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* Connecticut criminal lawyer Kevin Murray Smith offers sage advice about probation.  Add to that: Dudes, if your woman accuses you (truly or falsely) of domestic violence, get out of the relationship.  There will be no happy ending.  You will eventually be in prison and convicted of a felony.  * A Terry stop-and-frisk must be justified by reasonable suspicion.  In New York, 99.99% of searches do not reveal a gun.  The numerator is 762 guns found, and the denominator being 575,000 searches.  Nevertheless, a police police or custom that has less than a .001% success rate is routinely upheld in courtrooms nationwide.In a sane world, Terry would be re-examined in light of statistical evidence.  The problem is that judges only see cases where a Terry stop turned up a gun...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on May 13, 2010 (boomark / email).