Faces, victims, issues and debates surrounding qualified immunity: A USA TODAY Opinion series

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : A federal court of appeals agreed with my firm, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, that University of Iowa officials "turned a blind eye to decades of First Amendment jurisprudence" by punishing Christian, Muslim, and Sikh groups for the crime of asking their leaders to agree with their faith.
41% : It is supported in part by a grant from Stand Together, a nonprofit organization that supports projects that address major civic and social issues including criminal justice, education, poverty, and immigration.
34% : The ongoing series will include personal stories from victims and their families, views from police departments and officers accused of abuse, and perspectives from criminal justice experts to explain the issues around qualified immunity.

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