Criminal Law

Report: Use of secret warrants has more than doubled since 9/11
The warrants let the FBI do wiretapping and secret domestic searches. The DOJ says 2,370 such warrants were approved last year, compared to 1,012 in 2000.

Record number of FISA warrants issued in 2007: DOJ
[JURIST] The number of surveillance and search warrants approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) [FJC backgrounder] increased again in 2007 to a record 2,370 warrants, according to a report [PDF text] released Wednesday by the US Department of Justice...

Kansas Supreme Court Rules Arrest Warrants Strikes Down DNA Based John Doe Warrants
From kansas.com: The Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the arrest warrants in seven rape cases -- the first in the nation to charge someone's DNA with a crime -- weren't specific enough to meet legal standards...

CHP GETS FEDERAL GRANT TO CRACKDOWN ON DUI DRIVERS WITH ARREST WARRANTS
A recent press release from the California Highway Patrol announced that the agency has received a federal grant to arrest DUI drivers with outstanding warrants for failure to appear in court on DUI charges, or failure to pay fines or show proof of completion of other requirements imposed by the court after a DUI conviction...

Ind. Courts - Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Department to list active warrants online
From a story today in the Lafayette Journal Courier:The Tippecanoe County Sheriff's Department is partnering with a Fort Wayne-based company to list more than 4,000 active felony and misdemeanor warrants online...

Treasury Conference Call: On Equity Warrants
I was on the conference call with the Treasury officials tonight, and listening to the official who opened the call (I didn't catch his name) talk about the warrants, I got the distinct sense that the Treasury isn't planning to take significant warrants from institutions that voluntarily participate in the "market mechanisms" (i...