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Laquan McDonald Video Not Dispositive of Police Criminal Misconduct

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 25, 2015 180 Comments

Whether video shows a crime remains to be proven.

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Texan Who Videotaped His Own “Self-Defense” Convicted on Re-Trial

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 21, 2015 25 Comments

Jury convicts Raul Rodriguez of murder after just three hours of deliberations

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Changes Proposed to Florida’s Infamous “10-20-Life” Sentencing Law

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 20, 2015 9 Comments

Cases of aggravated assault would no longer be subject to mandatory minimum

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Self-Defense Immunity Motion In Florida Movie Theater Shooting

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 18, 2015 78 Comments

Motion a good model for arguing & understanding self-defense immunity

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Florida Effort to Change Burden on Self-Defense Immunity Fails

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 17, 2015 17 Comments

Burden to remain on accused to prove self-defense by a preponderance of the evidence

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Retrial Begins for Firefighter Who Selfied “Stand-Your-Ground”

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 16, 2015 32 Comments

Firefighter repeatedly says he's "standing his ground" on self-made video of deadly confrontation

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Stand-Your-Ground Study Authors Concede They Didn’t Study Stand-Your-Ground

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 06, 2015 48 Comments

"These are cases related to SYG, not SYG cases...we clearly state this in the methods section"

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Social Sciences Study of Stand-Your-Ground Strikes Out

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 05, 2015 9 Comments

Whether authors meant “SYG-retreat” or “SYG-immunity,” result is still nonsense

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Stand-Your-Ground Racial Bias Study used “media definition,” not “legal definition”

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 04, 2015 26 Comments

Scientific authors found racial bias based on fictional media usage of term.

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NY Times’ mindless editorial over Stand-Your-Ground law

Posted by Andrew Branca on November 02, 2015 24 Comments

Florida's problem is not "stand-your-ground," it's over-zealous prosecutors

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New “Scientific” Stand-Your-Ground Study Is Ignorant of the Law

Posted by Andrew Branca on October 19, 2015 61 Comments

Statistical analysis that "builds upon critical race theory" based on poor data leads to nonsense findings

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Two Independent Reviews: Shooting of Tamir Rice “Reasonable”

Posted by Andrew Branca on October 11, 2015 43 Comments

Retired FBI Agent and sitting Denver Deputy DA conclude OH officers were justified

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Major Change Proposed for Florida Self-defense Immunity Law

Posted by Andrew Branca on September 15, 2015 42 Comments

Shift in burden of persuasion not just a tweak, but YUUUUUGE!

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Freddie Gray Case: Judge rules trials stay in Baltimore

Posted by Andrew Branca on September 10, 2015 77 Comments

Judge dismisses concerns that riots, unprecedented civil settlement could bias jury pool

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Mischievous motive behind Baltimore settlement with Freddie Gray family?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 08, 2015 67 Comments

$6.4 million payoff taints jury pool and sends signal of misconduct.

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Freddie Gray case: Get ready for six separate trials

Posted by Andrew Branca on September 03, 2015 60 Comments

Court rules each defendant must be tried separately, and Prosecutor Mosby can stay.

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Sam DuBose Shooting: Let’s Go to the Video Tape

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 29, 2015 304 Comments

Officer's body-cam video is Exhibit 1 in traffic stop shooting

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