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STUDENTS' RIGHTS AND CELL PHONE SEARCHESWhen classes begin at Reynoldsburg City Schools on Monday, Officer Nikki Riley says there is one thing every kid should leave at home is their cell phone.
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TRAINING OFFICERS TO SHOOT FIRST, AND ANSWER QUESTIONS LATERThe shooting looked bad. But that is when the professor is at his best. A black motorist, pulled to the side of the road for a turn-signal violation, had stuffed his hand into his pocket. The white officer yelled for him to take it out. When the driver started to comply, the officer shot him dead.The driver was unarmed.Taking the stand at a public inquest, William J. Lewinski, the psychology professor, explained that the officer had no choice but to act.
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NYC REACHES MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT IN CHOKEHOLD DEATHNew York City has announced a $5.9 million settlement with the family of Eric Garner, who died after a police-administered chokehold, said city comptroller Scott Stringer.
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INMATE HELD IN SOLITARY FOR 20 YEARS MAY SUE, 4TH CIRCUIT SAYSAn inmate placed in solitary confinement for 20 years after participating in a violent prison riot is entitled to sue for a due process violation, a federal appeals court has ruled.
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STEUBENVILLE FOOTBALL PLAYER CONVICTED OF RAPING TEEN WILL PLAY FOR HOCKING COLLEGEMays, now 20, was released in January after serving a two-year sentence in an Ohio Department of Youth Services facility after being convicted of rape. Now, he will begin playing college football for Hocking College in the fall.
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OHIO STATE STUDENTS CAUGHT WITH DRUGS RARELY ARRESTEDOhio State University police rarely make drug arrests in residential halls even when they catch students red-handed.
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JUDGE FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE TO CHARGE POLICE OFFICERS IN CLEVELAND BOY'S SHOOTING DEATHA Cleveland judge has found that probable cause exists to charge two police officers in the shooting death last November of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.
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AMERICA JAILS HALF A MILLION PEOPLE AWAITING TRIALAt any given time, roughly 480,000 people sit in America's local jails awaiting their day in court, according an estimate by the International Centre for Prison Studies
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CENTURY-OLD LEGAL PRINCIPLE MAY LIMIT RED SOX'S LIABILITY TO INJURED FANAs Tonya Carpenter continues recovering from injuries suffered at Fenway Park - her family announced Monday her condition was upgraded to fair - a legal expert in venue safety said a century-old legal principle will make it difficult for her to hold the Red Sox or Major League Baseball liable.
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DOJ REACHES DEAL ON CLEVELAND POLICINGThe U.S. Justice Department has reached a settlement with Cleveland over an alleged pattern of unconstitutional policing, officials announced on Tuesday.
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FBI FORENSICS CONVICTED INNOCENT MAN FOR 28 YEARS CLAIMING DOG HAIR WAS HIS
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THE FBI FAKED AN ENTIRE FIELD OF FORENSIC SCIENCEThe Washington Post reported that flawed forensic hair matches might have led to possibly hundreds of wrongful convictions for rape, murder, and other violent crimes.
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SUPREME COURT SAYS POLICE VIOLATED 4TH AMENDMENT WHEN USE OF DRUG-SNIFFING DOG PROLONGED ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOPIn a 6-3 decision issued today in the case of Rodriguez v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Nebraska police violated the Fourth Amendment by extending an otherwise lawful traffic stop in order to let a drug-sniffing dog investigate the outside of the vehicle.
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U.S. SUPREME COURT: GPS TRACKERS ARE A FORM OF SEARCH AND SEIZUREIf the government puts a GPS tracker on you, your car, or any of your personal effects, it counts as a search—and is therefore protected by the Fourth Amendment.
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GROUP PUSHING TO LEGALIZE POT IN OHIO STARTS COLLECTING SIGNATURESBackers of an effort to legalize marijuana in Ohio for medicinal and recreational use have started collecting the thousands of signatures needed to get the proposal before voters.
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TYPO LEADS TO MISTAKEN IDENTITY, ACCIDENTAL ARRESTWe all get a little nervous when we see blue lights in the rear view but Patrick Portman says his traffic stop on Sunday had his heart beating out of his chest, even though he knew he had done nothing wrong. It turned out to be an easy mistake that could easily happen to anyone.
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UTAH GOVENOR SIGNS LAW ALLOWING FIRING SQUADS AS EXECUTION METHODUtah Gov. Gary Herbert on Monday signed into law a bill that authorizes the use of firing squads in executions if the state is unable to obtain lethal injection drugs.
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PROSECUTORS' 'ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY' PROTECTS THEM FROM JUSTICEWhen prosecutors lie and falsify evidence, 'absolute immunity' protects them from justice.
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U.S. SUPREME COURT AGREES TO REVIEW FLORIDA DEATH SENTENCE PROCESSThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider an appeal filed by a convicted murderer serving on Florida's death row claiming the state's sentencing process in capital cases violates the U.S. Constitution.
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TEEN'S TEXTS ENCOURAGING FRIEND'S SUICIDE ARE CITED IN DECISION TO CHARGE HER IN HIS DEATHAn 18-year-old girl from Plainville, Massachusetts, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter based on allegations she helped a friend research how to kill himself and encouraged him to go through with it.
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