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Appeals Court Denies Immunity To Bored Cop Who Decided To Turn A Natural Death Into A Murder
5 January 2022
What happens when you add a bored cop to a cold case? Bad things. Very bad things. That's the moral of the story conveyed by this Seventh Circuit Appeals Court decision [PDF]. Actually, calling it a decision is overstating the conclusions. Apparently, the plaintiff, the defendants, and the lower court all made matters far more confusing than they needed to be, leaving the Appeals Court with a muddied record, unclear assertions from all parties, and open questions as to whether qualified immunity on Fourth Amendment claims had actually been denied. But the path to the procedural shitshow is a full-blown ...
Appeals Court Denies Immunity To Bored Cop Who Decided To Turn A Natural Death Into A Murder
What happens when you add a bored cop to a cold case? Bad things. Very bad things. That's the moral of the story conveyed by this Seventh Circuit Appeals Court decision [PDF]. Actually, calling it a decision is overstating the conclusions...
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