Monthly Archives: August 2023
Defending Malicious Prosecution
Let’s face it: most people charged with criminal offenses claim to be innocent. And many of them are. Sometimes prosecutors simply have their facts wrong; oftentimes they are simply unjustified in their pursuit of criminal charges altogether because someone involved in the case is engaging in malicious prosecution. In other words, either the plaintiff… Read More »
Facial Recognition Technology Gone Awry
She thought it was a joke. As Porcha Woodruff prepared her two daughters for school one morning, she was surprised to have six armed police officers at her door. They asked her to step outside, where they arrested her for carjacking. Woodruff was stunned on many levels. Are You Kidding? First of all, Woodruff… Read More »
Insights to Problems Around Incarceration
Who better than those who are or have been incarcerated to identify the human costs of confinement? That’s the premise that led to a compilation of accounts written by current and former convicts, in an attempt to inform policy decisions relating to incarceration going forward. Incarceration in the United States Why is the United… Read More »
A Vegas Murder Mystery for the Books
As the water drops lower and lower in Lake Mead, more and more discoveries are being made. Pueblo ruins have been uncovered, thrilling archaeologists. An old war plane that crashed in the lake decades ago is now visible. And some more unsettling discoveries have been unearthed, including the remains of a human body inside… Read More »
How Reliable is Blood Spatter Analysis?
When violent crimes occur, investigators are tasked with trying to reconstruct the event in order to understand exactly what happened and to figure out who might be behind the criminal activity. Frequently these crimes involve a lot of blood, and expert analysis of blood spatter patterns is used to draw conclusions as to the… Read More »
