If the police want to track you through your cellphone's location history, should they have to get a warrant?Requiring that law enforcement officers get a warrant is meant to protect people from unduly intrusive searches and seizures. The Fourth Amendment to the U.S....
Month: June 2018
‘The Staircase’ documents a fall that led to a murder conviction
In 2001, North Carolinian Michael Peterson called 911, frantic at finding his wife Kathleen unconscious at the bottom of a staircase. He said she must have slipped and fallen after drinking wine and taking valium. To most, it probably seemed like a tragic accident.Not...
Both Johnson brothers were innocent. Why did one plead guilty?
Many people have reservations when they hear criminal defendants claim to be innocent even though they pled guilty. Some can't imagine anything that could convince them to plead guilty to a crime they didn't commit.The reality is that innocent people are pressured or...