the nine justices of the Supreme Court… What’s missing from that career trajectory is any real experience in criminal law. [read post]
