Daily Archives: January 16, 2025

TX: Judge sanctioned for blocking DNA testing of class A misdemeanants without authority

A former judge of the Harris County Criminal Court was sanctioned by the Texas Supreme Court for issuing orders of protection barring the Sheriff from taking DNA samples from class A misdemeanants because the judge believed the statute requiring it … Continue reading

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Reason: DEA ends airport gate searches after years of documented abuses of civil asset forfeiture

Reason: DEA ends airport gate searches after years of documented abuses of civil asset forfeiture by C.J. Ciaramella (“The Justice Department temporarily suspended the program in November because of ‘significant risks’ of constitutional violations.”):

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