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Changing Expectations of Privacy

Changes in technology happen very fast, and outside access to information on your personal computer or even on your Smartphone have begun raising very serious Fourth Amendment questions. Recent national events have started to address these changing areas of law, which is struggling to catch up with new technological developments. In fact, the gap between legal…

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NCDD: Summer Seminar 2013

The National College of DUI Defense hosted its annual seminar at Harvard University. I’ve spent the last few days in Cambridge, MA attending seminars, studying materials, participating in “mock trials” and listening to presentations from national speakers in the field of DUI defense.   Yesterday, I had the opportunity to listen to a seminar on…

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Happy 4th of July AZ!

Summer is definitely underway here, July has finally hit and brought along with it some truly terrifying temperatures. We’ve all been praying for monsoon season to come early this year to relieve us from this blistering heat, and with some luck, this Fourth of July may turn out to be a damp one yet. The…

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Biased Crime Labs – A Serious Concern for the Justice Community

Over the past year, news articles and scandals about ‘rogue’ crime labs all across the country have started to surface. The attached story about falsified or misleading analyst testimony supports suspect test results in court. These instances of deliberately falsifying or manipulating test results is shocking: think of all of the wrongful convictions made under faulty DNA or blood…

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Memorial Day: A Holiday of Celebrations & Remembrance

Memorial Day was first established as a national day of remembrance in 1868 several years after the end of the Civil War. Today it is still recognized as a day of respect for those who have died during the wars. Today, Memorial Day is still a national day of reverence, and has also become a…

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Forensic Science & Criminal Law:

Last week, the Daubert hearings at the Maricopa County Superior Court came to a close. A decision is expected to come down later this summer. Articles and Valley news coverage have been highlighting the significance of this case, and the serious effects caused by a police-run crime lab not attempting to repair its malfunctioning equipment….