by Maddy Gates | Nov 4, 2020 | Amicus
In September, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reexamined its case law on pretextual traffic stops by police in Commonwealth v. Long. The court set a new standard for criminal defendants who wish to suppress evidence because they believe they were targeted for...
by Maddy Gates | Oct 26, 2020 | Amicus, Weekly News Roundup
This week, as the election approaches there are significant concerns about voter intimidation and misinformation campaigns, the city of Eugene, Oregon settled a civil rights case brought by a journalist injured by police while covering protests, census experts pushed...
by Maddy Gates | Oct 14, 2020 | Amicus
On July 25, 2019, US Attorney General William Barr announced that the US government would resume executions after a nearly two-decade hiatus. The first killing of the new regime occurred nearly a year later with the execution of Daniel Lewis Lee on July 14, 2020. In...
by Maddy Gates | Mar 30, 2020 | Amicus
This week, the country mourned the passing of civil rights leader Reverend Joseph Lowery. Meanwhile, the coronavirus pandemic has brought up a number of civil rights issues—from a state governor ordering police to stop cars with New York license plates, to...
by Maddy Gates | Mar 11, 2020 | Amicus
The United States’ current federal criminal procedure rules allow for liberal joinder of charges. This means that prosecutors – the officials that decide who to charge with crimes and what crimes to charge them with – can bring many charges against a single defendant...
