Criminal
Aug. 21, 2015
Allowing mistakes of law will only increase distrust of officers
Unlike factual determinations, legal determinations need not - and should not - be made on an impromptu basis. By Sarah Ricciardi
In the wake of the controversial deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric
Garner in Staten Island, N.Y., the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision that
promises to add to the growing tension between minorities and law enforcement. In
Heien v. North Carolina, 135 S. Ct. 530 (2014), the court drastically broadened police discretion in the
context of investigatory tra...
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