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Join us this week for commentary on the Supreme Court’s criminal justice cases ending the term, a single Florida deputy who’s personally framed more than 100+ motorists for drug offenses, an Illinois man arrested for walking outside, and a bombshell election in New York City!
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Show Notes:
- Episode 93 is a patron-only special on Congressional oversight powers! (Patreon)
- SCOTUS: 7.25-1.75, no §1983 lawsuit for retaliatory arrest if there’s probable cause to arrest on any charge at all (CaseText)
- SCOTUS: 7-2, separate sovereigns exception to double jeopardy remains alive and well (CaseText)
- SCOTUS: 6-3, limitations period for §1983 wrongful prosecution lawsuits don’t start until acquittal (CaseText)
- SCOTUS: 5-4, portion of the Hobbs Act is unconstitutionally vague (CaseText)
- CALIFORNIA: Sacramento County releases disciplinary file on deputy who lied about traffic stop, tased driver (Sacramento Bee)
- CALIFORNIA: San Fransisco police raid home of journalist over leaked report into dead public defender Jeff Adachi (San Francisco Chronicle)
- The Police Chief is now “sorry” for the raid (San Francisco Chronicle)
- CALIFORNIA: Auditor finds taxpayers pay excessive overtime for the Sheriff’s Office due to paper timesheets (KTVU 2)
- FLORIDA: Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy Zachary Wester planted drugs in at least 118 vehicles! (The Appeal)
- Our episode on Deputy Wester’s termination (Fsck #86)
- This also happens in Chicago (Fsck #51)
- And in Los Angeles (Fsck #37)
- And in Baltimore (Fsck #24)
- And in Baltimore (Fsck #20)
- And in Baltimore (Fsck #17)
- HAWAII: Former prosecutor Katherine Kealoha jailed after being found guilty of conspiracy (AP News)
- ILLINOIS: The state is mass-expunging marijuana convictions (CNN)
- ILLINOIS: Freeport PD police arrest hospital patient Shaquille Dukes for going for a walk as doctor directed (Freeport Journal-Standard)
- MINNESOTA: Elected Hennepin County prosecutor Mike Freeman, whose office routinely jails people for alcohol abuse, takes medical leave for alcohol abuse (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- NEVADA: Las Vegas prosecutor Liz Mercer admonished by Nevada Supreme Court as a 2nd verdict is overturned for misconduct (KLAS 8)
- NEW YORK: Six NYC jailers indicted for conducting illegal searches, lying about it (NY Times)
- NEW YORK: Queens public defender Tiffany Cabán wins Dem nomination for District Attorney (NY Times)
- NORTH CAROLINA: Charlotte-Mecklenburg PD officer Robert Milton charged for giving alcohol to 1- and 6-year-old boys (Charlotte Observer)
- NORTH CAROLINA: White supremacist Kevin Stone, vocal neo-Confederate, is also a Chatham County probation officer (WTVD 11)
- TEXAS: Laredo woman arrested for heinous crime of letting children play outside unsupervised (Laredo Morning Times)
