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26 Jul 2014, 10:51 am by Michael Lumer
As Radley Balko discusses in a useful article, the feds often work hand in glove with local state agencies to circumvent those pesky state laws meant to limit these noxious property grabs.Every now and then the libertarians cross over to the sunny side of the street. [read post]
22 Jul 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Cop caught on camera stealing dying motorist’s $3700 and gold crucifix “walked out of courtroom with big smile on face” [Bridgeport; Connecticut Post] Durham, N.C. police officer testifies department would illegally gain access to homes for purposes of search by lying about getting 911 calls [IndyWeek] “California Highway Patrol Seizes Medical Records Of Woman An Officer Was Caught On Tape Beating” [Tim Cushing, TechDirt] Drivers routinely expected to give up… [read post]
21 Jul 2014, 5:06 am by SHG
My usual reluctance to take quotes so freely is blunted by the fact that Douthat did a rewrite of one of Radley Balko’s excellent, and critically detailed, posts, The Criminalization of Parenthood. [read post]
21 Jul 2014, 4:08 am by SHG
H/T Radley Balko Copyright © 2013 Simple Justice NY, LLC This feed is for personal, non-commercial and Newstex use only. [read post]
17 Jul 2014, 9:01 pm by KC Johnson
When I first started writing about the lacrosse case, at a joint historians’ blog called Cliopatria, I did so in reaction to the Group of 88 statement. [read post]
16 Jul 2014, 6:43 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
Radley Balko has this piece at The Washington Post, providing several examples of the use of the "past exonerative” tense that are silly enough to make you wonder how even a PR person could think they made things better. [read post]
16 Jul 2014, 4:20 am by SHG
Radley Balko took this research a bit orthogonal in considering its implications for other problems we’re busily trying to solve. [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
“Brave” Minnesota 9-year-old hailed for turning in parents on pot rap [Minneapolis Star-Tribune, background on Soviet youth hero] “Police SWAT teams in Massachusetts form private corporations, then claim immunity from disclosure laws” [Radley Balko via @gabrielroth, more from ACLU report on police militarization] Tweet Tags: Massachusetts, perjury, Pittsburgh, police, prosecution, surveillancePolice and prosecution roundup is a post from Overlawyered… [read post]
6 Jul 2014, 4:16 am by SHG
A line stood out in Radley Balko’s post about another forfeiture outrage. [read post]
27 Jun 2014, 4:05 am by SHG
Via Radley Balko, the Massachusetts ACLU’s effort to get information under the Freedom of Information Act about SWAT teams was rebuffed under a novel, if bizarre, rationale: As part of the American Civil Liberties Union’s recent report on police militarization, the Massachusetts chapter of the organization sent open records requests to SWAT teams across that state. [read post]
19 Jun 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
” [City Limits via Radley Balko] Georgia drug raid: flash-bang grenade thrown into crib badly burning toddler [Tim Lynch, PoliceMisconduct.net "Worst of the Month"] New book by Sidney Powell critical of USDOJ explores Ted Stevens, Enron prosecutions, has foreword by Judge Alex Kozinski ["Licensed to Lie": Craig Malisow/Houston Press, Legal Ethics Forum, Amazon] Two times over the legal limit, hmm. [read post]
11 Jun 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Mississippi attorney general Jim Hood, for one [Radley Balko, earlier here, here, here] Life in America will become more drab if Campaign for Safe Cosmetics gets its way [Jeffrey Tucker via @cathyreisenwitz, earlier on "CPSIA for soap"] LSAT settled with DoJ demands re: disabled accommodation back in 2002 and again just now, and the differences between the two settlements tell a story [Daniel Fisher, earlier] Some prospective students will be losers [Derek Muller] … [read post]
9 Jun 2014, 5:28 am by SHG
H/T Radley Balko   Copyright © 2013 Simple Justice NY, LLC This feed is for personal, non-commercial and Newstex use only. [read post]
5 Jun 2014, 3:55 am by SHG
H/T Radley Balko Copyright © 2013 Simple Justice NY, LLC This feed is for personal, non-commercial and Newstex use only. [read post]
4 Jun 2014, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
[Balko] Minnesota reforms its use of asset forfeiture [Nick Sibilla, FIRE] Rhode Island, Texas could stand to follow [Balko] If not for video, would anyone believe a story about Santa Clara deputies “spiking” premises with meth after finding no illegal drugs? [read post]
30 May 2014, 5:06 am by SHG
H/T Radley Balko Copyright © 2013 Simple Justice NY, LLC This feed is for personal, non-commercial and Newstex use only. [read post]
27 May 2014, 12:37 pm by KC Johnson
Radley Balko reports that Durham judge Orlando Hudson has overturned the conviction of Darryl Howard, citing police and prosecutorial misconduct. [read post]
23 May 2014, 4:59 am by SHG
  It began with an article by Andrew Cohen at ThisWeek, and was followed up by Gideon at A Public Defender, then Radley Balko. [read post]