Questions tagged [false-arrest]
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Under what law were the Republic protestors initially detained?
The detention of the Republic protestors at the coronation is reported so:
At around 6am on the morning of the coronation, Smith and his colleagues brought down the amplifiers and megaphones from ...
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What are the consequences (if any) of admitting to a crime one did not commit?
Say that Vicky the Victim is murdered by Mark the murderer. However, Mark's best friend Fred doesn't want Mark to go to jail. So Fred admits to the murder, trying to take the fall in Mark's stead.
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Could a person be indefinitely detained without trial by being briefly released every 24 hours?
As I understand it the police must charge someone with a crime within 24 hours of arresting them. Suppose the police wanted someone put away but didn't want to go through the trouble of convicting ...
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Legal basis for arresting a person not actively committing a crime?
Originally the purpose of an arrest in English common law, meaning a deputy of the state seizing and holding a suspect against their will, was to apprehend the suspect to confirm their identity. In ...
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Can this retailer be successfully sued for false arrest, false imprisonment or other tort?
Here is a Youtube recording (2:00 to 3:00 minutes) where a defense lawyer related the story of a client accused of stealing by a retailer. The retailer's personnel stopped and questioned the woman (...
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What are the rules and laws for guards and loss prevention in NYC during Covid-19 in NYC?
What are the rules and laws for guards and loss prevention in NYC during Covid-19 in NYC?
I've read that security guards and loss prevention are not allowed to detain people, essentially false ...
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An enigma regarding double jeopardy laws [duplicate]
I am currently debating this with my friend.
So in a hypothetical situation, Person A was falsely accused of a horrible crime, like say, rape or murder. However, Person A was found guilty anyway ...
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Does self-incrimination give way to improving credibility to a court
Take this bizarre scenario, a husbands His wife calls the police on him one afternnon cause he wont leave their marital residence. Police arrive and see a mark on his arm, asked him who did that, ...
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Recourse to resistance in citizen's arrest
I am curious about citizen's arrest, at least in how it applies in the U.S., particularly the recourse the arresting party has in case of resistance/evasion. Let's say you see an assault/battery take ...
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Is it kidnapping if the resisting stops [duplicate]
If a person takes another person against their will but the victim quits fighting is it still a kidnapping?
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Is it really an abduction if the protest or resistance ends before the "victim" is "released"?
My friend ran into her ex-boyfriend at a store. They began arguing, he grabbed her and carried her to his truck, then drove off with her and didn't have her consent.
She tells me that he was going to ...
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What can I do to someone falsely accusing me
Let's say I get into an argument with someone. He falsely accuses me and I deny. He calls the police/local law enforcement of that place and it becomes clear that I was right. Now, what can I do to ...
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Cop arrests nurse despite fully knowing that she had done nothing wrong. Will a personal lawsuit against the cop be likely to win?
Officer Jeff Payne put Alex Wubbels a hospital nurse under arrest even though it was ever so blatant that she had done nothing wrong. Will suing this cop personally be likely to succeed?
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