In early 2024, a firearms supervisor at Virginia’s Western Laboratory in Roanoke took a proficiency test with four items on it. She got one wrong.
That single missed item is the reason that, as VPM News reported in October 2026,
What the Body Camera Did Not Record
In most Texas DWI cases the body camera video is treated as the referee. The officer says one thing, the defendant remembers another, and everyone turns to the recording to settle it. Clients assume it will exonerate them. Prosecutors assume
Criminal Law-Felony Stealing-Sufficiency of Evidence
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Defendant appealed his conviction for felony stealing, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the jury’s verdict. Where there was sufficient evidence for the jury to find that the value of the items stolen by defendant
Criminal Law-Assault-Motion to Suppress
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Defendant appealed his conviction for assault and armed criminal action, challenging the denial of his motion to suppress. Defendant also contested the trial court’s refusal to exclude the victims’ in-court identification or a photograph shown to
Forum Shopping and Suppression of Facts in Bail Proceedings Amount to Abuse of Judicial Process: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has strongly deprecated the practice of forum shopping and concealment of material facts in bail proceedings, holding that litigants cannot simultaneously pursue remedies before different judicial forums while keeping courts uninformed of adverse orders. In Senior Intelligence
5 Witch Trials That Weren’t in Salem
Superstition was brewing long before the Salem witch trials became synonymous with mass hysteria. Many accusations of witchcraft had already shaped legal proceedings and claimed lives across Europe and colonial America. Fueled by religious fear, political conflict, and social prejudice,
Call for regime change not unlawful in a democracy: Neha Bora tells Delhi High Court
AISA president Neha Bora on Thursday defended the call for regime change as a legitimate expression of democratic dissent before the Delhi High Court, which was hearing her challenge to preventive proceedings initiated by the Delhi Police following protests against
Woman can be charged with gang rape for sharing common intention; “Persons” under Section 70 BNS is gender neutral: Delhi HC
Delhi High Court: In a matter concerning whether a woman can be charged with gang rape despite not physically committing the act of rape, a Single Judge Bench of A.J. Bhambhani, J., held that gang rape under Section 376-D,
Kerala HC permits use of Aadhaar database for fingerprint comparison in double murder investigation; Rejects privacy objection
Kerala High Court: While considering a writ petition filed by the State seeking assistance from Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in investigating an unresolved double-murder case, a Single Judge Bench of G. Girish, J., held that the statutory restrictions
FedSoc Webinar on Criminal Justice and the Declaration
The Federalist Society will livestream a webinar on October 28, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. EDT, entitled The Founders’ Indictment: Our Criminal Justice System Through the Lens of the Declaration: As Americans mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of