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How The Justice System Fails Us After Police Shootings, Caren Morrison

Caren Myers Morrison

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The Law Of Asset Forfeiture, Jimmy Gurule

Jimmy Gurule

The Law of Asset Forfeiture distinguishes the materials applicable to civil and criminal forfeiture. Attention is also paid to the most important affirmative defenses, many of a constitutional nature, as well as the non-judicial forms of relief available to property owners. There is an update feature on the LexisNexis site.

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Confronting Cops In Immigration Court, Mary Holper

Mary Holper

Immigration judges routinely use police reports to make life-altering decisions in noncitizens’ lives. The word of the police officer prevents a detainee from being released on bond, leads to negative discretionary decisions in relief from removal, and can prove that a past crime fits within a ground of removability. Yet the police officers who write these reports rarely step foot in immigration court; immigration judges rely on the hearsay document to make such critical decisions. This practice is especially troubling when the same police reports cannot be used against the noncitizen in a criminal case without the officer testifying, due …