Legal
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When regular maintenance is not being conducted, it puts not only convictions at risk, but possibly even lives
Privacy protections under the Fourth Amendment remain a core concern to the U.S. Supreme Court
“Too much of a bad thing” is resulting in calls for reform and legal restraints
For both, the experience was humiliating and frightening — and they say — illegal because they believe they were stopped because of their race
They allegedly made online threats against accuser the day after 2 football players were convicted in a case which made national headlines
The man was detained for 3 days when he arrived at the police station to clear the confusion up
The trial, set to begin Monday, will include testimony from a dozen people who say they were targeted because of their race
2 off-duty cops were charged with driving while intoxicated, an administrative aide was charged with possession of a controlled substance
The officer is charged with two counts each of reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol
Zachary Buza, 20, was convicted of shooting at an Indiana State Police trooper from the window of a home
She offered $4K for the two so she could bail her boyfriend out of jail; an acquaintance warned police
Superiors issued a verbal “gag order” asking him to refrain from any political statements until they could meet to discuss his lobbyin
Fifty years after the landmark Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona, rulings related to the ‘right to remain silent’ occur somewhat regularly
The FBI spent about a year investigating the case in which an ICE agent killed a colleague who opened fire on their boss
A Miranda warning is required only when the suspect is being interrogated while in custody
Kareem Turner has a preliminary hearing scheduled Thursday in Virginia Beach
Chicago’s price tag for legal claims against its police force is climbing and has already surpassed the $27 million the city set aside for this year
He is in critical condition after being found with self-inflicted cuts when police entered the motel room Tuesday to arrest him
The warning from police that suspects have the right to remain silent sprang, in part, from the arrest of Ernesto Miranda in Phoenix on March 13, 1963
The defense attorney said the verdict set a “dangerous precedent. People can be prosecuted for their thoughts and convicted”
They escorted a caravan of sports cars that traveled the Garden State Parkway last year at 100 mph, and covered their plate numbers
The suspect was shot 4 times after fleeing police when one officer jumped into his car to assure that it would not move
The law, which supporters say could help tragedies like the Sandy Hook massacre, will go into effect July 1
The suspect is charged with capital murder in Thursday’s slaying of 63-year-old Master Trooper Junius Walker
Steve Johnson was sentenced Friday in the June 2002 kidnapping at Bar Veloce in the East Village
A repeat drunken driver convicted in a crash that killed two teenagers is suing his drinking buddy and two restaurants
Judge William Sylvester granted one defense request, for a written explanation of the consequences of pleading not guilty by reason of insanity
2 Tennessee lawmakers said they will press ahead with a bill that would strip the Vanderbilt University Police Department of state recognition unless the school abandons its “all-comers” policy
Bills was charged with attempted murder, carjacking, aggravated assault, and other offenses. Sykes was charged with conspiracy to commit theft of a car and joyriding
After serving 90 days in jail, the man will stand outside a police station wearing a sign saying ‘I was an idiot’
U.S. District Court Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle declared the mistrial when jurors could not reach a verdict for Antoine Jones after more than seven days of deliberations
8 former U.S. drug chiefs warned the government that time is running out to nullify the new laws legalizing recreational marijuana use
The officer was reportedly bullied by his department after the video of him punching the windows of a vehicle went viral
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