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The legal system is a confusing place, especially for people who did not go to law school or extensively study the U.S. government in college. One thing that often confuses people who are new to the legal world is the difference between statutes and cases. Both of these are used

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Because it’s such a big part of our lives, it can be easy to just assume that having a criminal justice system is a necessity. However, like everything else in the government, the criminal law should not be blindly accepted without thinking about the purposes that it serves. Even though

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We’ve talked a lot about warrantless searches previously. Police can conduct a search for evidence of a crime without a warrant if their search happens within a small set of circumstances. However, once police get a search warrant, their search is perfectly legal as long as they abide by any

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When it comes to investigating drug crimes, police can be very pushy. They tend to be overly concerned with the fact that drugs pass through your body over time. This means that evidence that you’ve broken the law – evidence of THC levels or your blood alcohol content (BAC) –

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When police are investigating a potential crime, they have a lot of tools at their disposal. One of the most powerful, however, is your consent. If you consent to a search, then it doesn’t matter how unlawful that search is, or how much it violates your rights. Because you allowed

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