A 2-year-old Supreme Court decision has caused more confusion than clarity on how police may track the whereabouts of criminal suspects, illustrating how hard it is for the slow-moving judicial system to keep up with the light speed of technology. In the case of United States v. Jones, decided in January 2012, the justices unanimously […]
Court sides with US in cell-tracking records case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department does not have to turn over information on cases involving warrantless cellphone tracking if the cases ended without a defendant’s conviction, a divided federal appeals court ruled Friday in upholding privacy protections for people acquitted of crimes. The ruling came in a public records lawsuit brought by the American […]
Toyota Case Shows It’s Hard to Prosecute Execs
Efforts to conceal the extent of dangerous car defects at Toyota Motor Corp. were so pervasive, prosecutors say, that an exasperated employee at one point warned that “someone will go to jail if lies are repeatedly told.” Yet no one has gone to jail, nor is anyone likely to. The Justice Department last week socked […]