Barry Friedman, Brandon Garrett, Rachel A. Harmon, Tracey L. Meares, Maria Ponomarenko, Christopher Slobogin and Jennifer Morinigo | May 18, 2022 | Policing
The American Law Institute’s membership voted today to approve Principles of the Law, Policing. The Policing Principles project began in 2015, and is the Institute’s first project in this critical area. Principles are primarily addressed to legislatures,...
Barry Friedman, Brandon Garrett, Rachel A. Harmon, Tracey L. Meares, Maria Ponomarenko, Christopher Slobogin and Jennifer Morinigo | May 12, 2022 | Policing
The following entry contains the black letter to § 1.12, Interacting with Vulnerable Populations, from Chapter 1, General Principles of Sound Policing, from Principles of the Law, Policing, Tentative Draft No. 4. § 1.12. Interacting with Vulnerable Populations ...
Megan Dingley | April 20, 2021 | Policing
In State v. Martinez, 478 P.3d 880 (N.M. 2020), the Supreme Court of New Mexico cited the Principles of the Law, Policing (T.D. No. 2, 2019), in abandoning the prevailing federal rule governing the admission of eyewitness-identification evidence, as articulated in...
Pauline Toboulidis | April 7, 2021 | Policing
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of the criminal justice system, leading to some positive changes, some missed opportunities and several lessons to be learned, according to criminal justice experts. The Law360 Access to Justice article “How COVID Has...
Mitchell Zamoff | February 19, 2021 | Policing
Mitch Zamoff of the University of Minnesota Law School has written the article “Assessing the Impact of Police Body Camera Evidence on the Litigation of Excessive Force Cases” (Georgia Law Review). The following is the introduction. In the wake of several...
