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Police Misconduct
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The Justice Gap
Two more victims of corrupt transport police officer have convictions overturned
Two men more victims of the corrupt British Transport Police officer Derek Ridgewell have had their convictions quashed by the Court of Appeal. In April 1976, Christopher Poulter and Kevin…
Australian Emergency Law
Paramedics intervening to protect their patient from police
By M. Eburn
Today’s question comes from a paramedic … concerned by recent news of NSW Police assaulting a patient being wheeled into a hospital. Can you please help me to understand the…
SCC Blog
Scooty dispute ends in illegal arrest: Mahendragarh court directs FIR against erring police officials
Disclaimer: This has been reported after the availability of the order of the Court and not on media reports so as to give an accurate report to our readers. Mahendragarh…
The Justice Gap
Two convictions from corrupt officer Derek Ridgwell overturned by Court of Appeal
Miscarriages of Justice, News By Samantha Dulieu 23 September 2026 | 9:28 am By Samantha Dulieu 23 September 2026 | 9:28 am Two convictions from corrupt officer Derek Ridgwell overturned…
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Blog
PA Superior Court: No Mere Encounter Where Officer Pointed Gun At Suspect (Obviously)
Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided Commonwealth v. Thomas, 2026 PA Super 202 (Pa. Super. Sept. 16, 2026), holding that a Philadelphia police…
The Justice Gap
Birmingham Four: ‘We have truth on our side’
By Jon Robins
One of the four Muslim men known collectively as the Birmingham Four who claimed to have been fitted up by an undercover policing operation addressed a meeting convened to mark…
Kirakosian Law Blog
Qualified Immunity for Police Officers: What It Is and How It Affects Your Rights
Qualified immunity is a legal defense that can shield individual police officers from personal liability in civil rights lawsuits, even when their conduct violated the Constitution, unless the officer violated…
Kirakosian Law Blog
The Bane Act: California’s Civil Rights Law and the Fight Over Intent
Most people think suing the police is purely a federal thing. In California there is a second, often stronger path: the Bane Act. But it turns on a hard question…
Kirakosian Law Blog
Can Police Handcuff You or Put You in the Patrol Car During a Traffic Stop?
Almost everyone knows an officer can tell you to step out of your car. Far fewer know where that authority stops. Can they frisk you? Handcuff you? Lock you in…
Wait A Second!
Plaintiff gets new trial on wrongful conviction fabrication-of-evidence claim
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
Here is another fabrication-of-evidence claim that involves law enforcement allegedly cutting corners to ensure a criminal conviction. The case will eventually be decided by a jury. The case is Batista-Reyes v.…