The Biden Administration's Obfuscation on Using Clemency To Free Pot Prisoners Is Not a Hopeful Sign
Press Secretary Jen Psaki repeatedly tried to muddy the issue by changing the subject to reclassifying marijuana.
Press Secretary Jen Psaki repeatedly tried to muddy the issue by changing the subject to reclassifying marijuana.
Do "Black and white people routinely commit crimes at similar rates," if we focus on violent crime? Is "Black-on-Black crime ... a myth"?
A Virginia lawyer successfully defended her stepson in court. Three days later, police raided her house using a flimsy search warrant.
Imagine a world in which media outlets were unable or afraid to post video of police and other authorities acting reprehensibly.
The GOP has resisted reining in the doctrine. That might change.
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Did the city's "policies, customs or practices," invite Fourth Amendment violations?
Most victims of police misconduct never get to take their cases to court.
"At some point, a regulation or a law with the absolute best of intentions will be wielded by people who may not have the absolute best of intentions."
Bans on dangling objects are just one example of the myriad petty rules that give police the power to stop nearly any driver at will.
The Nordic Model comes to Manhattan.
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The guilty verdicts on all three counts reflect the logical force of the prosecution's case as well as the emotional impact of watching the assault on George Floyd.
Whatever happens, much will remain to be done to curb police abuse. But there is still no justification for rioting.
It's yet another example of the effects of having to enforce dumb laws.
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"This wasn't policing," the prosecution says. "This was murder."
"How can an ordinary person afford to wait years after the government takes their car?"
From protests to the coronavirus, it thinks it can protect you from anything.
Certain politicians and pundits are living in a 1930s fantasy world.
More than 4,000 people released on home confinement could be sent back to federal prison after the pandemic. Senators and advocacy groups say it's cruel and unnecessary.
Among other things, it calls for online censorship to shield identities of public officials and lets the governor control city police budgets.
The en banc ruling calls the sordid deal a "national disgrace" but concludes the courts are powerless to enforce crime victims' rights in pre-charging situations--a disturbing ruling that I hope will be quickly overturned.
Prosecutors initially suggested that the boy had a gun in his hand, but the government walked that back today.
The defense rested without calling Chauvin to the stand, and closing arguments are expected on Monday.
That was one of several eyebrow-raising claims made by Barry Brodd, who said Derek Chauvin's actions were "objectively reasonable."
A ban won’t stop mass shootings, but it will hinder self-defense.
Arizona passed a law raising the standard of evidence for asset forfeiture. That didn't help Jerry Johnson when Phoenix police seized his cash.
In this case of first impression, Judge Bush turns to the original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment