On the Serial Podcast, Adnan Syed compared his case to the case of a man named Justin Wolfe. Specifically, he told Sarah Koenig:
I heard about this other case, of a kid named Justin Wolfe. Actually Adnan mentioned the case
Circuit rules that manual examination of a traveler’s cellphone at an international border is “routine” and requires neither reasonable suspicion nor a search warrant.
United States v. Alisigwe, No. 24-960 (2d Cir. Sept. 17, 2026) (Menashi, C.J. (writing), joined by Gonzalez, D.J.; Lee, C.J., concurring in the judgment).The Second Circuit recently affirmed Chinwendu Alisigwe’s bank-fraud and money-laundering convictions, holding that border agents who
Supreme Court: Police Can Register FIR Even If Magistrate Rejected S.156(3) CrPC Application
The consequence is self-evident. The rejection of an application Under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure cannot curtail or extinguish the independent statutory obligation cast upon the Police Under Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. If,
Court Partially Limits Evidence to Present at Trial
Released for Grief: Under-Trial Prisoners, Funeral and Shraddha Ceremonies, and How to Write the Order
The Wrong Target: Why the CBC Should Be Asking About the Yom Kippur Protesters, Not the Journalist Who Reported on Them
Last week, CBC journalist Neil Herland was reportedly pulled from the air and brought before a disciplinary hearing after posting a tweet thread about being taunted on his way to the Song Shul’s Yom Kippur services at the Meridian Arts
Check In … DOJ v Judge Garaufis
Checking in on the back and forth between the DOJ and Judge Nicholas Garaufis (E.D.N.Y.).
In 2024, the DOJ criminally charged various individuals in connection with an alleged Indian bribery scheme. (See here for the prior post).
In mid-August,
Tuesday Talk*: Burning The Cornell 7
The backstory is convoluted. What happened at Chi Phi Fraternity at Cornell University on the night of October 19, 2024 is unclear. It could have been a gang rape. It could have been a woman who voluntarily engaged in drug-
Sorry to Say but It’s a Parenting Crisis
Last Wednesday (9/23) police in Madison Wisconsin responded to reports of a disturbance at a local fraternity house. Here is what they found at 8:20 pm. Wisconsin fraternity hazing tip leads police to find 30 men in hot basement, some
One of Those "Only in Miami" Cases
By John R. ByrneEver been passing through the Grove and spotted a “diminutive, nattily dressed fellow with dark, bushy eyebrows and a conspicuous toupee”? If so, you may have seen Leslie Roberts, the man the Miami New Times describes as the