6th Circuit: This Man Can Sue the Cop Who Arrested Him for Defending His Daughter Against a Feral Cat
Dwain Barton says Officer Dean Vann illegally entered his home and used excessive force while arresting him without probable cause.
Dwain Barton says Officer Dean Vann illegally entered his home and used excessive force while arresting him without probable cause.
District Attorney George Brauchler: "Bottom line is if one of us had been in that car and not officer Nate Meier, you ask me if I think it would have been treated differently, I do."
In several cases, victims received higher bonds than criminal defendants and were forced to serve jail time.
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The lawsuit says Wayne County police stop and seize cars simply for entering or leaving certain areas.
The state’s new rules requiring information-sharing with defense lawyers are not to blame here.
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Undercover sheriff's deputies posing as homeowners hired handymen to paint, install recessed lighting, or do other tasks that require licenses. Then they arrested them.
ACLU argues the practice violates the Eighth Amendment.
Former prosecutor Bennett Gershman: "The use of jailhouse informants...is one of the great abuses in criminal trials across America."
"People commit crimes all the time without knowing it. It's impossible to know what sort of behavior is criminal."
But he'll have to do more than coast on a few commendable pardons if he wants to prove he's serious.
Prince George's County had started a pilot program to fit officers with body cameras five years ago, but never set aside the money to expand.
Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg says it's reasonable to presume that Gerald Goines also lied in other drug cases.
While the president seems sincerely concerned about "very unfair" drug penalties, it's not clear whether he thinks his work in that area is done.
"This whole question of how we kill our prisoners is sort of a sideshow when the system is as broken as it is."
A potent combination of puritanism, racism, and political opportunism is putting Asian masseuses and the people who support them in needless danger.
Activists urge Klobuchar to suspend her presidential campaign.
GOP attacks on internet smut are heating up, but the porn industry has more practical threats to worry about.
In November, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Kansas v. Glover.
How can prosecuting a black woman for slapping Jews in 2020 be authorized by the constitutional amendment that abolished slavery in 1865?
Police and prosecutors want to maintain a system that punishes poor people before they’re ever convicted.
Supporters of Lance believe the court should have tested DNA before sentencing him to death.
“The suspect was struck several times by the officer's duty weapon.” No, the cop shot him.
Council member Gregorio Casar: "I think the state of Texas should come out of the Stone Ages and not only decriminalize but legalize marijuana in the state."
The presidential hopeful weighs in on the Supreme Court.
The ACLU and the Innocence Project are suing to uncover the evidence.
Fireburn, puppycide, and the DOJ beggars belief.
Florida has had more exonerations of death row inmates than any other state in the U.S.
A new Drug Policy Alliance report highlights this puzzling and dangerous inconsistency.
A bipartisan coalition wants to restrain secret snooping and create more independent oversight of the secretive FISA Court.
The Supreme Court had denied cert in the texting suicide case
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Following an insider trading conviction and the collapse of his career, Damilare Sonoiki is suing Harvard.
The Judicial Conference Doesn't Want Judges to Be Members.