The lawyer for a man whose illegal arrest led to more than eight years behind bars pleaded with the Supreme Court on Monday to allow his client to sue the police who arrested him. To do otherwise, said Andre Wallace's lawyer, Kenneth Flaxman, the justice system would be saying, "It's just tough. You're seized for 8 1/2 years, and you can't go to state court, and you can't go to federal court." Justices expressed some sympathy for Wallace's predicament, but also some skepticism that he would prevail.
November 07, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The lawyer for a man whose illegal arrest led to more than eight years behind bars pleaded with the Supreme Court on Monday to allow his client to sue the police who arrested him.
To do otherwise, lawyer Kenneth Flaxman said, the justice system would be saying, “It’s just tough. You’re seized for 8 1/2 years, and you can’t go to state court, and you can’t go to federal court.”
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