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    NFL: News and transactions

    There are the rare officers that would risk their careers and lie in an affidavit, but those are few and far between. Truths may get stretched and things get exaggerated but that’s usually it. What is far more common is judges sign the steaming piles of hot garbage that are placed on their desk...
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    NFL: News and transactions

    Absolutely. The key is to gather and document that evidence in the affidavit supporting the request for the warrant. I’ve seen some preposterously incompetent police work related to search warrants, even in the most serious cases like homicides. As an aside, I am aware that the crime scene...
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    NFL: News and transactions

    Sure. The BAC is what the warrant was to search for, so they would not have had that info. The sequence of events matters. You can’t get a warrant first and then gather all the information to justify it afterwards. If someone jumped the gun and called in for the warrant before they talked to...
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    NFL: News and transactions

    20 year defense attorney in Oregon here. It’s unclear from the article exactly what went down, but a warrant needs to be supported by probable cause. A car accident alone, even with that degree of recklessness, would not be enough to support intoxication. If the cops got a warrant before they...
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    2021-2022 NBA Game Thread!

    Why on Earth is Lebron still in the game?
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    CFB 2021 Week 2

    Ohio State is doing us a huge favor by throwing this much. I have no idea what they’re thinking, but I hope they continue to do so. Is Mike Martz Ohio State’s offensive coordinator?
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    Red Sox pitching carousel thread (our pitching is HISTORICALLY bad)

    The 1962 Mets were 40-120 (.250). I think 15-45 ties them and 14-46 or worse breaks the modern (non-Spiders) record for incompetence.
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    AL Wild Card Thread - Athletics @ Yankees

    Let's get Chili Davis on a plane to New York to provide some batting tips to the MFYs