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Dead Reckoning posted:I'm deeply uncomfortable with the precedent set by implied consent/no refusal laws, even though I understand the reasoning, so I'm pretty OK with Garrity. What is the reasoning behind no refusal laws? I could see this both ways. I understand the no incrimination thing, but I would also think that, since the police can search you if their suspicions clear some standard, they could call your refusal to do a breath test an obstruction of their investigation.
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Are those weak-poo poo charges? What kind of felony is second-degree riot?
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Nov 30, 2015 22:51
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Dead Reckoning posted:Riot in the second degree gets you up to five years and a $10,000 fine, assault in the second degree is up to ten years and $20,000. The shooter is facing five counts of the latter, don't know if or how they'll stack. Sounds pretty good. Is it only murder that the accessories get charged with the same crime as the triggerman? I just saw a story where a getaway driver took a murder charge on an armed robbery gone south.
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Nov 30, 2015 23:09
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The number of police charged with manslaughter and murder in 2015 is triple the number for 2014. The story cites the proliferation of video cameras as a possible cause, but I don't think it's a stretch to credit the BLM movement. Or just statistical noise, because tripling is going from 5 to 15. Also, the California Highway Patrol officer caught on camera beating the hell of some lady will not face charges. He previously agreed to resign as part of a $1.5 million settlement.
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Dec 4, 2015 09:58
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menino posted:Two off duty Chicago cops beat the poo poo out of two guys in 2010 and uniforms covered it up: Reading about people getting thrown into Kafka stories is always sad and unsurprising.
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An interesting article on California rethinking its rules on whether children can waive their right to remain silent. http://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-me-kids-confess-20151129-story.html The story starts with a 10-year-old (!) who confessed to killing his father and was subsequently convicted of murder, but this also jumped out at me: quote:A San Francisco-based state appeals court recently condemned police tactics in the case of a 13-year-old found to have committed a lewd and lascivious act upon a child.
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Trabisnikof posted:Or speaking of Chicago, how it has been confirmed that different police reports directly contradict the evidence in the McDonald killing, but shocking to no one, there've been little to no followup from police. They had a warning out for a gunblade? 
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pentyne posted:http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hung-jury-trial-baltimore-cop-freddie-gray-case-n481296 Googling around isn't telling me anything, so maybe I'll just toss this out to the lawyers in the thread. This is a great result for the defense, right?
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There's a lawsuit in California that may be the beginning of the end of the cash bail systemquote:Crystal Patterson didn't have the cash or assets to post $150,000 bail and get out of jail after her arrest for assault in October. It's blindingly obvious what the system is, but I won't be the least bit shocked if all the settled law on the matter just so happens to gently caress over the poor real hard. Strange how that happens so often.
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