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Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association, 485 U.S. 439 (1988), was a United States Supreme Court landmark [2] case in which the Court ruled on the applicability of the Free Exercise Clause to the practice of religion on Native American sacred lands, specifically in the Chimney Rock area of the Six Rivers National Forest in California. [2]
In the United States of America, "lying in state" is generally considered to be when one's body is placed in the rotunda of the United States Capitol. [citation needed] When the deceased person is placed in another location, like the Great Hall of the Supreme Court, they lie in repose, as was the case following the deaths of Justices Antonin Scalia in February 2016, [2] Ruth Bader Ginsburg in ...
The prosecutor with the Public Corruption Unit recounted the events of incident with Detective Mark Moretti.
Today, many jurisdictions have abandoned the principle as a formal rule of evidence and instead apply the rule as a "permissible inference that the jury may or may not draw." [ 13 ] However, some courts continue to apply the doctrine to discredit witnesses that have previously offered false testimony. [ 14 ]
Alexander Smirnov, an FBI confidential human source, was charged with lying about President Joe Biden, his son Hunter Biden and Burisma. Special counsel charges FBI informant with lying to the ...
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When police lie under oath, innocent people can be convicted and jailed; hundreds of convictions have been set aside as a result of such police misconduct. [5] Some sources say that it is both a police and a prosecutorial problem and that it is a systemic response to the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine, which was recognized in the US Supreme Court decision Mapp v.
Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry has been charged with lying to federal authorities about a foreign billionaire's illegal $30,000 contribution to his campaign, reviving a case that was derailed by an ...