In the case of Screws v. United States.,'decided on May 7, 1945, the Supreme Court of the
United States rendered a decision profoundly important to the cause of civil liberty. Itf is …

The Arkansas Supreme Court's ruling in Bell v. State demonstrated importance of appellate
courts, as all-white juries were likely to convict brutalized Black defendants despite incidents …

The absence of police accountability has never been more visible. High-profile police
brutality has resulted in high-profile disappointment, where culpable officers walk away …

" Please let me no iftheor [sic] is any justic [sic] in the world for the poor negro must they fight
and die for this country and have no place in this america." I The case of Willie Lee Davis …

The history should not require retelling. But old and established freedoms vanish when history
is forgotten. 1 What I'm saying is, under certain conditions they would all do it. And under …

This article attempts to fill a gap in an understanding of the difficulties encountered by the
federal government in conducting a program of vigorous enforcement of the criminal civil rights …

The subject of this lecture is a remarkable but relatively obscure case called Screws v. United
States,'which was decided by the US Supreme Court in 1945. It's a case involving police …

Commencing with the creation of the Civil Rights Section in the Department of Justice, the
authors discuss the enforcement of this criminal civil rights statute as it applies to state prison …

In studying any legislative enactment and its consequences it is necessary to determine why
such legislation was proposed and adopted. This is especially true when considering the …

This exploratory study examines the use of US federal statute 18 USC § 242 in criminally
prosecuting private security personnel in the United States for violating a person’s rights under …