SF cops and Fairfield coroner suspected of misconduct

11 years ago

A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted 6 SF police officers on public corruption charges. They are alleged to have…

US Gov’t expands ban on profiling by federal agents

11 years ago

In 2003 the United States Department of Justice under President Bush issued guidelines prohibiting racial profiling. As President Bush stated,…

How do defendants on appeal benefit from three strikes reform?

11 years ago

In November of 2012, California voters passed Proposition 36 known as “the Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012.” Proposition 36…

Obama considers recommendations of surveillance review board

11 years ago

The review group on government surveillance practices just released its report to the White House. The task force was appointed…

Alameda Board of Supervisors approve house arrest

11 years ago

It’s been frustrating for defendants and their loved ones, but some judges in Alameda County have taken the position that…

Case empowers police officer whistleblowers

11 years ago

The Ninth Circuit has decided an important employment law case. In Dahlia v. Rodriguez, the court held that a Burbank…

DOJ’s new perspective on marijuana enforcement

11 years ago

As I mentioned in my last blog and as you’ve no doubt heard by now, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder…

Attorney General Holder offers change in tone and substance

11 years ago

“Today, a vicious cycle of poverty, criminality, and incarceration traps too many Americans and weakens too many communities. However, many…

Legal standard for pressing federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman

11 years ago

The federal Department of Justice is still investigating whether there is sufficient evidence to bring a federal criminal case against…

Were the jury instructions in George Zimmerman trial correct?

11 years ago

Should it really matter that at the time George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin, Trayvon might have managed to have gotten…