Why Does the Fourth Amendment Apply to the Use of Force

question 27

Essay

Why does the Fourth amendment apply to the use of force by a police officer? How does the "reasonableness" standard compare to a "substantive due process" approach?

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Basic Job

A position of employment that typically requires limited skills or education and often involves routine tasks or manual labor.

Innocence Project

A legal organization committed to exonerating wrongly convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.

Exoneration

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