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Criminal Justice News This Week (week of 11-30-20)
SCOTUS will consider constitutionality of home search during gun owner's hospital visit "The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether a police search of a gun owner’s home while he was in the hospital for a suicide evaluation was justified under an exception to the Fourth Amendment."
Ohio Justices OK Release of Video Showing Judge Being Shot "The Ohio Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that footage from a courthouse’s exterior camera that captured a judge being shot should be released under the state’s public records law."
Splitting 5 to 4, Supreme Court Backs Religious Challenge to Cuomo’s Virus Shutdown Order "Justice Amy Coney Barrett played a decisive role in the decision, which took the opposite approach of earlier court rulings related to coronavirus restrictions in California and Nevada."
Where the remaining cases in the Cuyahoga County corruption and jail investigations stand "More than two years after Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley’s office started an investigation into corruption within the county government ranks and mismanagement of its jail that would see more than a dozen public officials and employees charged with various crimes, two cases remain set for trial."
Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to 3 Criminal Charges "The chief officer for Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tuesday on behalf of the company to three criminal charges in a virtual court hearing in front of a New Jersey judge."
How to Beat Legalized Larceny “Government bullies empowered by civil forfeiture laws often back down, but only when their victims can afford a fight.”
Five myths about criminal justice "Being 'tough' on crime doesn’t always make sense....The movement to end police violence against Black communities has brought heightened attention to criminal justice issues amid a global pandemic. The FBI recently released the 2019 “Crime in the United States” report, which looks at last year’s trends. The data is easily cherry-picked to push false narratives around what works — and what doesn’t — to fight crime. Here are some dangerous misconceptions to look out for."
Next Step in Government Data Tracking is the Internet of Things "U.S. Air Force experiments with monitoring peripherals—from autos to fitness trackers."
How the Criminal Justice System Fails People with Mental Illness “'I found your baby,' Michelle Durden recalls the police officer saying after her son went missing. 'He’s alive. And he’s in jail.'”
