Courthouse News reports: After the Sun-Sentinel newspaper published an article under the headline, “Officer accused of sending nude photos of ex-lover,” several people posted defamatory, pseudonymous statements about the officer on the newspaper’s Internet message board, the policeman says. Pembroke Pines police Officer Daniel Rakofsky wants the newspaper to tell him who those people are….
Category: Court
MA: Warrantless Dorm Search Upheld
Scott Jaschik reports: A Massachusetts appeals court ruled Wednesday that Boston College police officers acted legally when they searched the dormitory room of two students without a warrant. The search, prompted by reports that the students had weapons in the room, found weapons — which were legal, but violated college rules — and also drugs,…
Diabetic Says She Miscarried After Arrest
There have been many news stories about the impact of identity theft on individuals, with some of the most serious stories involving people who were arrested because their identity had been stolen. But did identity theft indirectly contribute to a miscarriage as a lawsuit filed in Nevada suggests? Nick Divito reports: A pregnant woman with…
Does reasonable expection of privacy extend to your car’s wiring system?
Over on FourthAmendment.com, John Wesley Hall Jr. alerts us to an Ohio case involving GPS and the Fourth Amendment. In State v. Dalton, 2009 Ohio 6910, the court remanded the case because the lower court had not addressed Dalton’s claim that he had a reasonable expectation of privacy in his car’s wiring system and that …