Since approximately 1995, federal and state law enforcement agencies across the country have been using a powerful, secret cellphone surveillance tool, known as a Stingray, to both track the physical location of cellphones and capture the contents of its communications. …
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Mitigation evidence is critical to successfully representing a criminal defendant in any jurisdiction. These materials are substantive documents that document a defendant’s good character, reputation, and achievements. Such materials take many forms to include, but not limited to: character letters…
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As COVID-19 continues to spread across our nation, federal and state governments are enacting increasingly stringent orders to help combat the severity of this pandemic. In an effort to curb the virus, public officials in several states and cities have…
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The First Step Act of 2018 expands the ability to reduce federal sentences under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i) for compassionate release. A request for compassionate release must first be made by the inmate who is in the Bureau of Prisons…
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The U.S. Constitution guarantees that “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by…
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As we have all been made aware, the COVID-19 (aka: Coronona Virus) pandemic is impacting everybody in the world in different ways. Businesses are shutting down and laying off their employees, gatherings of individuals are becoming increasingly limited, and special…
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As of March 17, 2020, COVID-19 has infected at least 200,000 people worldwide, and has led to over 10,000 deaths.[1] Within the United States there are 15,219 known infections and 201 deaths.[2] Sadly, these numbers continue to grow rapidly. As…
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When a person is charged with a felony in Rhode Island and is facing prosecution in Rhode Island Superior Court, there are many potential consequences such as payment of fines and serving terms of probation or imprisonment, or both combination…
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Courts, like Caesar’s wife, must be not only virtuous but above suspicion. U’Ren v. Bagley, 245 P. 1074, 1075 (Or. 1926). In the past, courts indulged in the fiction that a judge was above allowing his or her personal interest…
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The Fifth Amendment provides criminal defendants with the right to remain silent. Miranda warns that anything a defendant says may be used against him in a subsequent criminal prosecution. This includes incriminating statements defendants made to anyone, including people they…
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