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Innocent Until Predicted Guilty: Florida Sheriff Punishes People for Suspected Future Crimes
The story starts with a list of people generated by a computer algorithm, which scores county residents based on mentions in police reports, personal history, and relationships. This list is then curated by police analysts and given to deputies with instructions to monitor these people, now officially deemed “prolific offenders” likely to commit crimes in the future. List in hand, deputies begin to regularly show up unannounced at targets’ homes. And for people like IJ client Robert Jones, the consequences are life-altering.
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This Florida Woman Got a $100,000 Fine for Parking in Her Own Driveway <[link removed]>
We talk about how and why cities rely on fines and fees for revenue, the ways these systems are deeply problematic, and what courts can do to enforce constitutional protections for all Americans.
Short Circuit: Tax Takings and Reservation Creation <[link removed]>
Can the county foreclose on your house because you haven’t paid your taxes, and then just keep the rest of your equity? In Ohio, yeah, they can.
Short Circuit: The Right to “Bear” Arms <[link removed]>
Second Amendment scholar David Kopel joins us to set the stage for an issue that will be in the courts a lot over the next year: What “keep and bear arms” means outside of the home.
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