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Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Assault
Child sexual abuse allegations are some of the most difficult cases our criminal justice system faces—especially for the defense attorneys who defend against them, the prosecutors who try them, and the judges who preside over them. Laurie Shanks, Clinical Professor…
According to the Rand Corporation, “domestic terrorism involves violence against the civilian population or infrastructure of a nation—often but not always by citizens of that nation and often with the intent to intimate, coerce, or influence national policy.”
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Category: Corruption | Criminal Justice Reform
America has known its fair share of dirty, corrupt, and violent sheriffs, e.g., former Athens County, Ohio Sheriff Pat Kelly; former Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio; former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke; and former Hidalgo County, Texas Sheriff Lupe…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
Police body cameras are a device worn by law enforcement that allow the police to gather evidence at a crime scene and, probably more importantly, to record the interactions between law enforcement and the public.
The Brennan Center for…
Category: Criminal Justice Reform
Militarize Police: The Excessive Force, Unjustified Shootings, and Lawsuits They Spawn
Police misconduct—uses of excessive force, unjustifiable shootings, and planting evidence—is a blight on the criminal justice system, offends the very core of our Constitution and has cost taxpayers in…
Category: Bank Fraud | Forfeiture
Federal forfeiture statutes authorize a dirty business—the taking of an individual’s assets the government believes are tied to criminal activity, for both convicted and un-convicted activity.
For example, 18 U.S.C. § 1345 permits a federal district court to freeze,…
Category: Constitutional Law | Federal Firearms
Ezra Griffith was a member of a Washington, D.C. gang.
In 2012, Griffith became one of several suspects in the shooting death of a rival gang member. The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) had surveillance footage of a getaway…
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