Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others, the harm resulting from the failing to apprehend him does not justify the use of deadly force to do so.

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Maintaining order in the classrooms has never been easy [and] it is evident that the...

Maintaining order in the classrooms has never been easy [and] it is evident that the...

We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes...

We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light...

The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect...

The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially...

The law is constantly based on notions of morality, and if all laws representing essentially...

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism...

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism...

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought...

The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought...

And while the law (of competition) may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is...

And while the law (of competition) may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is...

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land...

There's a greater law than the FDA, and that is an obligation of a doctor...

There's a greater law than the FDA, and that is an obligation of a doctor...

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is...

Mark this well, the laws of economics are the last thing the roads booster is...

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

One with the law is a majority.

One with the law is a majority.

They have no lawyers among them for they consider them as a sort of people...

They have no lawyers among them for they consider them as a sort of people...

It is important to remember that whereas justice has grandeur not devolving from the simian...

It is important to remember that whereas justice has grandeur not devolving from the simian...

There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too...

There is far too much law for those who can afford it and far too...

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.