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According To Mean (2015) Section 1983

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According to Mean (2015) Section 1983 is essentially a statute that allows anyone to sue another person whom they feel is going against the state law. Anyone of these laws could potentially include what he or she deems against the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. These said violations, could be against a person’s freedom of speech, possibly unlawful use of force; the illegal use of a confession under duress, over a person’s plea for his or her right to counsel; cruel and unusual punishment during and including arrest, questioning and during incarceration, as well as any claim violations during the due process. The door to the Federal Courthouse was left open with the Monroe case, which lead to the development

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