The Supreme Court case that seeks to hold police officers accountable - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : But, in an indications-of-innocence jurisdiction like the Second Circuit (Vermont, Connecticut, and New York) and First Circuit (Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico) a person cannot bring a civil rights action for Fourth Amendment unreasonable seizure pursuant to legal process (malicious prosecution) if their criminal case was dismissed and thus did not end with an affirmative finding of innocence.
42% : Criminal prosecution of police officers for misconduct is rare, even in the case of murder.
40% : Although criminal defendants are supposedly presumed innocent until proven guilty, this assumption of innocence isn't given weight in an indications-of-innocence jurisdiction.

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