Lynn University Criminal Justice Program

Lock'em up policies for criminal justice and corrections don't improve public safety and cost millions of tax dollars. Rehabilitation is always the more effective and cost-effective approach.

Louisiana’s Tough-on-Crime Policies Stand to Cost Taxpayers Millions More for Years to Come The governor’s office has dismissed experts’ concerns that his criminal justice rollbacks could swell the prison population and plunge the state into financial disaster. We analyzed how his policies have already begun to impact the state.

Reasonable minds may differ. Data in a phone is only subject to 4th Amendment protections. However, compelling a defendant to divulge the password to the device may implicate 5th Amendment protections. Courts have gone both ways - is a password compelled speech or more like compelling production of a key?

Suspect in deadly Father’s Day crash found in contempt after not handing over phone passcode Prosecutors believe distraction could have been a factor, but they need to get into her phone to find possible evidence.

A warning, this is where Interpol thinks the internet and cybercrime are headed.

AI supercharging cybercrime, top global law enforcement official warns Tools like AI chatbots allow “beginners” to commit mass-scale fraud online, said Neal Jetton, director of cybercrime at Interpol.

A murder highlights the millions of dollars from a new cybercrime - legitimately purchased gift card funds are diverted into the hands of organized crime. It also means you need to take care with gift card purchases - only from the counter or online from legitimate sources.

Derry murder is the latest fallout from N.H.'s ties to global gift card scam New Hampshire appears to be the epicenter of a global criminal operation involving stolen gift cards, rented warehouses, and millions of dollars' worth of Apple products, authorities say. A murder in Derry is among the fallout.

Cybercrime and ransom attacks are profitable. They will increase because they work and make money. Why would you stop committing profitable crimes that rarely result in any legal consequences?

Canvas hack: is it ever a good idea to pay a ransom, and what happens to the data? Businesses are advised against paying – but many are prepared to deal to protect users’ privacy

Defense counsel is confident that the Supreme Court will rule that police access to a video feed from a privately owned camera monitoring an area open to the public requires a warrant. Many don't think SCOTUS will agree with this argument.

Police watched a suspect through a neighbor’s camera for 3 years Until last week, an attorney believed the camera just happened to catch the shooting. Then she learned there was more to the story.

A Black defendant convicted of a death penalty offense and initially sentenced to death row discovered his appointed counsel was a member of the K*K. Welcome to Alabama.

On the advice of Klonsel: A look under the hood of an Alabama injustice Rocky Myers, a Black man, was sentenced to death after being represented at trial by John Mays, a court-appointed attorney long affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan.

Police misconduct never seems to stop. This case out of Colorado demonstrates the costs of allowing an "advocate for justice" to attempt to intimidate a witness. $24M jury verdict against this town in Parker, CO - the detective retired shortly after the lawsuit was filed, and has 40 open cases that will go poorly.

New Jersey man who sued police detective in Colorado awarded $24 million: "I felt vindicated" A jury in Douglas County awarded a New Jersey man $24 million after he sued a Parker police detective for malicious prosecution and false arrest.

Technologies from policing and criminal justice are rapidly adopted by private industry to control theft and other losses and liabilities. Costco is among many companies using LPR to save on losses and lawsuits.

Costco 'automatic' anti-theft measure sees shoppers before they walk in COSTCO has confirmed its use of a new type of security device hoping to end different types of theft. Other stores including Home Depot, Lowes, and Target have also implemented similar anti-t…

AI is not ready for criminal cases or legal work. The Georgia prosecutor is suspended from practice for using unchecked AI in an appeal and judge's order, as well as at least a dozen other cases. How to ruin your reputation and credibility in one combined effort!

Prosecutor suspended by Georgia Supreme Court for citing fake, AI-generated cases "These filings, as well as the trial court’s order, contain multiple case citations which either do not exist, or which exist but do not support the propositions of law for which they are cited."