The United States Constitution protects citizens from unlawful search and seizure. Part of what is known as the Bill of Rights, this amendment is meant to prevent law enforcement or government officials from fabricating evidence, planting evidence, or illegally obtaining evidence for later use against suspects in various crimes. The 4th Amendment is also part […]
Even though a guilty verdict has been returned in the killing of Travis Alexander (formerly of Riverside, CA), many of us wonder about Jodi Arias’s (formerly of Salinas, CA) claims of self-defense against Alexander. Arias still maintains, for example, that Alexander was abusive toward her, causing, in the end, his own death at her hand […]