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Baltimore Approves $400,000 Settlement Over Teen Run Over by Police SUV

The payment resolves Devonte Jett’s federal suit while leaving key facts contested, highlighting gaps in evidence and delays in police discipline.

Public Defenders Demand Full Review of Cases Tied to Two Massachusetts Investigators

Fargo Police Tighten Facial Recognition Use After Wrongful Jailing From AI Match

Fargo Facial Recognition Misidentification Jailed Tennessee Woman for Nearly Six Months

Detained Vice Admiral Urges Sheinbaum as Navy Withholds Court-Ordered Records in Fuel-Smuggling Case

Judge Recommends $1.15 Million for Florida Man Exonerated After 23 Years

Texas Appeals Court Acquits Ex-Austin Officer in 2019 Shooting, Blocking Retrial

Jury Awards $4 Million After Clinton Township Officer’s Punch Blinds Man in One Eye

Kevin Jackson Files Federal Civil-Rights Suit Alleging Coercion in Overturned 2001 Murder Case

Oliver Campbell Plans Civil Lawsuit Against Met Police Over Alleged Coerced Confession

Federal Court Revives Deputy’s Civil Suit as Child Endangering Plea and Springdale Arrest Follow

Thomas Anthony Durkin, Champion of Constitutional Rights, Dies at 78

Supreme Court Rejects 'Moment of Threat' Doctrine in Police Use-of-Force Cases

Bombay High Court Orders SIT Probe Into Custodial Death of Akshay Shinde

Woman Wrongfully Imprisoned for 16 Years Awarded $34 Million

Manitoba MLA Mark Wasyliw Removed from NDP Caucus Amid Controversy Over Law Firm Ties

Chicago Man Awarded $50 Million After 10 Years of Wrongful Imprisonment

Auburn Officer Convicted of Murder in Historic Verdict