He Was Arrested for Criticizing the Cops. A Federal Court Says He Can Sue.
Jerry Rogers Jr. complained that police hadn't solved a murder yet—and found himself in a jail cell.
Jerry Rogers Jr. complained that police hadn't solved a murder yet—and found himself in a jail cell.
"Extortion, there's no other way to explain it," the couple's attorney says.
Predicting violence is a lot harder than people claim in retrospect, and a wider net inevitably ensnares more innocent people.
Deportation proceedings are a second layer of prosecution for people who have either served their sentences or had their convictions overturned.
The problem is not sneaky entrepreneurs who sell accessories; it's legislators who ban guns based on functionally unimportant features.
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Maybe it's not a good idea for the government to prohibit all viewpoint-based moderation on social media.
A conservative judge expressed skepticism at the panel's conclusion before issuing a strong rebuke of prosecutorial immunity.
Plaintiff had shown the police cell phone messages in which she “casually discussed the sexual activity that occurred the night of the alleged rape and agreed to meet [the person she was accusing] again for a future sexual encounter,” and “told the alleged assailant that she ‘could make him lose his job’ after she discovered that he had remained active on the online dating website where they met.”
The city is insisting that 71-year-old Arslan Guney pay nearly $5,000 to cover the alleged costs of restoring the gym floor.
The paper blames a "gun-buying spree" during the pandemic for the 2020 jump in murders.
Based in divisive identitarianism, the DOJ’s new strategy is a recipe for expanded authority and conflict.
As law enforcement agencies patrol for profit, the secrecy surrounding cash seizures must stop.
A plaintiff in the class-action lawsuit says he had to declare bankruptcy after Chicago dumped $20,000 of ticket debts on him.
Maria Falcon doesn't have a business license. So New York police officers detained her and confiscated all of her merchandise.
The settlement came after the Justice Department agreed to return more than $1 million in proceeds from state-licensed marijuana businesses in California.
Caught stealing from motorists, these towns disbanded their police forces or even disbanded their governments altogether.
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Judge Ho: "There are good reasons to believe that the doctrine of absolute prosecutorial immunity is wrong as an original matter."
Anthony Novak's arrest and subsequent lawsuit set up a debate around overcriminalization and free speech.
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