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Fourth Amendment Stands Strong to Protect Warrantless Searches

Officers in Rhode Island illegally searched the home of Edward Caniglia without a warrant. The officers justified the search based on a purported exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement called the “community caretaking” exception.

Getting Shot By An Officer is a Fourth Amendment “Seizure”

Roxanne Torres was shot by police officers as she tried to escape them. The shots left Torres’s arm paralyzed, and she sued the officers for the use of excessive force.

McKinney Sought a Jury to Avoid the Death Penalty

James McKinney, a death row inmate, sought to have his sentence reduced based on a review of mitigating evidence by a jury. McKinney’s original sentencing did not account for his PTSD, and the federal courts ruled he deserved to have the PTSD factored in.