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Detroit police involvement in accidental shooting death of 7-year-old girl must lead to changes
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Police departments across the nation can learn lessons from this tragedy There’s no argument to the idea that police officers obviously have incredibly difficult, complex jobs. They have to deal in the pressure of the moment with unpredictable, dangerous and violent suspects who commit crimes. Sometimes, they can’t instantly recognize who the bad guys are…
Update: U.S. Supreme Court makes the right decision by banning teen life sentences without parole in non-murder cases
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Back in November, we wrote here that sentencing juvenile offenders to life in prison without any chance for parole is cruel and unusual punishment and should be outlawed when their crimes don’t include murder. Across our nation in non-homicide cases, 129 teens are serving life sentences without parole, including 77 in Florida, according to a…
Is cursing a crime, or is it free speech?
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Imagine you are driving in traffic on a public street and another driver cuts you off. Imagine going to a sporting event and watching a player on your favorite team doing something that really irks you, like dropping a ball. Or imagine walking down a street on the sidewalk and having an outrageously loud vehicle…
Bad cops: When the police can’t be trusted, we are all endangered
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It is one of the nightmares of a free society when bad cops break their oaths and crush the very laws they are sworn to uphold. That’s what happened recently in Camden, N.J., when one Camden police officer pleaded guilty in March to federal conspiracy charges. According to reports in The Philadelphia Inquirer, the officer…
Video Blog: Statute of Limitations
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Have you been injured in an accident? Generally, you only have two years from the date of the accident to file a personal injury claim. It is important that you contact a lawyer right away so as not to miss your opportunity to recover compensation for your injuries. However, there are some exceptions to this…
Toxins in former N.J. child day care center are a reminder for parents to be vigilant
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It’s a nightmare for any parent, but sadly it is all too real – a Gloucester County, N.J., children’s day care center was closed in January 2006 after it was found to contain levels of potentially toxic mercury vapors that were 27 times acceptable levels inside the building. Somehow the building that housed the former…
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