December 2017 edition of the Reasonably Suspicious Podcast from Just Liberty featuring JL Policy Director Scott Henson and Amanda Marzullo, executive director of the Texas Defender Service.
Top Stories
US v. Carpenter: SCOTUS appears likely to require a warrant for cell-phone location data.
Interview
Brandi Grissom, discussing the staff-on-youth sex scandal at the Gainesville State School.
Home Court Advantage
Evaluating a sharply split decision from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upholding a first-degree felony drug conviction in which a police officer stole the product and laced sheetrock with less than a gram of cocaine to frame the defendant. (See prior Grits coverage.)
Interview
Peter Neufeld of the national Innocence Project, discussing forensic science reform.
Errors and Updates
Forensic hypnosis
Austin City Council rejected police union contract
DNA mixture evidence
The Last Hurrah
TDCJ prison understaffing and staff safety
Death penalty use declining: A first for Harris County in 40 years
Dallas pilot program de-escalates mental-health calls by sending medical staff instead of cops
