In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S Supreme Court held that a defendant may not be sentenced under guidelines put in place after the crime was committed. In Peugh v. United States, the petitioner was convicted in federal court on five counts of bank fraud committed between 1999 and 2000, but was sentenced based on the […]
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In a potential blow to the Fourth Amendment right to privacy, and in what some are calling “a stunning victory for law enforcement”, the United States Supreme Court decided 5-4 to overturn a lower court decision in Maryland v. King, thereby allowing police to collect a DNA sample at the time of arrest. Proponents argue […]
