Vote Early, Vote Often (Episode 86)

Early voting in the 2018 midterms has begun! Join us this week as T. Greg talks about the items on the North Carolina ballot, an audit showing hundreds of Customs & Border Patrol officers being arrested in just two years, a California gang officer pleading guilty to accepting bribes, and teens being beaten on video in Florida, Illinois, and Virginia. The next #Law140 on evidence should be out later this week! Until then, make sure to check out our page on Patreon for exclusive patron-only content! Then join the conversation by following @fsckemall on Twitter, and tweet us your comments and questions using the hashtag #fsck! *THANK YOU* to this week’s Show Note Sponsors (Trey Benfield, Brendan Callum, Rob Elder, Melanie Greenan, Judi Kane, Colleen Mahaney, Charlotte Mobley, J A. Sutherland, and Michael Teal) and our #Law140 Lovers (Damien Boyd, Matthew Boyer, Brian Gilbreath, Tyler Kiley, Byron Mobley, Andrew Murphy, Erica Phillips, Helen Poston, Joe Sevits, and Michael VanOrder)! Show Notes: * Federal Circuit: Defendant attaches weed samples to his appeal (Federal Circ COA) * Sixth Circuit: Police cannot commit puppycide for sport (Reason) * The opinion in Smith v. Detroit (6th Circ COA) * Our episode with the District Court opinion (Fsck #20) * Analysis: Hundreds of police officers nationwide charged with on-duty rapes, “forcible fondling,” and other sex crimes (CNN) * 500+ Customs & Border Patrol officers arrested over the past two years (NY Times) * ARKANSAS: Astonishing Radley Balko deep dive into chronic Fourth Amendment violations by the Little Rock Police Department (Washington Post) * ARKANSAS: State Supreme Court justices petition themselves to have ethics complaints thrown out (ABA Journal) * CALIFORNIA: State to allow non-violent third-strike offenders to seek parole (LA Times) * CALIFORNIA: Man released after 9 years in prison as new law dramatically limits state’s Felony Murder Rule (The Marshall Project) * CALIFORNIA: Oakland PD officer, Alameda County gang expert Harry Hu pleads guilty to accepting bribes (The Mercury News) * CALIFORNIA: Orange County Sheriff’s deputy Michael Devitt on video brutally beating drunk man unconscious, lies about it, cuts off bodycam when he realizes it’s recording (HuffPost) * DELAWARE: Tiffany Reeves, mother of 3, dies in prison over unpaid fine (Wilmington News Journal) * FLORIDA: