Kathy McCormack of Associated Press reports: An attorney for a woman convicted of killing two boyfriends on her horse farm appealed her case to the New Hampshire Supreme Court yesterday, saying a lower court should have suppressed evidence gathered from police searches of her property. Attorney David Rothstein argued police violated Sheila LaBarre’s privacy by…
Category: Court
Power to Detain Beyond Prison Term at Issue
Nick Wilson reports: Lawyers argued before the Supreme Court Tuesday over whether the government can detain those judged sexually dangerous for indefinite periods beyond their prison terms, often applying the dangerous label in last-minute moves to delay release. “Under the theory that you are proposing, any dangerous person could be held indefinitely,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor…
UPDATE – EPIC Sues Dept. of Homeland Security, Demands Additional Documents About Airport Body Scanners
From EPIC.org: EPIC has filed a second FOIA lawsuit, demanding the release of the full resolution images captured by airport “digital strip search” machines. EPIC’s suit against the Department of Homeland Security also seeks records detailing air traveler complaints and security breaches that may have exposed data to unauthorized individuals. The TSA has called for mandatory use of the body scanners…
Have You Been Subjected to Suspicionless Laptop Search or Seizure at the Border?
Jennifer Granick of EFF writes: … the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers is seeking potential plaintiffs for a lawsuit challenging suspicionless laptop searches. As a first step in this effort, NACDL is seeking to identify defense lawyers who have had their laptops searched at the border and are willing to serve as individual plaintiffs….