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How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody

The Times has reconstructed the death of George Floyd on May 25. Security footage, witness videos and official documents show how a series ...

Can I be arrested based on just hearsay? | Mattie Fore Law LLC

A police officer needs only probable cause to make an arrest and a person claiming to be victimized is often the only evidence an officer has ...

Code of Virginia Code - Chapter 9. Bail and Recognizances

"Bail" means the pretrial release of a person from custody upon those terms and conditions specified by order of an appropriate judicial officer.

Cannibal Cop case concludes with last charge dismissed

A federal appeals court on Thursday dismissed the last remaining charge in the New York City “Cannibal Cop” case, ruling that a former New ...

Court Rules Crim 9.02 - MN Revisor's Office

Rule 9.Discovery in Felony, Gross Misdemeanor, and Misdemeanor Cases. Rule 9.01Prosecution Disclosure in Felony and Gross Misdemeanor Cases. Subd. 1.Prosecution ...

Karen Read Murder Trial: Key Moments So Far - Newsweek

Defendant's legal team allege she is the victim of a police conspiracy to frame her for the death of her police officer boyfriend.

Shot by cops, thwarted by judges and geography - Reuters

David Collie filed an excessive force lawsuit against the Fort Worth, Texas, cop who shot him, but his case was thrown out when courts ruled the officer was ...

Walter McMillian - Equal Justice Initiative

Walter McMillian, who is Black, was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a young white woman who worked as a clerk in a dry cleaning store in ...

Burden of proof (law) - Wikipedia

In a legal dispute, one party has the burden of proof to show that they are correct, while the other party has no such burden and is presumed to be correct.

Senior officials ordered destruction of Vallejo police shooting evidence

The Vallejo city attorney's office has long resisted public scrutiny of the police department's frequent shootings. With a new law poised to ...

What Happens in Cases of Domestic Violence - Courts - Seattle.gov

Mandatory Arrest. The law requires a police officer responding to a domestic violence incident to make an arrest if the officer has probable cause to believe ...

Testilying: Cops Are Liars Who Get Away with Perjury - VICE

Misrepresentation, deception, and outright lying appear to be part of a police officer's job description, so much so that the term “testilying,” now common ...

The Aftermath - Outcome Of The Rampart Scandal Investigations | PBS

In June 2008 a federal appeals court upheld a lower court's award of $15 million ($5 million each) to three officers initially convicted in the Ramparts ...

Florida court fight gives insight into the House review of sex ... - KTVZ

The evidence related to some of the salacious allegations against Gaetz surfaced in a civil lawsuit brought by one friend of the Florida ...

Many dishonest police officers on Brady lists still work, testify

Across the USA, prosecutors aren't tracking officer misconduct, skirting Supreme Court "Brady" rules and sometimes leading to wrongful ...

Exclusionary Rule - Good-Faith Exception: New Limitations on the ...

On March 1, 1995, the United States Supreme Court in Arizona v. Evans' extended the good-faith exception to the Fourth Amendment's.

Article VIII: Hearsay - Mass.gov

As a result, the Supreme Court held that “testimonial statements” of a witness for the government in a criminal case who is not present at trial ...

Kamala Harris's record as prosecutor, explained - Vox

When Kamala Harris ran for president in 2020, her critics from the left argued that her record as a prosecutor was out of line with where the ...

Tallahassee police chief slams release of edited DUI video before trial

TPD Chief Lawrence Revell blasted a report that appeared online with accompanying body-camera video alleging an officer "planted" evidence.