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Law Enforcement and Corrections

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2016

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Justice For Rodney King, Scott C. Burrell, Alan R. Dial, Thomas W. Mitchell Sep 2016

Justice For Rodney King, Scott C. Burrell, Alan R. Dial, Thomas W. Mitchell

Thomas W. Mitchell

May 1992 letter from three Howard University School of Law students to President George H.W. Bush advocating that the United States Department of Justice invoke the Petite Policy to initiate a criminal action against the Los Angeles Police Department police officers responsible for brutally beating Rodney King despite the fact that these offers had been acquitted in a California state court. The letter, which was read in front of the White House by Thomas Mitchell to hundreds of people who had gathered to urge the federal government to take action, sets forth a clear legal basis to permit the Justice …

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Law Enforcement And White Power: An F.B.I. Report Unraveled, 41 T. Marshall L. Rev. 103 (2015), Samuel Vincent Jones Jul 2016

Law Enforcement And White Power: An F.B.I. Report Unraveled, 41 T. Marshall L. Rev. 103 (2015), Samuel Vincent Jones

Samuel V. Jones

Because of intensifying civil strife over the recent killings of unarmed Black men, women, and boys, many Americans are wondering, “What's wrong with our police?” Remarkably, one of the most compelling but unexplored explanations may rest with an FBI warning of October, 2006, which reported that “[W]hite supremacist infiltration of law enforcement” represented a significant national threat.

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A New Perspective In Prisoners' Rights: The Right To Refuse Treatment And Rehabilitation, 10 J. Marshall J. Prac. & Proc. 173 (1976), Marc D. Ginsberg Jul 2016

A New Perspective In Prisoners' Rights: The Right To Refuse Treatment And Rehabilitation, 10 J. Marshall J. Prac. & Proc. 173 (1976), Marc D. Ginsberg

Marc D. Ginsberg

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Algunas Reflexiones Sobre El Régimen De Prevención Del Lavado De Activos Para Las Personas Jurídicas Que Reciben Donaciones O Aportes De Terceros, Tadeo Leandro Fernandez Apr 2016

Algunas Reflexiones Sobre El Régimen De Prevención Del Lavado De Activos Para Las Personas Jurídicas Que Reciben Donaciones O Aportes De Terceros, Tadeo Leandro Fernandez

Tadeo Leandro Fernandez

El objetivo de esta colaboración es describir y analizar algunos de los problemas que enfrentan las organizaciones sin fines de lucro (“OSFL”) en lo que respecta al cumplimiento de las normas de prevención del lavado de dinero y financiamiento del terrorismo (“PLA/FT”) frente a la Unidad de Información Financiera (“UIF”).

Adelantamos nuestra posición en cuanto debería suprimirse la condición de sujetos obligados (“SO”) para estas entidades toda vez que su regulación excede el marco de las Recomendaciones del Grupo de Acción Financiera (“GAFI”), que dan origen a todo el sistema internacional PLA/FT.

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Rejecting Sovereign Immunity In Public Law Litigation, Howard M. Wasserman Feb 2016

Rejecting Sovereign Immunity In Public Law Litigation, Howard M. Wasserman

Howard M Wasserman

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Dusty Order: Law Enforcement And Participant Cooperation At Burning Man, Manuel A. Gomez Jan 2016

Dusty Order: Law Enforcement And Participant Cooperation At Burning Man, Manuel A. Gomez

Manuel A. Gómez

Media depictions of Burning Man focus on the picturesque and eccentric appearance of the weeklong affair. The event is sometimes misportrayed as a lawless environment where participants are encouraged to engage in rowdy behavior. Most carnivalesque events offer an escape from reality and are generally thought to enable unruly conduct. Despite stereotypes, Burning Man is a different beast. Not only is the crime rate in Black Rock City lower than any other city of comparable size, but Burners show a high level of cooperative and law abiding behavior that helps maintain the social order without depending on official means of …

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Homeland Security Leadership.Docx, D'Andre Devon Lampkin Dec 2015

Homeland Security Leadership.Docx, D'Andre Devon Lampkin

D'Andre Lampkin

This paper highlights the leadership of Oakland Police Officer Johnna Watson as it relates to her role in Homeland Security / Emergency Management. Officer Watson currently serves as one of two Public Information Officers for the Oakland Police Department and is currently assigned to the agency’s Media Relations office (City of Oakland California). Little to no information is available on the internet about Officer Watson’s career or her qualifications as a Public Information Officer. However, several videos showing her performing her duties are available on the internet thanks to coverage by news agencies, bloggers, and social media.

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Lawn Signs: A Fourth Amendment For Constitutional Curmudgeons, Stephen E. Henderson, Andrew G. Ferguson Dec 2015

Lawn Signs: A Fourth Amendment For Constitutional Curmudgeons, Stephen E. Henderson, Andrew G. Ferguson

Stephen E Henderson

What is the constitutional significance of the proverbial “keep off the grass” sign?  This question—asked by curmudgeonly neighbors everywhere—has been given new currency in a recent decision by the United States Supreme Court.  Indeed, Florida v. Jardines might have bestowed constitutional curmudgeons with significant new Fourth Amendment protections.  By expressing expectations regarding—and control over—access to property, “the people” may be able to claim greater Fourth Amendment protections not only for their homes, but also for their persons, papers, and effects.  This article launches a constitutionally grounded, but lighthearted campaign of citizen education and empowerment: Fourth Amendment LAWn signs.  With every …

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Fourth Amendment Time Machines (And What They Might Say About Police Body Cameras), Stephen E. Henderson Dec 2015

Fourth Amendment Time Machines (And What They Might Say About Police Body Cameras), Stephen E. Henderson

Stephen E Henderson

When it comes to criminal investigation, time travel is increasingly possible.  Despite longstanding roots in traditional investigation, science is today providing something fundamentally different in the form of remarkably complete digital records.  And those big data records not only store our past, but thanks to data mining they are in many circumstances eerily good at predicting our future.  So, now that we stand on the threshold of investigatory time travel, how should the Fourth Amendment and legislation respond?  How should we approach bulk government capture, such as by a solar-powered drone employing wide-area persistent stare technology?  Is it meaningfully different …

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