First Amendment victory in Pennsylvania

By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board Secretary & Cooperating Attorney Last week, a federal court in Pennsylvania struck down a state law aimed at restricting the free speech rights of prisoners. In Mumia Abu Jamal v. Kane, the court addressed a new state law in...

Glimmers of Hope

By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board Secretary and Cooperating Attorney Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a rare glimmer of hope in a case called Rodriguez v. United States. In the case, the court held that police cannot extend a routine traffic stop to use a drug...
Filming the Police on your cell phone

Filming the Police on your cell phone

GPS tracking and cell phone searches require warrants By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board Secretary and Cooperating Attorney There have been a few very disturbing videos of police brutality posted on the internet this past week. A bystander recorded Walter Scott shot...

Death in Custody Reporting Act

By Rebecca K. Smith, CLDC Board Secretary and Cooperating Attorney Last week, two stories of police shootings on opposite sides of the country made the news. The Seattle Times reported the story of a man who was sleeping in bed when two police officers opened his...

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