NHDefender Blog

Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment does not bar the police from taking a DNA sample from anyone who has been arrested for a crime serious enough to warrant detention and booking. The case is Maryland v. King. It… Read More

Can it be true that our own government is now in the business of selling child porn on the web? Most people would not be surprised to learn that the FBI, with judicial authorization, can seize and shut down a child pornography website. After all, chi… Read More

Earlier this week on our Blog, I warned about NH DWI roadblocks coming this weekend to Portsmouth, NH. This morning, the Portsmouth Herald reported that the NH DWI roadblock ensnared 179 people, all of whom were detained without reasonable suspicion,… Read More

This week, the National Transportation Safety Board made its official recommendation that all 50 States adopt a new legal limit of .05 percent blood alcohol concentration. This would be nothing less than a foolhardy attempt to return the days of Proh… Read More

Thinking about meeting up with friends or family in Portsmouth for dinner and drinks this weekend? Better get a designated driver, or find a new venue. According to Foster’s Daily Democrat, Portsmouth’s police chief has announced that so-… Read More

In the 2012 case of Miller v. Alabama, the US Supreme Court held that the 8th Amendment bars mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles who commit murder. The court did not say that such sentences were barred in every case. Instead the cou… Read More

After years of trying, medical marijuana activists are closer than ever before, to passing a law that would allow NH to become the last New England state to legalize medical marijuana. An expansive version of the law passed the NH House overwhelmingl… Read More

The Union Leader reports that in Rockingham Superior Judge Wageling held a witness in contempt for refusing to testify, telling him, “I will wait this out as long as you wait this out.” It’s not clear from the news what is motivatin… Read More