Impeachment: American Crime Story
Ryan Murphy's take on the Clinton impeachment has a bipartisan message about the corrupting nature of power.
Ryan Murphy's take on the Clinton impeachment has a bipartisan message about the corrupting nature of power.
Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich said Moses would be a free woman—if she hadn't insisted on exercising her constitutional right to trial.
According to a former federal prosecutor, the seemingly redundant case sends "the message that the Justice Department won't tolerate this type of racist hatred."
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Larry Krasner also questions the effectiveness of "supply-side" measures aimed at reducing criminals' access to firearms.
In addition, 201 "sex buyers" were arrested.
Banning "no-knock" search warrants is not enough to prevent lethal confrontations between cops and people exercising the right to armed self-defense.
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Louisiana refused to release Sneed for months, despite a judge ruling several times that the state was breaking the law.
Ever wonder where people get the idea that police are thin-skinned bullies?
The Institute for Justice offers a generally pessimistic appraisal of the situation under state law, but some optimism about prospects in the Supreme Court.
Professors' and think tanks' amicus brief urges Court to grant certiorari
Facial recognition software can secretly surveil and is subject to error.
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San Bernardino County deputies stopped the same armored-car driver twice and took nearly $1.1 million in cash owned by legal marijuana dispensaries.
The sheriff's deputies are also not entitled to qualified immunity because the First Amendment right to offend police has been repeatedly upheld.
Neither Republicans nor Democrats can be trusted to give an honest account of what happened that day.
Civil libertarians have reason to be wary of Judge J. Michelle Childs.
"I almost don't have words for how low it made me feel," says Melissa Henderson.
The 22-year-old man was shot by a Minneapolis police officer during the execution of a no-knock warrant on which he was not named.
A federal judge declined to issue a temporary restraining order, saying the evidence of legal violations is insufficient at this point.
The governor needs to leave his fancy Sacramento-area compound more often to see what's going on throughout the state.
Defense lawyer Amy Phillips is suing over what she calls the department's "watchlist policy."
Someone should tell Pete Buttigieg that local governments use speed cameras more for revenue than for safety.
The actor's overdose death was a tragedy, but overzealous prosecution of the dealers who sold him the drugs will only make the problem worse.
Despite a binary media narrative, the vast majority of the U.S. is in favor of quality, accountable policing.
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It's "about values," Sgt. Dan Hils said, while mayor's office wishes cops would focus on violent crime.
The bill was introduced in response to a state investigation that found police used fake forensic evidence during interrogations.
Butts County, Georgia, Sheriff Gary Long cited no evidence to support his pre-Halloween stunt.
"Active bystandership" training encourages officers to stop their colleagues from violating people's rights.
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Politicians deputize the private sector to restrict rights protected from the government.
It is almost impossible to hold a rogue federal officer accountable. The Supreme Court may make it even harder.
A new Iranian thriller is both an elaborate social parable and an extended advertisement for the U.S. bankruptcy system.
The students' negative COVID tests weren't good enough for school administrators.
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