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COVID-19 Creates Opportunity for Big Brother in the Sky
Loaded on June 15, 2020
by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
published in Criminal Legal News
July, 2020, page 28
by Michael Fortino, Ph.D.
Now that COVID-19 has brought about new public enforcement policies, a dystopian world where government agencies watch our every move may not be as far in the future as we might think. With the intent of observing crowd activities in public places (and private ones as ...
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- California Federal Court Rejects Plea Agreement’s Waiver of Compassionate Release Provision, by David Reutter
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