by Anthony Accurso
Researchers have developed a new system that could be used to ensure that the evidence processed in a laboratory is the same evidence that was collected in the field (e.g., from a crime scene).
Engineers from Duke University and NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering have demonstrated a ...
by Anthony W. Accurso
SpyCloud, a company that collects private information on people, mostly info exposed through data breaches, sells access to its databases to anyone willing to pay for it, including law enforcement. While it currently operates in an area of law mostly untouched by precedent, people should be ...
by Anthony Accurso
A study from the UK found that triaging digital evidence can lead to oversights and misinterpretation when the process is not designed or implemented in a way that guards against such failures.
The data, published in the journal Policing and using data collected between January 2017 and ...
by Anthony Accurso
The Supreme Court of California reversed a judgment of the Court of Appeal by holding that a defendant need not be released from custody in order to demonstrate living an ‘‘honest and upright life,” a prerequisite to having his conviction expunged.
Misael Vences Maya was convicted of ...
by Anthony W. Accurso
Police departments are using the coronavirus pandemic to expand their use of surveillance tools in the name of public health and safety. Privacy advocates are concerned about the encroachment of the carceral state on civil liberties, especially in predominantly Black and Brown communities.
In New York ...
by Anthony Accurso
It’s no secret that our digital devices, especially our phones, are collecting troves of data about us — our preferences, habits, and movements. Many of us understand this is the price we pay for “free” services, such as email by Google and social networking by Facebook. What ...
by Anthony Accurso
The Supreme Court of Minnesota reversed a Court of Appeals decision requiring a defendant to register as a predatory offender because proving the elements of the out-of-state conviction does not necessarily prove a violation of Minnesota law. Additionally, the Court announced rules for analyzing whether out-of-state convictions ...
by Anthony Accurso
The Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota affirmed a decision by the Court of Appeals, which held the district court erred in denying a defendant’s request for non-identifying information about a confidential informant (“CI”).
In February 2017, law enforcement filed an affidavit requesting a search warrant ...
by Anthony Accurso
The Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (“SJC”) upheld a superior court’s order suppressing evidence obtained from a cellphone because the search of the cellphone was unsupported by probable cause, and the officer failed to follow guidelines relating to inventory of property.
Tomas Barillas was ...
by Anthony Accurso
Since the rise of social media and ever-present cellphones with cameras, the narrative around these developments has been that justice is rapidly democratizing.
While many law enforcement failures and abuses have been exposed by citizens with technology, this trend is not the case for all technology. “Access ...
