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What is someone to do if they inherited a laptop containing illegal images
I recently read something online about someone who claimed they were helping their father with handling the estate of his recently deceased uncle and discovered their uncle's laptop contained a large quantity of 'illegal images', from context I…
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In Europe, are you allowed to enter an intersection on red light in order to allow emergency vehicles to pass?
I've seen a video where cars are stopped at a red light, when an emergency vehicle approaches from behind with sirens on. Emergency vehicle picks the lane with the least traffic, which only has one car in it. Since the car is stopped at the stop…
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Why isn't there financial safety if I am arrested illegally?
I have been arrested approximately 14 times in my life and never Mirandized. The last time I was arrested, about 8 police officers stood around me asking me what I was doing. After I explained every action I took in thorough detail, one of them…
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Can the insurrection clause be applied without a conviction by jury?
Folks are trying to keep Trump off the ballot because "he engaged in insurrection." Now, let's NOT argue about whether he did or didn't. What I'm interested in is judges saying he did AND applying consequences for doing so when he has neither been…
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Why is knowledge inside one's head considered privileged information but knowledge written on a piece of paper is not?
At least in the US, one can refuse to reveal information contained inside one's head by pleading the Fifth Amendment. However, the same protections don't apply to papers (or computer files) with information you might not want to share with the…
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Is it legal for a long truck to shut down traffic?
I was killing time on YouTube the other day, and came across a video of a shipping company moving a very long girder to a construction site. There were several points in the move that they had to block all traffic through an intersection (with one…
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What is the legal distinction between watching a YouTube video in a browser and downloading it for personal use?
If the act of watching a YouTube video creates a temporary download in my internet cache, why is it illegal to use an app that intercepts the YouTube API to download music videos to listen to later when I don't have internet?
When people buy a CD or…
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Can you be issued a trespass warning on public property for no reason at all?
Lets say you're in the library or park. Both owned by the public (city). An employee asks you to leave. You ask why and they respond with "Because I'm telling you to". You refuse, and the employee walks away and calls the Police. When the Police…
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Can I tell police to wait and call a lawyer when served with a search warrant?
Somewhat influenced by this question.
This is hypothetical question. Suppose the police turn up at my door with a search warrant. I know nothing about warrants and couldn't tell apart a search warrant from a supermarket receipt. But I do have a…
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What does a search warrant actually look like? How can I recognize one?
Suppose the police come to my door. “Open up,” they say. “We have a warrant to search the premises.”
How can I tell if they are telling the truth? Do they show me the warrant? If they do, how do I know I am looking at one? What does a real…
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Is a lawyer allowed to follow a client's instructions to hide evidence?
The police arrested a suspect linked to sexual assaults. The police searched his home. It sounds like initially the search warrants were very limited in scope but they widened as things turned up. While he was in jail, his lawyer followed his…
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Strange Clause in Employment Contract Concerning Leaving Job
My teenager has applied for a tutoring job at a local after-school tutoring center and there is the following clause in her employment contract:
If you decide to discontinue after your term is over, you need to provide a referral and train him or…
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Is it okay to admit to the police that you were speeding? Are there any benefits?
I know the normal advice is "don't say more to the police than you have to," but what if:
They tell you they pulled you over for speeding
You know you were speeding
The officer almost certainly has enough evidence to prove you were speeding
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Would publicly farting on a picture of the English monarch actually qualify as treason in 1798?
A famous political cartoon from 1798 by Richard Newton claims that farting on a picture of the British monarch would be prosecutable as "TREASON!!!" (caps and multiple exclamation marks in original).
Would this act actually qualify as Treason under…
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Can you be charged with employee theft after being fired?
Suppose that a person, A, was hired by an employer, B, and then got fired a week later. Suppose that B mailed A a laptop while A was employed by B. Once A had been fired, B emailed A asking for the laptop back and sent a box for it to be returned.…
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