In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Joe Biden said that he wants to hold police "accountable." But he neglected to mention the elephant in the room.
These days, he may run for president. His politics have changed.
According to the suit, the officer "acted with malice or in reckless disregard of Jane Doe's federally protected rights."
The government argued that marijuana users have no Second Amendment rights because they are dangerous, unvirtuous, and untrustworthy.
Now a judge has cleared him of wrongdoing and struck down the rule used to justify the arrest.
We may have finally discovered a limit to judicial immunity.
Police went silent on city officials following the botched raid that caused $5,000 in damages.
Normal human interaction should not automatically be considered creepy or criminal.
Prison staff were fired in less than half of substantiated incidents of sexual misconduct between 2016 and 2018, and only faced legal consequences in 6 percent of cases.
"My intention is to ensure that all Americans from the wealthiest millionaire to the poorest homeless person can exercise these rights without fear of consequence from our government," said Jeff Gray.
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According to a lawsuit, Amir Worship was sitting on the edge of his bed with his hands raised when an officer shot him, shattering his kneecap.
Out of 19 suspects arrested on terrorism charges, at least nine are accused of nothing more serious than trespassing.
There are ways to reduce abusive behavior while still protecting public safety.
A plan to put 25 inmates to death over two years is reconsidered.
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"Active bystandership" training aims to overcome the pressures that discourage police officers from intervening when their colleagues use excessive force.
"Comprehensive and accurate records are critical if patterns and causes of harm are going to be identified and corrected," said an attorney representing Louisiana inmates.
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"I have never felt threatened by a single person in this town until meeting those officers and the social worker."
The five police officers involved in the deadly encounter have been charged with Nichols' murder.
The state's "arbitrary requirement to house all male death row prisoners in permanent solitary confinement does not promote safety and security, is inconsistent with correctional best practices, and serves no penological purpose," the lawsuit claims.
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They both share in their authoritarian desires to censor online speech and violate citizen privacy.
"There is an obligation both to incarcerated persons and the taxpayers not to keep someone incarcerated for longer than they should be," a Louisiana district attorney said. "Timely release is not only a legal obligation, but arguably of equal importance, a moral obligation."
A $2.1 million penalty for failing to file a form on time reveals the agency’s true nature.
Priscilla Villarreal's case will be heard again tomorrow at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. She has attracted some unlikely supporters.
"It's time to address the fact that this is a system that needs better oversight on numerous fronts," Gov. Katie Hobbs said in a Friday press release.
"We can't be in a situation where one person can just derail this," DeSantis told a gathering of law enforcement officials.
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"Sometimes I even feel like they wanted me in there, because I was in there so long," said one 18-year-old who was wrongfully incarcerated for 166 days.
If Trump's handling of government secrets was "totally irresponsible," how should we describe Biden's conduct?
Should an elderly grandmother be forced to hand over millions of dollars to the government for failing to file a particular form?
The U.S. Sentencing Commission might make medical neglect a qualifying condition for compassionate release.
Philadelphia's progressive district attorney tried to enact criminal justice reform—and got impeached for his trouble.
The actor is a polarizing figure. That shouldn't matter when evaluating the criminal case against him.
"Under the new rule, the State would have been able to prolong the botched execution process indefinitely," the Equal Justice Initiative wrote in a press release.
"In short, the controlling motivations for the suspension were the interest in bringing down a reform prosecutor," the judge wrote.
