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Many criminologists say a doctrine established by the U.S. Supreme Court three decades ago is partly to blame for the high number of people killed by police in the United States.
The doctrine holds that judges and juries should not second-guess split-second decisions by police, the New York Times reports. The 1989 case,
Graham v. Connor, said the reasonableness of use of force should be judged “from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, rather than with the 20/20 vision of hindsight.”
“The calculus of reasonableness must embody allowance for the fact that police officers are often forced to make split-second judgments in circumstances that are tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving about the amount of force that is necessary in a particular situation,” the Supreme Court said.
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April 21, 2021 : By Office of Communications & Public Engagement
Liberty University School of Law Dean Keith Faulkner announced on Wednesday that he has accepted a new position as President and Dean at Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Va., to begin July 1.
Faulkner has served as dean of Liberty Law since October 2015.
“Serving as the dean of Liberty University School of Law has been the highlight of my career,” he said. “The law school is blessed to have amazing students, a loyal alumni community, a dedicated and incredibly talented faculty, and the most committed staff. Working alongside this team to advance the mission of the school and university has been rewarding beyond expectations.”
Justices Refuse To Limit Life Sentences For Minors By
Jack Karp | April 22, 2021, 4:22 PM EDT Juveniles convicted of murder can be sentenced to life in prison without parole without being found to be permanently incorrigible by a judge, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
In a 6-3 decision in Jones v. Mississippi, the justices held that the Eighth Amendment does not require judges to find that a person convicted of a murder they committed before they were 18 is forever irredeemable before sentencing them to life without parole.
The petitioner, Brett Jones, who was given such a sentence after being convicted of murder for killing his grandfather when he was 15, had argued that the high court s rulings in two previous cases Miller v. Alabama and Montgomery v. Louisiana barred the judge in his case from condemning him to life in prison without first finding that he was permanently incorrigible, a standard that comes from the Montgomery decision.