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"You Crossed The Fog Line!"—Kansas, Pretext, And The Fourth Amendment, Melanie D. Wilson Jan 2010

"You Crossed The Fog Line!"—Kansas, Pretext, And The Fourth Amendment, Melanie D. Wilson

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In Whren, the United States Supreme Court sanctioned pretextual traffic stops. In practice the holding of Whren condones police investigations that target certain suspect classes of people, like Hispanics, for increased police scrutiny. In permitting pretextual stops, the Court ignored the risk that such practices will encourage police to distort the truth, overlooked the cost of under-enforcement of the laws, and ignored the consequences to the criminal justice system of race and ethnicity based discrimination.

Kansas law exacerbates these risks by making fog-line stops a model for protecting ulterior motives from a sifting judicial inquiry. In Kansas, it makes …


Comments On "The Need For Comity", James P. Jones Jan 2003

Comments On "The Need For Comity", James P. Jones

Washington and Lee Law Review

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The Need For Comity: A Proposal For Federal Court Review Of Suppression Issues In The Dual Sovereignty Context After The Antiterrorism And Effective Death Penalty Act Of 1996, Carrie M. Bowden Jan 2003

The Need For Comity: A Proposal For Federal Court Review Of Suppression Issues In The Dual Sovereignty Context After The Antiterrorism And Effective Death Penalty Act Of 1996, Carrie M. Bowden

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Should "Clean Hands" Protect The Government Against § 2515 Suppression Under Title Iii Of The Omnibus Crime Control And Safe Streets Act Of 1968?, Francis Marion Hamilton, Iii Sep 1996

Should "Clean Hands" Protect The Government Against § 2515 Suppression Under Title Iii Of The Omnibus Crime Control And Safe Streets Act Of 1968?, Francis Marion Hamilton, Iii

Washington and Lee Law Review

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