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In jurisprudence, selective prosecution is a procedural defense in which defendants argue that they should not be held criminally liable for breaking the law because the criminal justice system discriminated against them by choosing to prosecute. In claims of selective prosecution, defendants essentially argue that it is irrelevant whether they ...
Selective prosecution. McCleskey v. Kemp, 481 U.S. 279 (1987) United States v. Armstrong, 517 U.S. 456 (1996) Racial discrimination in the jury pool and venire
Selective enforcement has become a topic of great discussion in the illegal immigration debate. The 2011 "Morton Memo" [ 7 ] laid out enforcement priorities for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement , and was intended to channel limited resources into prioritized pursuit of cases involving criminals and felons.
(Reuters) -Actor Alec Baldwin sued New Mexico prosecutors and sheriff's office officials on Thursday alleging a "malicious" prosecution against him for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer ...
Special counsel David Weiss noted in his filing that judges in Hunter’s California tax case and Delaware gun trial rejected his “nonsensical” claim that his prosecution was selective.
In her second move since resuming control over Donald Trump's federal election interference case, Judge Tanya Chutkan denied the former president's motion to dismiss the case based on selective ...
United States v. Armstrong, 517 U.S. 456 (1996), was a case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the court held that the burden of proof for selective prosecution rests with the defendant, who must show the government declined to prosecute similarly situated suspects of other races.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in New Mexico on Thursday, January 9, claims that the prosecution team intentionally concealed evidence that would vindicate him of involuntary manslaughter.