The Law Office of Randall E. Reagan

04/16/2024

The myth that fentanyl is deadly to the touch won’t die, and it's a falsehood with devastating consequences.

02/03/2024

Reply briefs provide an advocate with a welcome opportunity to recapture the momentum established in the opening brief. A good opening brief makes a powerful case for your position that, standing alone, ought to spell success. Your opponent’s response brief...

02/03/2024

A new year-long study on internet search engine results has rocked the librarian and information worlds: yes, Google really is getting worse. The study from German researchers found “the majority o…

01/17/2024

A new online database from the Electronic Frontier Foundation details the shocking extent of intrusive surveillance tech used by American police.

01/16/2024

"It's garbage," said Keith Harward, who spent 33 years in prison for r**e and murder based on bite mark evidence before DNA exonerated him.

06/07/2023

https://apnews.com/article/florida-parkland-judge-scherer-shooting-6f09c0b36a17c0190d2478534fa993f8

A Florida commission says the judge who oversaw the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz should be publicly reprimanded for showing bias toward the prosecution. The Judicial Qualifications Commission said Monday that Circuity Judge Elizabeth Scherer sometimes allowed her emotions to...

06/02/2023

https://www.courthousenews.com/texas-federal-judge-forces-lawyers-to-sign-pledge-against-using-ai-in-filings/

U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr warned artificial intelligence can make up nonexistent citations and is not bound by oaths to the law like attorneys are.

04/01/2023

https://www.lexblog.com/2023/03/30/victims-rights-trump-innocence/

At Slate, Mark Joseph Stern reached the only conclusion that any reasonable person could reach. When a victim’s brother can single-handedly imperil the exoneration of a man whom prosecutors already set free, we have abandoned any pretense that an expansive conception of victims’ rights can coexi...

03/23/2023

These days it's all secrecy and no privacy--Rolling Stones

Flock Safety works with police to market scanners to hundreds of private community groups — which have no privacy safeguards.

02/24/2023

https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-ban-review-convictions

Following a ProPublica investigation, attorneys have called for punishing prosecutors who used the technique knowing it was inadmissible in court. One conviction gets another look.

02/24/2023

Following a ProPublica investigation, attorneys have called for punishing prosecutors who used the technique knowing it was inadmissible in court. One conviction gets another look.

01/27/2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/opinion/alec-baldwin-rust-5th-amendment.html?unlocked_article_code=kntqW8KVvFE8hygqZ8PCUbPUw4kzi7Z3Yc5eQS3hS4FByzbquCe974wTaNmjRGSUARlJL_vPL64xHiok7sAMJmX52pTcssSNKQrJCG22Tf0vGE3QRroRMZVvLFeq-4Nbxk0FB1m6G6sKwuYalCgw2kufS6F64qs3QH2Jm4mLP3LO9szcHEHVfYjYhThF3k9UbbkRgd_lYwXNg7nq2CjhBGXbQ_-fI58cfKvlndI6Sdj40sNdt52I27os7FSxQEVF50uezFBEkdHf6bjlBw8XfKGNhomH5RZFHo-w22wD_T5e__4VR-v8gXEQSeJCQiIYHF5ddkb9SnL9hxrLWzhM0LkG4pz_qQAkAw&smid=share-url

Even innocent people can inadvertently make themselves seem guilty.