A groundbreaking empirical analysis of Utah’s electronic warrant system shows judges approving search warrants at alarming speeds — half of all decisions happen in just over three minutes, and 1 in 10 ...

For most of modern policing, warrants were built around a simple premise: identify a place, identify an object, identify ...

If you read a lot of search warrants, you may have noticed something odd about the standard search warrant form. Search warrants command the officer to conduct the search. They don't just authorize ...

In our Reality Check stories, Herald-Leader journalists dig deeper into questions over facts, consequences and accountability. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. Equipped with a ...

A comment on a mistaken way to limit computer searches— focusing on People v. Carson from the Michigan Court of Appeals. As regular readers know, one of the big issues in computer search and seizure ...