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Does a jail’s policy of strip-searching all prisoners–even if there is no suspicion the prisoner poses a threat to others-violate an individual’s Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure?

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Opinion of the Court: Florence v. Board of Freeholders of Burlington County, NJ

by ap-government-fall-2011-2da (Central York High School) - Mar 25, 2012

The case of Florence v. Board of Freeholders of Burlington County, New Jersey is between Albert Florence and Burlington County. Albert Florence was driving through Burlington Co...

Opinion of the Court

by ap-government-fall-2011-1b3 (Central York High School) - Mar 25, 2012

In the case of Florence v. Board of Freeholders of Burlington County, New Jersey, a man named Albert Florence was pulled over for a routine traffic stop one day and it was discov...


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by ap-government-fall-2011-331 (Central York High School) - Mar 25, 2012

The court rules in favor of the Board of Freeholders because the safety of the whole prison is greater than an individual’s freedom from a search. Florence brought this case against the...


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