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False Imprisonment: Its Increasing Frequency and the Huge Cost It Imposes on Society

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 Kelly W. Patterson 1395 Views Accountability, assault, Brutality, CA, California, chicago, choke hold, Civil rights, civil rights lawsuit, class-action lawsuit, Cleveland, CO, Colorado, cop block, Copblock submissions, copblock.org, Corruption, dallas, Denver, Dishonesty, disorderly conduct, dna evidence, double-standards, Drug war, Eric Garner, excessive force, False imprisonment, Harassment, homan square, Homicide, IL, illegal arrest, Illegal search/entry, Illinois, Innocence Project, James Bain, Jon Burge, Justice System, kelly patterson, Los Angeles, Making a Murderer, Netflix, New York, ny, OH, Ohio, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, police misconduct, Police State, Qualified Immunity, rape, rights, Robert Graham, settlements, Tamir Rice, Texas, Toy gun, TX, U.S. Supreme Court, wrongful death

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Police Lineups, False Identifications, And Wrongful Convictions

June 24, 2016June 24, 2016 Kelly W. Patterson 2550 Views A Guide for Law Enforcement, Accountability, admissibility hearing, American Judicature Society, Barry Scheck, Camden, Civil rights, cognitive neuroscience, confession, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, cross racial identifications, dallas, Dishonesty, DNA, evidence, experimental psychologists, Eyewitness Evidence, eyewitness identification, eyewitness testimony, failsafe, fallible, freedom, Gary Wells, Harassment, informant testimony, Innocence Project, Itiel Dror, Judge Geoffrey Gaulkin, Justice System, kelly patterson, knifepoint, Larry Henderson, legal architecture, Manson Test, memory, mistaken identification, nationwide reform, New Jersey, new jersey supreme court, NJ, photographic lineups, physical evidence, police, police lineups, poor eyesight, pre-trial, Professor Daniel Medwed, rape, reckless manslaughter, Rickey Dale Wyatt, rights, S. J. Quinney College of Law, scientifically sound, Texas, TX, unintentional verbal or body clues, University College of London, University of Utah, weapons possession, written procedures, written protocal

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NPW16 Good Cop of the Day: Barron Morgan

May 16, 2016May 14, 2016 Lorelei McFly 1717 Views Accountability, Barron Morgan, Civil rights, cold case murder, confession, cop block, copblock.org, Corruption, demotion, detective, Dishonesty, Double Standard, good cops, graveyard shift, Harassment, Homicide, Innocence Project, internal investigation, Justice System, Kentucky, kentucky state police, lawsuit, LMPD, Louisville, louisville metro police department, lying cops, murder, narcotics, national police week, night patrolman, NPW, NPW16, police, Police Week, retaliation, rights, Susan King, video, violating the chain of command, whistleblower, wrongful conviction

This is the third article in a series for National Police Week Our second Good Cop of the Day is

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The Innocence Project Does it Again! Virginia Man Exonerated by DNA Evidence

April 9, 2016April 9, 2016 Brian Sumner 1855 Views Brian David Sumner, Chris Fabrican, Civil rights, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, discredited bite mark, dna evidence, Double Standard, double-standards, excessive force, Innocence Project, Jerry Crotty, Justice System, Keith Allen harward, Making a Murderer, Paul Cates, Peter Neufeld, police, police abuse, police accountability, Police brutality, Police State, rape, Sex Crime, Steven Avery, Strategic Litigation for the Innocence Project, Virginia, writ of actual innocence, wrongful conviction

The Innocence Project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted individuals through DNA testing and

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Researchers Expose Police Field Drug Test Kits – They Test Positive to Just About Everything

January 6, 2016January 6, 2016 Ademo Freeman 2271 Views cocaine, cop block, copblock, copblock.org, drug test, Drug war, field test, hershey's, Innocence Project, international association of chiefs of police, marijuana, marijuana policy project, tylenol, war on drugs

According to the national litigation and public policy organization, the Innocence Project, at any given time there are an estimated

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‘Survivor’s Guide to America’ Pro-Tip: Aggressive Officers

June 10, 2015June 10, 2015 Kate 892 Views ACLU, aggressive cops, aggressive law enforcement officers, aggressive police, criminal justice reform, documentary filmmaker, incarceration, Innocence Project, lawyers, Matthew Cooke, prison reform advocates, restorative justice mediators, social activism, Survivor's Guide to America

This post was shared by Matthew Cooke via CopBlock.org’s submit page. Welcome to Part Two of an ongoing series we

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