Digital Parallel Construction: Detecting and Challenging Hidden AI by Richard Resch by Richard Resch In the companion to this Column, “When AI Invents the Pixels,” published in the January 2026 issue of CLN, we explored the dangers of prosecutors introducing AI-­enhanced video as substantive evidence at trial. We discussed how …

Generative Suspicion: What Defense Lawyers Must Know About AI-Generated Police Reports by Richard Resch by Richard Resch Police departments nationwide are racing to adopt artificial intelligence that transcribes body-camera footage, translates witness statements, and drafts investigative narratives. But these tools introduce profound risks to factual accuracy and due process that …

U.S. Sentencing Commission Publishes Data Report on Compassionate Release in FY 2023 by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Thomas Clarke In June 2024, the U.S. Sentencing Commission released a data report on release for “extraordinary and compelling reasons” under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), also known as compassionate release (“CR”). The courts have …

Inspector General Report: FBI Routinely Abused Access to Private Communications by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD A recent Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Inspector General report found that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) routinely sidesteps regulations of electronic surveillance and essentially deliberately misinterprets DOJ guidelines. Edgar Hoover was …

Study Explores Factors Underlying High Rate of American Police Killings by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD Fatal encounters with police occur in the U.S. with disturbing frequency, setting us apart from other Western industrial nations. A recent study published in the Annual Review of Criminology explores the drivers …

Maryland’s AG to Review 100 In-Custody Deaths After Chief Medical Examiner’s Testimony at George Floyd Trial Prompts 400 Colleagues to Question His Work by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 20, 2022, a little over a year after it was convened, the seven-member Audit Design Team released …

Maine’s Law Enforcement Agencies, Like Those of Most States, Don’t Track Complaints Against Police Officers by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The WMTW 8 Investigates Team partnered with the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition to review hundreds of documents and other data obtained from 135 Maine law enforcement agencies (“Agencies”). …