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Sheriff’s Office Has Been Destroying Records Of Alleged Officer Misconduct For Years

The Crime Report

The illegal destruction of disciplinary records can make it harder to hold deputies accountable in a court of law, or track problem officers moving from department to department, said Sam Walker, emeritus professor of criminal justice at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Deposition of Nick Vega, Sept.

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25 Years After Court Ruling, Released Sex Offenders Endure ‘Shadow Prisons’

The Crime Report

Susan Keenan Nayda, Vice President of Operations at Liberty Behavioral Health Corporation, testified during a deposition her thoughts on the Florida Civil Commitment Center in Arcadia, Fla.: Shadow prisons posing as treatment are not limited to Texas. There’s a little bit of confusion…What is this place? Is it a prison?

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Demystifying President Trump’s “National Energy Emergency” and the Scope of Emergency Authority

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Nebraska that emergency authority does not empower the President to take actions free from statutory limitations. where an emergency need for unleased coal deposits is demonstrated. As a general matter, the President derives emergency powers from the Constitution and statutes.