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A retaliatory arrest or retaliatory prosecution occurs when law enforcement or prosecutorial actions are initiated in response to an individual’s exercise of their civil rights, such as freedom of speech or assembly. These actions are considered forms of misconduct, as they aim to punish individuals for engaging in constitutionally protected ...
In jurisprudence, prosecutorial misconduct or prosecutorial overreach is "an illegal act or failing to act, on the part of a prosecutor, especially an attempt to sway the jury to wrongly convict a defendant or to impose a harsher than appropriate punishment." [1] It is similar to selective prosecution. Prosecutors are bound by a set of rules ...
In 1980 a similar case, Jenkins v. Anderson , reached the Supreme Court, its ruling distinguishing it from Doyle . The Court ruled that the prosecution is permitted to exploit as inculpatory evidence a defendant's failure to disclose an exculpatory testimony eventually presented in trial as defense, to government officials such as police in a ...
CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio (WCMH) — The city of Circleville has fired a deputy chief and an officer in the city’s police department after the two were placed on paid administrative leave following ...
Constitutional law of the United States; Overview; Articles; Amendments; History; Judicial review; Principles; Separation of powers; Individual rights; Rule of law
In criminal law, police perjury, sometimes euphemistically called "testilying", [1] [2] is the act of a police officer knowingly giving false testimony.It is typically used in a criminal trial to "make the case" against defendants believed by the police to be guilty when irregularities during the suspects' arrest or search threaten to result in their acquittal.
(The Center Square) – The Ohio Medical Board can intervene more quickly if a medical professional is accused of being sexually abusive to patients. Gov. Mike DeWine recently signed a new law ...
In jurisprudence, selective prosecution is a procedural defense in which defendants argue that they should not be held criminally liable for breaking the law because the criminal justice system discriminated against them by choosing to prosecute. In claims of selective prosecution, defendants essentially argue that it is irrelevant whether they ...