The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the agency of the U.S. Department of Justice that’s responsible for research and development of law enforcement techniques, recently named the winners of its “Real-Time Crime Forecasting Challenge,” a data science contest for predictive policing with over a million dollars in prize money available.
Back in June, legendary golfer Tiger Woods was arrested for operating under the influence (OUI) in Florida. As we detailed in our blog back then, he’d been found asleep in his car on the side of the road, was disoriented when police apprehended him, and seemed impaired, despite blowing a
In a recent blog post, we discussed lesser included offenses and the merger doctrine. Together, these two legal ideas prevent you from being convicted under different criminal statutes for the same act, in violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. However, this only applies to criminal convictions.
Over the course of your daily life, the rights guaranteed to you by the Fourth Amendment are constantly helping you. Were it not for your rights to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures, you could never rest assured that police and other law enforcement officers would not barge into
A new decision on an old case from the Supreme Court of the United States makes it more difficult for criminal defense attorneys to do their jobs by allowing prosecutors to withhold crucial evidence under the guise that it’s not “material” enough for disclosure. The Case of Turner v. U.S.
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