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How does the law guarantee true disregard by jurors?
How can the court and public guarantee disregard by jurors when they're instructed to do so? I doubt that a verbal instruction suffices, when judges themselves can be biased. What forestalls or thwarts such potential subconscious regard or…
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In the USA, may parents prevent their children from receiving gifts or acquiring owned property?
This a follow-up question to In the USA, do parents have the right to control their children's possessions?,
The answer to the other question appears to establish that (in general, or at least in some states or by common law) minor children can…
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Why "it is unlawful for X to do Y" rather than "it is illegal for X to do Y"?
It is said that unlawful means "not permitted by law" and illegal means "forbidden by law".
However, I cannot recall ever seeing the phrase "it is illegal to ..." when reading legal text. Instead, the phrasing used is "it is unlawful to...".
Why…
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What crime has someone committed if they "kill" someone who is already dead?
Was watching a police drama (a classic "Taggart" episode) where this was a plotline.
A wife shot her husband while he was "sleeping", and subsequently confessed to his murder. Yet (this being Taggart) it turned out that the husband had actually…
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What jurisdiction does an IP address fall under?
What is an IP Address?
An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label
assigned to each device (e.g., computer, printer) participating in a
computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.
An IP address…
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How can I legally protect my website from users who upload copyrighted material?
I have a small website that hosts content in the form of text from registered users. The content can be described more specifically as short novels, essays and other personal work. How do I protect myself and the website from people who might upload…
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Is it legal in California to use lethal force to stop ANY felony from being committed?
According to California Penal Code Section 197
197. Homicide is also justifiable when committed by any person in any of the following cases:
When resisting any attempt to murder any person, or to commit a felony, or to do some great bodily injury…
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Do scans of signed documents have the same legal power as the original document?
It is quite common for various parties online to exchange signed documents in signed form (such as contracts for remote work). Would these documents have any power in a court of law? Is it necessary to use the original documents for them to have any…
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When is making a subtitle file for a commercial movie legal?
For example, on OpenSubtitles, a website which offers 3.5 million subtitles we can read Disclaimer:
These files are NOT illegal warez downloads, we only offer files that we believe we are free to redistribute.
Therefore when does creating/making…
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What is the proper way of handling non-USPS packages for long-gone tenants?
I moved into a rental home around 2 years ago immediately on the heels of a previous tenant. I experienced the usual "mail overlap" period of a few weeks, during which I was happy to pass letters & small packages either back to our carrier. These…
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Can a US President give police a "kill order"?
Warning: spoilers for the TV show Designated Survivor ahead.
The American TV drama Designated Survivor is set in a hypothetical world where terrorists have successfully attacked the State of the Union address and killed nearly all of the senior…
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How can a jury know about jury nullification?
It appears that jurors are not allowed to be told that they can ignore the law and thus use their right of jury nullification.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification#Canada
The contrary principle contended for by Mr. Manning, that a jury…
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Are charges subject to Double jeopardy if they have been pleaded out of?
Person C was charged with crimes A and B.
Person C pled guilty to crime A, as part of a plea bargain with prosecution, in exchange for dropping charges on crime B.
Executive branch (state or federal, as appropriate) pardoned/commuted the sentence…
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Requirement of attribution when reusing Wikipedia articles licensed under CC BY-SA
All of Wikipedia's content is licensed under the CC BY-SA, and Wikipedia encourages fulfilling the attribution requirement for CC BY-SA by linking to the original Wikipedia article, which contains a page history with all authors attributed. However,…
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Which state has jurisdiction in a case of a murder in an airplane?
A murder happened in an airplane flying from country A to country B when crossing above country C.
Who will have jurisdiction?
Bonus question: What if countries A, B and C are members of the European Union?
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