You may not know who Dollree “Dolly” Mapp was, but it was her case in 1961 that opened up a new era of due process rights for American citizens. SupremeCourt_inside Mapp was one of the more flamboyant ...

In 1961 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a watershed decision holding local police officers and prosecutors accountable under the Fourth Amendment. Writing for the majority in Mapp v. Ohio, Justice Tom ...

On June 19, 1961, the Supreme Court settled a case about police using a fake warrant to search a home that set a huge precedent linking the Fourth and 14 th Amendments. What happens when the police ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professors Carolyn Long and Renee Hutchins talked about the history of the 4th amendment, why it was included in the Bill of Rights, and its role in ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professors Carolyn Long and Renee Hutchins talked about the background of Dollree Mapp and the events that led to the Supreme Court Case Mapp v. Ohio ...

Dollree Mapp, a woman who stood up to police trying to search her Ohio home in 1957 and ultimately won a landmark Supreme Court decision on searches and seizures, has died. Mapp died Oct. 31 in ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman who stood up to police trying to search her Ohio home in 1957 and ultimately won a landmark Supreme Court decision on searches and seizures has died. Dollree Mapp died Oct.

Last week students at Isle of Wight Academy chose to examine the Supreme Court Case “Mapp vs Ohio” as their student project. This was a landmark case concerning the Fourth Amendment, which protects ...

The death of Dollree Mapp, reported this morning in a lovely obituary in the New York Times, caught me unawares. She was an ex-con who had once been engaged to marry the light heavyweight champion ...

The Elyria YWCA, Lorain County Section of National Council of Negro Women and Lorain Business and Professional Women’s Club along with the Outside Circle Theater Project are recognizing Dollree Mapp, ...

Anyone who has ever watched a TV show about police and the courts knows the rule: Illegally obtained evidence is not admissible in a trial. We expect it. We consider it a constitutional right. But ...