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The Insidious Nexus Between Law Enforcement Budget Increases and Misdemeanor Policing
by Casey J. Bastian
The murder of George Floyd in 2020 resulted in massive Black Lives Matter protests and vigorous calls to defund the police. Politicians across the country seemed to respond to those demands. Budgets were slashed, and cities reduced policing while implementing community-based alternatives. It appears the heat ...
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More from this issue:
- The Pariah, by Murtaza Hussain
- Sixth Circuit: District Court Confused ‘Attenuation Doctrine’ and ‘Inevitable Discovery Exception’ in Applying Exclusionary Rule, by Anthony Accurso
- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Under State Felon in Possession of Firearm Statute, Possessing Multiple Firearms Simultaneously Constitutes One Offense, Not Multiple, by Douglas Ankney
- Fifth Circuit Announces Louisiana Aggravated Assault With Firearm Still Not ‘Crime of Violence’ After 2012 Amendment for Purposes of Sentencing Guidelines, by Matthew Clarke
- Seventh Circuit: Sentencing Court’s ‘Inoculating Statement’ Regarding Potential Guidelines Miscalculation Failed to Satisfy Conditions of Abbas, by Douglas Ankney
- Federal Habeas Corpus: Role of the Magistrate Judge, by Dale Chappell
- Michigan Supreme Court Announces Forfeited Structural Error Automatically Satisfies Third Prong of Plain Error Standard Without a Showing of Prejudice, by Douglas Ankney
- Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Announces New Rule Governing Warrants for CSLI and Tower Dumps, Suppresses CSLI Evidence Because Warrant Lacked Particularized Facts Establishing Nexus Between Defendant’s Use of Cell Phone and Charged Crimes, by Anthony Accurso
- Fourth Circuit: Coram Nobis Appropriate Remedy to Achieve Justice Where Petitioner Actually Innocent but Completed Sentence, by Douglas Ankney
- DOJ: Unlawful Snitching Program Run by the Orange County, California, DA’s Office and Sheriff’s Department Compromised Unknown Number of Convictions, by Jo Ellen Nott
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Challenge to Presumptively Vindictive Sentence Constitutes ‘Legality Challenge’ and Thus Cognizable Under PCRA, by Harold Hempstead
- Ninth Circuit Clarifies Framework for Applying Minor-Role Adjustment in U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 3B1.2(b), by Douglas Ankney
- Washington Supreme Court Announces Race and Ethnicity Are Relevant Factors in Analysis of Whether Someone Has Been ‘Seized’, by Jacob Barrett
- Wyoming Supreme Court: Preventing Door From Slamming in Face of Police Officer Does Not Constitute Implied Consent to Enter Home Without a Warrant, by Anthony Accurso
- First Circuit Announces Courts May Consider First Step Act’s Non-Retroactive Changes to Sentencing Law in Determining Whether ‘Extraordinary and Compelling’ Reason Exists for Compassionate Release in Prisoner-Initiated Motion, by Jacob Barrett
- Louisiana Supreme Court Announces Conviction of Lesser Included Offense Subsequently Vacated as Unconstitutional Constitutes Implied Acquittal of Higher Charge; Double Jeopardy Bars Retrial on Higher Charge, by Jacob Barrett
- Seventh Circuit Announces Adoption of Uniform Procedure to Be Followed Where Plea Agreement Includes an ‘Appeal Waiver’ and Defendant Files Notice of Appeal, by Douglas Ankney
- Rhode Island Supreme Court: DUI Suspect Was in ‘Custody’ so Un-Mirandized Roadside Statements Properly Suppressed, by Mark Wilson
- Social Media Surveillance, by Jayson Hawkins
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Challenge to SORNA-Based Illegality of Sentence Claim Cannot Be Waived, Allowing for Challenge at Any Time — Even if First Raised on Appeal, by Anthony Accurso
- IRS Continues Practice of Government Agencies Hiding Their Abuse of Civil Forfeiture Procedures, by Douglas Ankney
- Institutional Resistance to Police Reform Continues, by Jayson Hawkins
- Next Gen Facial Recognition Identifies Your Associates, Too, by Anthony Accurso
- Illinois Law Protects Personal Data, by Jayson Hawkins
- Study Examines Link Between Fines and Crime, by Jayson Hawkins
- New York Follows California’s Lead Becoming Second State To Require Microstamping of Semiautomatic Handguns, by Douglas Ankney
- Location Tracking Devices Can Create the Appearance of Guilt, by Benjamin Tschirhart
- The Sixth Amendment Right to Assistance of Legal Counsel: An Examination of Federal Justice System Outcomes, by Casey Bastian
- Drone Company Is Establishing Cozy Relationship With Police, by Anthony Accurso
- The Insidious Nexus Between Law Enforcement Budget Increases and Misdemeanor Policing, by Casey Bastian
- Corporate Data Brokers Help Law Enforcement Spy on Millions of Law-Abiding People, by Anthony Accurso
- That Robotaxi Is Watching You, by Anthony Accurso
- $175,000 Awarded to Colorado Man Tased by Cop Angered Over His ‘Fuck Bad Cops’ Placard, by Douglas Ankney
- Predictive Policing Doesn’t Reduce Crime but Does Increase Targeting of Vulnerable Communities, by Casey Bastian
- Prosecutorial Misconduct Cause of More Than 550 Death Penalty Reversals and Exonerations, by Jacob Barrett
- Michigan Makes Civil Forfeiture Easier at Airports, by Jayson Hawkins
- News in Brief
- New FBI Tip Line: Further Incentive to Abuse Civil Asset Forfeiture, by Casey Bastian
More from Casey Bastian:
- Examining Pro-Prosecution Bias in the Judiciary: Unconscious Biases of a Prosecutorial Background, Feb. 15, 2025
- The Rise of Mass Supervision: From Rehabilitative Alternative to Shadow Carceral State, Oct. 1, 2024
- Demonstrable Remorse, Psychiatric Diagnoses, and Alternatives to Incarceration, Aug. 1, 2024
- Minnesota Sex Offender Program: The Indefinite Detention of the Reviled, Aug. 1, 2024
- The 153 Exonerations in 2023 Include 19 Resulting From Threats or Sentences of Death, July 15, 2024
- Four Dead in One Month in San Bernardino County Jails, $3,232,500 in Settlements Paid So Far, March 1, 2024
- Dangerous Encounters: Interactions Between Autistic Individuals and Law Enforcement, Dec. 15, 2023
- U.S. Sentencing Commission Publishes Compassionate Release Datafile for Fiscal Years 2020-2022, Oct. 1, 2023
- Two Dead and $4.675 Million Paid After Deputies’ Alleged Misconduct in California’s Sonoma County, Sept. 15, 2023
- Collaborative Project Between Innocence Project and National Registry of Exonerations Produces Interim Report Reconciling Data Coding Discrepancies, Sept. 1, 2023
More from these topics:
- Fourth Circuit Decision on Claim of Retaliation for Exercising First And Sixth Amendment Rights Highlights Police Corruption, Feb. 15, 2025. Police Misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances.
- Police Departments Are Now Using AI to Write Reports, Feb. 15, 2025. Police Misconduct, Computer Searches, Electronic Surveillance, Police/Govt Misconduct, Police Reports.
- Kentucky’s Failure to Timely Release Prisoners Costs Taxpayers $30 Million (So Far), Dec. 15, 2024. Cost of Prison Systems, Overdetention, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry.
- GEO Group Just Wants to Be a Landlord for Oklahoma DOC, Dec. 15, 2024. GEO Group/Wackenhut, Cost of Prison Systems, Rural Prisons, Fines.
- Corruption Charges Dropped Against Maryland Sheriff, Former Virginia Sheriff Headed to Trial, Dec. 15, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Police Misconduct.
- Two Former Georgia Sheriffs Sentenced for Misconduct, Related $5 Million Settlement Approved, Nov. 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Settlements.
- Wisconsin District Attorneys’ Police Brady Lists Often Secret, Incomplete, or Nonexistent, Nov. 1, 2024. Police Misconduct, State Lists/Databases.
- Mistrial for Vermont Sheriff Who Kicked Shackled Detainee, Oct. 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, Mistrial Motion.
- Alabama Warden and Wife Busted for Making “Magic” Mushrooms, Oct. 15, 2024. Police Misconduct, War on Drugs.
- Impoverished Ohio County Gets New Jail Space After Settling Suit for Bloody Detainee Assault, Oct. 15, 2024. Cost of Prison Systems, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Settlements, Costs.