by erikbruceDUI While Sleeping
Recently, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision where a majority of justices voted to uphold the admission in evidence of blood-alcohol test results that police obtained after ordering a blood draw on an unconscious suspect without first getting a warrant. Mitchell v. Wisconsin,588 US ___ (2019). The court reasoned that the evidence of alcohol in the blood created an exigency...by erikbruceDeath Penalty Fails Again
Yesterday, the California Supreme Court granted habeas corpus relief to a man awaiting execution on San Quentin’s death row. The court sustained the defendant’s conviction but stayed the sentence of death. During the penalty phase where the jury decides death or life without parole, the government presented a witness who falsely identified the defendant/petitioner as the man who sexually...by erikbrucePolice Bias has a Long History
This week in San Francisco history (1934), police shot and killed two striking longshoremen during a clash with strike breakers attempting to unload goods on the waterfront. One hundred and nine other strikers suffered serious wounds during the clash that became known as “Bloody Thursday.” During the pre-World War II era, police commonly supported management’s attempt to violently break...by erikbruce