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Posted 403 days ago in Criminal Law by Jennifer King  |   Comments
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Nearly 1 in 3 Young People Will Be Arrested by Age 23 A recent study shows a sharp increase in the number of young Americans who are being arrested. Experts say that zero-tolerance policies and a broadened definition of alcohol offenses are the cause of the trend.Find Out More…   Snoop Dogg’s Arrest Provides Lesson on Drug Laws Rapper Snoop Dogg was recently charged with drug possession after Texas border patrol agents smelled marijuana smoke coming from his tour bus. …

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Posted 495 days ago in Criminal Law by Heather McGowan  |   Comments
Supreme Court to Decide Case of Drug-Sniffing Police Dog

The US Supreme Court will review a Florida case where a drug-sniffing dog outside a person’s house detected the presence of illegal drugs inside. The lower courts threw out the evidence. The case started with a call to a local “crime stoppers” hotline that Joelis Jardines’s house was being used as a greenhouse for marijuana. Following Franky’s Nose The Miami-Dade Police Department received the hotline call on November 3, 2006. A month later, the police along with other state and …

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