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http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/electronic-monitoring-devices-can-call-and-record-people-accused-of-crimes-without-their-consent/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email

GPS ankle monitors can call and record people without consent; do they violate 5th Amendment? Updated: GPS electronic monitoring devices made by a company called the Track Group can call and record people who are required to wear the ankle monitors because they are on probation or awaiting trial.

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/sleeping-lead-lawyer-doesnt-justify-overturning-capital-conviction-federal-judge-rules/?utm_source=maestro&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly_email

Sleeping lead lawyer doesn't justify overturning capital conviction, federal judge rules A federal judge in Texas has rejected a habeas petition filed on behalf of a death-row inmate whose primary lawyer snoozed throughout the trial.

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba-opposes-rule-that-would-expand-criminal-background-checks-for-federal-job-seekers?fbclid=IwAR1RnpwbBfDXEuc4aXn_HDH5gycUbSAfFOs6jcJdyvFT-bxyt7Gl7fvQodw

Federal job seekers shouldn’t have to disclose whether they were in diversion programs, ABA says The ABA opposes a proposed federal rule that would require federal job applicants to divulge whether they’ve been through criminal diversion programs meant to avoid conviction.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/20/us/wrongful-convictions-forensic-results.html?fbclid=IwAR1MPD4b6yy_f6CjertZJw07qe0SHwSghES-pSXc9KC6jBtIH0N09LEbwA0

A Leading Cause for Wrongful Convictions: Experts Overstating Forensic Results These three men spent decades in prison as a result of statistical exaggerations. They were among 150 men and women released from prison after their wrongful convictions were overturned in 2018.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/jury-of-their-peers-youth-court-aims-to-keep-students-out-of-criminal-justice-system-1491125315658?fbclid=IwAR2n8s2bvlebjuDJZjEZGVPRUNtr63qoIe0U_7Pz9MWJTENo6SER4U9WDf4

Jury of their peers: Youth court aims to keep students out of criminal justice system A unique court by and for young people age 10 to 18 aims to shut down the school-to-prison pipeline that puts thousands of teenagers behind bars. Police send first time offenders guilty of minor crimes to face a judge and jury their age, given real sentences like community service or decision making...