Roger L. Stavis writes: With so much of our modern lives contained within our computers, what is the distinction between a "general warrant" authorizing a "rummaging" search through someone's ...

If you read a lot of search warrants, you may have noticed something odd about the standard search warrant form. Search warrants command the officer to conduct the search. They don't just authorize ...

A comment on a mistaken way to limit computer searches— focusing on People v. Carson from the Michigan Court of Appeals. As regular readers know, one of the big issues in computer search and seizure ...

These controversial warrants require Google to scour the search history of its 2 billion monthly users to find responsive ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea on Thursday defended the department's use of so-called no knock warrants, saying any serious talk of doing away with these warrants would result ...

In the six years since a team of Chicago police officers incorrectly served a search warrant at the Near West Side home of social worker Anjanette Young, the use of residential search warrants has ...

A federal district court in New York has ruled that U.S. border agents must obtain a warrant before searching the electronic devices of Americans and international travelers crossing the U.S. border.

Obtaining a search warrant in Kentucky is easier for law enforcement agencies now that the statewide rollout of the electronic system is complete.