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What Counts as ‘Reasonable Suspicion’? A Plain-English Guide to the Supreme Court’s Latest Fourth Amendment Ruling
On April 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in District of Columbia v. R.W., No. 25-248, reversing the D.C. Court of Appeals and holding that a Metropolitan Police…
Bite Marks, Hair Analysis, and the Science Courts Are Still Admitting
In 2016, the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) published a detailed scientific assessment of forensic feature-comparison methods used in criminal courts. Feature-comparison methods are those that attempt to…
Cold Cases and the Fourth Amendment: What Genetic Genealogy Means for Defendants
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced this week a $600,000 partnership with Othram (a Texas-based forensic biotechnology company) to deploy investigative genetic genealogy against Florida’s backlog of more than 21,000 unsolved homicides,…
When Drug Distribution Becomes a Homicide Case: Lessons from the Matthew Perry Sentencing
On April 8, 2026, U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett sentenced Jasveen Sangha (the Los Angeles drug dealer federal prosecutors called the “Ketamine Queen”) to 15 years in federal prison for distributing…
Criminal Justice Reform in 2026: What It Means for Texas Defendants
National headlines about criminal justice reform in 2026 tell a story of accelerating bipartisan progress at the state level: more reform laws passed in 2025 than in 2024, and a growing list…
How Do Police Track Your Online Activity And Can That Evidence Be Challenged?
Law enforcement agencies have increasingly sophisticated tools for monitoring and documenting internet activity. They can track the websites you visit, the files you download, the searches you perform, and the communications you…
What to Do if You’re Falsely Accused of Sexual Assault in Texas
Few things are more terrifying than being accused of something you did not do and few accusations carry more devastating consequences than sexual assault. In Texas, a sexual assault conviction is a…
How Killing a Cop Went from Murder to Manslaughter
A New York jury recently acquitted Guy Rivera of first-degree murder in the 2024 shooting death of NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller during a traffic stop in Queens. Rivera was convicted of manslaughter…
When Restraining a Student Becomes a Criminal Charge: What Texas Teachers Need to Know About Injury to a Child
A veteran teacher with twenty-something years in the classroom, no disciplinary history, no prior criminal record. A student in crisis who is physically dangerous, injuring themselves or others and beyond the reach…
When Protest Becomes Terrorism: What the Prairieland Verdict Means for Texas Defendants
On March 13, 2026, a federal jury in Fort Worth returned guilty verdicts against nine defendants connected to a July 4, 2025 incident outside the Prairieland ICE Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas.…