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Constitutional Challenges, Risk-Based Analysis And Criminal History Databases: More Demands On The U.S. Sentencing Commission, Nora V. Demleitner Feb 2005

Constitutional Challenges, Risk-Based Analysis And Criminal History Databases: More Demands On The U.S. Sentencing Commission, Nora V. Demleitner

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Smart Public Policy: Replacing Imprisonment With Targeted Nonprison Sentences And Collateral Sanctions, Nora V. Demleitner Jan 2005

Smart Public Policy: Replacing Imprisonment With Targeted Nonprison Sentences And Collateral Sanctions, Nora V. Demleitner

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Since When Is Dicta Enough To Trump Fourth Amendment Rights? The Aftermath Of Florida V. J.L., Melanie D. Wilson Jan 2005

Since When Is Dicta Enough To Trump Fourth Amendment Rights? The Aftermath Of Florida V. J.L., Melanie D. Wilson

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Unfortunately for individual liberty, and the inestimable right to personal security, the Supreme Court's extraneous language in its otherwise, well-reasoned decision in Florida v. J.L., and the lower federal courts' interpretation of that extraneous language, have jeopardized the Constitutional right to be free from capricious stops and frivolous frisks, both of which necessarily intrude on the sanctity of the person and sometimes "inflict great indignity and arouse strong resentment . . . ." When read logically and narrowly, the J.L. decision holds that an anonymous telephone tip, alone, does not give law enforcement a sufficient legal basis to stop or …