Legal

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Legal considerations in the use of digital video in criminal cases

Law enforcement’s challenge with the proliferation of potential video evidence is in obtaining and preserving the images captured for future evidentiary value

October 04, 2011 08:35 AM

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Terrence P. Dwyer, Esq.

Entertainment

P1 Humor Corner: Miranda, revised

September 27, 2011 09:28 AM

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Downsides of the cell phone

Our cell phones are such invaluable tools that we pretty much take them for granted, never really thinking about the fact that they can be traced, mapped, tapped, and subpoenaed

September 22, 2011 12:31 PM

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Ga. bill that would remove permit restriction for concealed weapons heads to Senate

February 13, 2007 01:46 AM

Officers involved in shooting elderly Atlanta woman to face murder charges, lawyer says

February 08, 2007 12:44 AM

NAACP calls for warrant limits in response to death of Atlanta elderly woman

February 06, 2007 12:49 AM

CHP sued over release of car wreck photos; images appeared on hundreds of websites

February 05, 2007 01:57 AM

Civil rights leader threatens lawsuit over NYC street stops

February 05, 2007 12:43 AM

Fla. police nab 2 felons’ weapons in traffic stops

February 03, 2007 05:45 AM

NYC cop killer sentenced to death

January 31, 2007 12:47 AM

Report: Felons exploit loopholes in Fla. concealed weapons law

January 29, 2007 12:40 AM

US deputy marshal indicted in leak of witness information

January 26, 2007 12:25 AM

Calif. man get 5 years for planned school attack

January 19, 2007 12:49 AM

Student shocked by stun gun in campus library sues UCLA

January 18, 2007 12:51 AM

Gay N.J. officer settles discrimination suit for $450,000

January 12, 2007 01:48 AM

Drug Interdiction / Narcotics

Mo. deputy sheriff wins $5 million judgment for meth raid injuries

December 21, 2006 06:01 AM

“Bucky” gets life, no parole

December 19, 2006 04:07 AM

Pa. samurai killer wins police brutality case, awarded $1

November 30, 2006 05:06 AM

“Guilty as hell,” pleads cop killer “Bucky” Phillips

November 30, 2006 04:11 AM

One family’s long wait for justice … and still counting

November 29, 2006 04:55 AM

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Charles Remsberg

Legal

Ex-fugitive “Bucky” Phillips pleads guilty to shooting N.Y. trooper

November 29, 2006 04:04 AM

DA: LAPD shooting of child wasn’t crime

November 28, 2006 11:58 AM

Probe sought in Atlanta police shooting

November 24, 2006 09:37 AM

More charges in Phoenix serial shootings

November 18, 2006 06:37 AM

Pa. man sentenced to die for killing officer

November 17, 2006 01:11 PM

Los Angeles man in police beating video pleads no contest to resisting arrest

November 16, 2006 05:22 AM

Mass.: Fake deputies get real time for theft

November 15, 2006 01:03 PM

DA cleared LAPD officers in pepper spraying

November 15, 2006 04:24 AM

Jailer admits killing officer lover, then attends movie

November 10, 2006 11:53 AM

N.Y. ‘Mafia Cops’ appeals cases tossed out

November 09, 2006 11:39 AM

$8.3 million awarded in Pa. police sex-abuse case

November 09, 2006 05:45 AM

D.C. sniper sentenced to life for 6 shootings

November 09, 2006 04:26 AM

2 LAPD officers sue city over transfer out of gang unit

November 07, 2006 11:48 AM

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