Show notes
Join us this week as we cover the Attorney General resurrecting civil asset forfeiture, a big win for a pro se litigant down in Florida, the latest in misbehavior by law enforcement around the country, and then spend our #Law140 segment talking about ways to get involved with reforming our justice system.
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Show Notes:
* Sean Spicer has resigned, and the new guy is about the same as the old guy (Washington Post)
* Naranjillo Nixon wants everyone to know he has “complete power to pardon” (Twitter)
* The Apricot Authoritarian had some choice words about the Attorney General (New York Times)
* Attorney General Beauregard perjured himself… (Washington Post)
* …and is bringing back civil asset forfeiture with a vengeance (Twitter)
* 11th Circuit rules in favor of a pro se litigant on recording police (Scribd)
* The Illinois Supreme Court ends a prosecutor’s roving group of highway bandits (Forbes)
* Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court says its new sex offender registry is an ex post facto law (Sentencing Law & Policy Blog)
* New Jersey’s Supreme Court rules police video is a public record (NJ.com)
* Colorado’s Court of Appeals ends the use of K9s for traffic drug searches (Justia)
* CJ Ciaremella on bad forensic labs (Reason Magazine)
* Excellent long-form piece on defense attorneys who become elected DAs (Christian Science Monitor)
* 99% of the jail population growth over the past 15 years: pre-trial detention (Arizona Capitol Times)
* The federal Bureau of Prisons deals with the mentally ill by tossing them in solitary (The Marshall Project)
* ALASKA: Police fight for their right to sleep with prostitutes before arrest (Glamour Magazine)
* ARIZONA:
Make sure to check out our new page on Patreon!
Join the conversation by following @fsckemall on Twitter, and tweet us your comments and questions using the hashtag #fsck!
Show Notes:
* Sean Spicer has resigned, and the new guy is about the same as the old guy (Washington Post)
* Naranjillo Nixon wants everyone to know he has “complete power to pardon” (Twitter)
* The Apricot Authoritarian had some choice words about the Attorney General (New York Times)
* Attorney General Beauregard perjured himself… (Washington Post)
* …and is bringing back civil asset forfeiture with a vengeance (Twitter)
* 11th Circuit rules in favor of a pro se litigant on recording police (Scribd)
* The Illinois Supreme Court ends a prosecutor’s roving group of highway bandits (Forbes)
* Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court says its new sex offender registry is an ex post facto law (Sentencing Law & Policy Blog)
* New Jersey’s Supreme Court rules police video is a public record (NJ.com)
* Colorado’s Court of Appeals ends the use of K9s for traffic drug searches (Justia)
* CJ Ciaremella on bad forensic labs (Reason Magazine)
* Excellent long-form piece on defense attorneys who become elected DAs (Christian Science Monitor)
* 99% of the jail population growth over the past 15 years: pre-trial detention (Arizona Capitol Times)
* The federal Bureau of Prisons deals with the mentally ill by tossing them in solitary (The Marshall Project)
* ALASKA: Police fight for their right to sleep with prostitutes before arrest (Glamour Magazine)
* ARIZONA:

