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The move to charge the lawmakers was an extraordinary attempt by Trump appointees to politicize the criminal justice system. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Political

Simplified: The move to charge the lawmakers was an extraordinary attempt by Trump appointees to politicize the criminal justice system.

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8 months ago
A group of ordinary citizens sitting on the grand jury in Federal District Court in Washington forcefully rejected Mr. Trump’s bid to label their expression of dissent as a criminal act warranting pro... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal

Simplified: A grand jury in Federal District Court in Washington rejected Mr. Trump’s bid to label their expression of dissent as a criminal act.

1 sources

8 months ago
It is now happening with increased frequency, as Mr. Trump’s appointees push ahead with questionable cases in an effort to appease him. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Political

Simplified: Grand jurors rebuff requests with increased frequency as Mr. Trump’s appointees push ahead with questionable cases.

1 sources

8 months ago
ICE officers in Maine photographed a legal observer and told her, "We have a nice little database, and now you're considered a domestic terrorist." 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Security , Legal

Simplified: ICE officers told a legal observer they were considered a domestic terrorist

1 sources

8 months ago
The city of Evanston deactivated its Flock license plate readers, terminated its contract with the company, and ordered all the cameras taken down. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Security , Legal

Simplified: Evanston deactivated Flock license plate readers terminated its contract and ordered cameras taken down

1 sources

8 months ago
ICE is already using facial recognition software in places like Minnesota, not only against suspected undocumented migrants but also against protesters. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Security , Legal

Simplified: ICE is using facial recognition software against suspected undocumented migrants and protesters

2 sources

8 months ago
Police obtained footage without a warrant or consent of the user. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Security , Legal

Simplified: Police obtained footage without a warrant or user consent

4 sources

8 months ago
In 2022, it emerged that police departments could access Ring footage without the camera owners' permission or even a warrant, through a dedicated portal on the service's website. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Security , Legal

Simplified: Police departments could access Ring footage without permission or a warrant in 2022

2 sources

8 months ago
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced in August that Flock had granted U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) access to its license plate readers in Illinois—a violation of state l... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Technology , Legal

Simplified: Flock granted CBP access to its license plate readers in Illinois in August

2 sources

8 months ago
The Constitution’s framers enshrined the power of grand juries in the Fifth Amendment. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal , Historical

Simplified: Constitution's framers enshrined power of grand juries in Fifth Amendment

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8 months ago
Another federal grand jury in Virginia declined at least one charge against James Comey, the former F.B.I. director; the prosecutor later improperly filed a version of the indictment the full grand ju... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Politics , Legal

Simplified: Another federal grand jury in Virginia declined at least one charge against James Comey

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8 months ago
We need procedural reform to create remedies when illegally obtained evidence is presented so constitutional violations have consequences for prosecutors. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Legal , Regulation

Simplified: Procedural reform needs to create remedies when illegally obtained evidence is presented so constitutional violations have consequences for prosecutor...

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8 months ago
This week, a grand jury rejected an effort by the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington to indict the six members of Congress who appeared last year in a video underscoring the obligation of service me... 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Politics , Legal

Simplified: This week grand jury rejected effort to indict six members of Congress

1 sources

8 months ago
He was the San Francisco district attorney from 2020 to 2022. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Legal , Political

Simplified: Chesa Boudin was the San Francisco district attorney from 2020 to 2022

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8 months ago
In 2016, the last year for which the Justice Department published such data, federal prosecutors concluded more than 155,000 cases, but grand juries refused to indict in only six of them. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal , Statistical

Simplified: In 2016 federal prosecutors concluded more than 155000 cases but grand juries refused to indict in only six of them

1 sources

8 months ago
Chesa Boudin is the executive director of the Criminal Law and Justice Center at the University of California, Berkeley. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Legal , Political

Simplified: Chesa Boudin is the executive director of the Criminal Law and Justice Center at the University of California Berkeley

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8 months ago
Eric S. Fish is a law professor at the University of California, Davis. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Legal

Simplified: Eric S Fish is a law professor at the University of California Davis

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8 months ago
The adage that a prosecutor could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich isn’t colorful rhetoric but statistical reality. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal

Simplified: Adage that prosecutor could get grand jury to indict ham sandwich is statistical reality

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8 months ago
In Minnesota, federal prosecutors have charged some demonstrators with misdemeanors in cases involving encounters with federal agents — and it is very likely that they did so in some cases because the... 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion 🏷️ Legal

Simplified: In Minnesota federal prosecutors charged demonstrators with misdemeanors in cases involving encounters with federal agents

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8 months ago
They would strengthen public confidence in the criminal justice system by ensuring that indictments are well supported. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 Opinion Article 🏷️ Legal , Regulation

Simplified: Reforms would strengthen public confidence in the criminal justice system by ensuring indictments are well supported

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8 months ago