A recent Slate article examines DNA face phenotyping, the sketching or re-creating of a criminal suspect’s face based on DNA samples. Even though “the scientific community still doesn’t know much about how genes…
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The Minnesota Supreme Court recently ruled that in DWI cases, “the limited right to counsel” with an attorney “before consenting to a blood test does not apply when the state has…
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued several rulings related to criminal defense and criminal law recently, as its term ended on June 27. On June 24, the court “struck down part…
The Minnesota Supreme Court recently ruled against a defendant asserting his right to confront any witness against him, reports Minnesota Lawyer. The court said that the person who interpreted the defendant’s police…
Courthouse News Service recently covered an “oversight hearing on the government’s use of facial-recognition software,” including the FBI’s Next Generation Identification System, a database containing 640 million faces. The director of…
A compromise budget bill in Minnesota would create “just one new judgeship for the 7th Judicial District” (which includes Clay, Becker, and Otter Tail counties) instead of the two judgeships…
A bill reforming North Dakota’s asset forfeiture procedures—the seizure by law enforcement of property allegedly involved in a crime—was recently signed by the governor and will go into effect on August…
Yesterday the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation “asked a federal court to rule […] that the Department of Homeland Security disregards the First and Fourth Amendments,” reports USA Today….
The Fargo Forum recently reported that “[c]harges related to the largest drug bust in the history of the West Fargo Police Department have been thrown out after prosecutors decided an officer did…
The Minnesota Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of the defendant in a burglary case, reports Minnesota Lawyer. The defendant had brought a BB gun to a burglary and was charged…
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