Constitution. The first violation in question comes from Section 505 of the Patriot Act. Section 505 expands the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the FBI’s authority to issue National Security Letters or NSLs demanding customer records from various public establishments. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (2011), an organization dedicated to the protection of the constitutional rights of the people, “The National Security Letter provision of the
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that dog sniffs are not searches, and do not required a search warrant or probable cause, as long as the police are lawfully in the place where the dogs conduct the sniffing; because the dogs are not necessarily invading the privacy of the person being search. The sniffing dogs are not going through the person’s belongings, they are just sniffing the outside of the containers which are closed. Specially, if the sniff is being done in a public place, such as an airport. According to Del Carmen “the
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CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS Our handbook, written by Kenneth Peck gives us some insight into the constitutional rights associated with criminal justice employees. It covers such areas as freedom of speech, search and seizures, self incrimination, religious practices, sexual misconduct, residency requirements, moonlighting, misuse of firearms, alcohol and drugs and drug testing. The state has a vital interest as an employer in regulating the speech of its employees with reasonable restrictions.
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* Chapter 10: Criminal Law and Cyber Crime * Section 1: Civil Law and Criminal Law * Crime- A wrong against society set forth in a statute and punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment—or in some cases, death * Key Differences Between Civil Law and Criminal Law * Burden of Proof * Civil Case * Plaintiff must prove his or her case by a preponderance of the evidence and must convince the court that based on the evidence presented
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arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation" (n.d, par. 1). When cases are brought before the Supreme Court
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Project on Cybercrime www.coe.int/cybercrime Strasbourg, 15 January 2010 Draft Discussion paper Law Enforcement Challenges in Transborder Acquisition of Electronic Evidence from “Cloud Computing Providers” Prepared by Joseph J. Schwerha IV TraceEvidence, LLC Project funded by Romania, Monaco, Estonia, Microsoft, McAfee and the Council of Europe Council of Europe – Project on Cybercrime For further information please contact: Economic Crime Division Directorate General of Human
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from tyranny were vital to the ratification of the Constitution by all the states. Amendment IV The Fourth Amendment provides, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” The Fourth Amendment is designed to protect
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of 2000 is an Act that is applied to public schools or libraries to receive federal funding while in compliance with technological safety measures. Over the past years, more than $190 million has disbursed to more than 5,000 public libraries through federal programs called E-rate where discounts are given on telecommunications and Internet access under certain conditions (CIPA, 2001). Such conditions that US Supreme Court has argued and agreed that require public libraries and schools must enforce
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PEOPLE V. DORIA 301 SCRA 668 Facts: North Metropolitan District, Philippine National Police (PNP) Narcotics Command (Narcom), received information from two (2) civilian informants (CI) that one “Jun” was engaged in illegal drug activities in Mandaluyong City. The Narcom agents decided to entrap and arrest “Jun” in a buy-bust operation scheduled on December 5, 1995 at E. Jacinto Street in Mandaluyong City. On December 5, 1995, at 6:00 in the morning, P/Insp. Cortes designated PO3 Manlangit as
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Terrorism The American Heritage Online Dictionary defines Terrorism as “an unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.” Given this definition I will attempt to elaborate on how terrorism affects society as a whole and how it has bought about changes in current laws as it pertains to the safety of all citizens
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