Perspective
Apr. 20, 2012
Private parts aren’t private: Florence v. Bd of Chosen Freeholders
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held that police officers may require persons arrested for minor criminal offenses to expose the most intimate parts of their bodies. By Nanci L. Clarence and Mario A. Moya
Earlier this month, individual privacy (and perhaps the presumption of innocence) suffered a terrible defeat before the U.S. Supreme Court in Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, 566 U.S. ___ (2012). In a controversial 5-4 decision, the Court held that, with limited exception, police officers may require persons arrested for minor criminal offenses (and even those arrested for traffic infra...
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