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Recent US Supreme Court Rulings of Interest: Civil Rights

Loaded on Oct. 15, 1997 published in Prison Legal News October, 1997, page 20
Filed under: Judicial Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution. Location: Tennessee.
The court held that 18 U.S.C. § 242 imposes criminal liability on government officials who violate the constitutional rights of citizens if the unlawfulness in question is apparent in light of preexisting law. The court adopted a test identical to the qualified immunity test used to impose civil liability for ...

 

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