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Digital Evidence
AI Prompts Are Discoverable as Expert’s Methodology
What the Flock? How ALPR Surveillance Works, How It’s Abused, and How to Challenge It
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 Time: 3:00–4:30 p.m. ET Location: Online | No CLE credit Offered at no cost by NACDL to their members and non-members Automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) are tracking vehicles across the country—collecting location data, creating detailed records of people’s movements, and increasingly becoming part of criminal investigations. But how does …
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NJ public defenders launch AI platform to streamline legal work
Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love Them. Citizens Don’t.
Will AI Sycophancy Contaminate Law Enforcement?
‘Tower dump’ warrants ruled unconstitutional
In Re Four Applications for Search Warrants Seeking Information Associated With Particular Cellular Towers a/k/a Tower-Dump Warrants (2026)
Federal court in Mississippi held that cell phone “tower dumps” are per se unconstitutional general warrants.
Police Surveillance Technology: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Parity in Practice: The Defender’s Duty to Ethically Use AI
NACDL white paper finding that competent, ethical use of AI is now part of a defender’s professional duty. The paper provides roadmap for how to verify AI output, protect client confidentiality, vet vendors, and build an office policy. It includes a model policy for defender offices or firms.
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Defense attorneys urged to cautiously adopt AI to match prosecution
National Litigation Support Blog for Federal/Community Defenders and CJA Practitioners
The NLS Blog has many posts that are useful to criminal practitioners covering various topics related to digital evidence. Recent posts include a post-Chatrie primer for suppression litigation and new information about cellular area searches. Defenders can subscribe to the blog to receive an email each time a new article is posted.
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Funders Are Losing the Race to Govern AI. Here’s How They Can Catch Up.
Hundreds of Drone-as-First-Responder Programs Could Soon Be Launched Across the Country
ACLU Surveillance Discovery Project
This project has compiled model motions that criminal defense attorneys can adapt and use to request information about law enforcement’s use of digital surveillance technologies, ranging from facial recognition to license plate readers to other forms of location tracking tech.