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Less than six hours after the death, Sergeant Barry was placed on administrative duty and stripped of his badge and gun. [7] According to The New York Times, "Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a news conference that the sergeant had not followed training or protocols for dealing with those with mental illness, and for some reason had neither used his Taser nor waited for specialized officers ...
Outraged delegates from the colonies united to share their grievances in the First Continental Congress in Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774 to determine if the colonies should, or were interested in taking action against the British. [1] [2] All the colonies except Georgia sent delegates to this conference. [3]
12 THE COURT: I don't know. We'll look 13 at that over the break as far as what the 14 actual language was used. 15 MS. SULLIVAN: All right. Thank you, 16 Your Honor. 17 THE COURT: All right. Okay. Thank 18 you. We will take a recess and let's just 19 get whatever that is. We'll clarify that, 20 okay. 21 COURT CRIER: Yes, Your Honor. 22 This ...
The BATNA could include diverse situations, such as suspension of negotiations, transition to another negotiating partner, appeal to the court's ruling, the execution of strikes, and the formation of other forms of alliances. [1] BATNA is the key focus and the driving force behind a successful negotiator.
The Court found that mentally retarded persons are not a 'suspect' class of persons (requiring the same level of protection as racial minorities); thus, governments are free to enact almost any legislation or rule to civilly commit them, and the courts will not intervene, short of illegal or ridiculous actions (called 'rational' scrutiny). [3] 14th
As stated in Brewer v.Williams, 430 U.S. 387 (1977), the right to counsel "means at least that a person is entitled to the help of a lawyer at or after the time that judicial proceedings have been initiated against him, 'whether by way of formal charge, preliminary hearing, indictment, information, or arraignment. ' " [2] Brewer goes on to conclude that once adversarial proceedings have begun ...
Elonis v. United States, 575 U.S. 723 (2015), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning whether conviction of threatening another person over interstate lines (under 18 U.S.C. § 875(c) [1]) requires proof of subjective intent to threaten or whether it is enough to show that a "reasonable person" would regard the statement as threatening. [2]
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