By Josh Hamilton Arizona law imposes some of the harshest prison sentences anywhere in the United States. Contrary to what you might believe, most of the people behind bars in Arizona are for non-violent offenses (in particular, for drug crimes). This is according to a new report released in September…
Read MoreIn what is perhaps the most important United States Supreme Court decision of the past 25 years, the Court in July handed down perhaps its biggest ruling of the digital era, ruling that police need to have a search warrant to collect Cell Site Location Information (“CSLI”) stored by cellphone…
Read MoreIn July of 2018, in a landmark decision the Iowa Supreme Court held that inventory searches violate the Iowa Constitution’s protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. The Arizona Constitution contains a similar provision in Section 2, Article 10, which reads “No person shall be disturbed in his private affairs, or…
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