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-====Courts are clogged now, but reforms are turning the tide ==== |
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-**Emshwiller and Fields 14** |
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-John Emshwiller (reporter) and Gary Fields (board member for the Fund for Investigative Journalism). "Justice Is Swift as Petty Crimes Clog Courts." Wall Street Journal. November 30^^th^^, 2014. http://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-is-swift-as-petty-crimes-clog-courts-1417404782 |
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-For the millions of Americans charged each year with misdemeanor crimes, justice can be |
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-"there are very few options available to them except for bad things." |
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-====Civil rights cases already overloading courts ==== |
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-**Cottrell 93**, Eric Harbrook. "Civil Rights Plaintiffs, Clogged Courts, and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: The Supreme Court Takes a Look at Heightened Pleading Standards in Leatherman v. Tarrant County Narcotics Intelligence and Coordination Unit." NCL Rev. 72 (1993): 1085. SM/AP 3 |
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-During the last several years, a "litigation explosion" of civil rights actions |
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-a fair means of sifting through claims while still conserving judicial resources.' |
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-====Qualified immunity for police officers prevents frivolous cases ==== |
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-**Balko 14**, Radley. "7th Circuit Pokes a Hole in Prosecutorial Immunity." Washington Post. The Washington Post, 30 Jan. 2014. Web. 02 Nov. 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2014/01/30/7th-circuit-pokes-a-hole-in-prosecutorial-immunity/?utm_term=.b6664b5eb609. SM |
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-A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for |
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-just during the trial, because it was used to help indict him. |
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-====Turns the aff—means social movements fail and police face petty punishments when the court are clogged ==== |
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-**Emshwiller**, John R., **and** Gary **Fields 14**. "Justice Is Swift as Petty Crimes Clog Courts." WSJ. Wsj.com, 30 Nov. 2014. Web. 03 Nov. 2016. http://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-is-swift-as-petty-crimes-clog-courts-1417404782. |
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-one side. In the public gallery, defendants conferred with their lawyers. |