"In California v. Lange (2019), the California Court of Appeal held that a police offer may always enter a suspect's home without a warrant if the officer is in "hot pursuit" of the suspect and has probable cause to believe that the suspect has committed a...
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Month: June 2021
The Freedom To Record In Public
May be a first amendment right (and probably should be). A lot of people that work with the public don't particularly care for this, but often times its the appearance of things that is more important than the ability to do or not do something (if you can't record...
Cops Breaking Into The Wrong Home On A No Knock Raid Can’t Be Sued
The police break into the wrong home belonging to a 78 year old they throw to the ground and the court decides the police and the government are protected by "qualified immunity." One of the most basic things about human nature is that incentives and consequences...
Federal Law Enforcement to Wear Body Cameras
"The Justice Department will require federal agents to wear body cameras when executing arrest warrants or searching buildings, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Monday, reversing a longstanding federal policy as more local police agencies mandate the devices...
Supreme Court Denies Challenge To The Draft
From a philosophical and moral perspective the draft should be abolished. If you believe in the moral justification for war, then by definition you shouldn't need to force people to engage in it. Regardless, the Supreme Court pushed.
False Convictions And Wrongful Convictions
It is often hard to believe that people will admit to things they didn't do, but it happens more often than people believe. A pretty good summation of the phenomenon is right here. "Scientists who study this phenomenon group false confessions into three general...
The Cycle of Debt and Suspended Licenses
Can often be unending and impossible to get out of once the whole is dug deep enough. The working poor often have vehicles that aren't working well, and yet they have to drive for work and getting pulled over and written a ticket leads to fines that are hard to pay,...