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Bonus: What's Behind Mississippi's Staggering Prison Death Rate?

Why are so many people dying in Mississippi state prisons? As with most systemic problems, the causes are many and complex.

Bonus EpisodesDavid HarrisFebruary 11, 2020Mississippi, prisons, suicide, murder, solitary confinement, cell phones, Parchman State Prison

Ask Dave: What Can We Do About Surveillance?

Apropos of our recent episode on ALPRs, Holly from Idaho asks: what can we, as citizens, do about these surveillance systems that seem to be popping up in the digital world?

Ask DaveDavid HarrisMay 18, 2019Ask Dave, ALPR, surveillance, cell phones, thermal imaging, fourth amendment, privacy, facial recognition

Bonus: SCOTUS Rules on Cell Site Location Evidence

In what's turned out to be a week of bombshell Supreme Court news, a lesser-noticed (but still notable) ruling in Carpenter v U.S.: a 5-4 majority concurs that police need a warrant to track someone's location using data from cellular towers.

Bonus EpisodesDavid HarrisJune 28, 2018Supreme court cases, fourth amendment, Carpenter v US, cell phones, data, surveillance, privacy

Bonus: SCOTUS and Cell Phone Surveillance

The Supreme Court will hear Carpenter vs. United States, a case with major implications for police use of location data from cellular networks. David reviews what's at stake.

Bonus EpisodesDavid HarrisJune 7, 2017scotus, carpentervus, cell phones, privacy, location data, supreme court, supreme court cases

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