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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    California’s highest court says police departments may turn over information about officers' misconduct to prosecutors

    In a unanimous ruling today, the Calif. Supreme Court said that the LA County Sheriff's Department and other law enforcement agencies may give prosecutors an officer’s history of bad behavior when that officer plans to testify in court.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 26, 2019 • 1 min read

    In a unanimous ruling today, the Calif. Supreme Court said that the LA County Sheriff's Department and other law enforcement agencies may give prosecutors an officer’s history of bad behavior when that officer plans to testify in court. If prosecutors have that information, they’re required by federal law to turn over any evidence that could exonerate someone accused of a crime.

    Also, Fresno Congressman Devin Nunes is suing Twitter, a Republican strategist, and two anonymous parody accounts for defamation. Nunes and lawyers for Twitter met in court on Friday.

    Finally, a federal appeals court handed down a big ruling that could affect how the U.S. chooses presidents. The court said that members of the electoral college (the people who cast actual votes for president) can vote for whomever they want and can’t be bound by the state’s popular vote.

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    Amazon.com sells thousands of products deemed unsafe
    1. 0:00As fires rage in the Amazon, the world’s richest countries pledge $20 million to help (but not the U.S.)
    2. 8:28Trump allies unearth old social media posts to discredit journalists
    3. 18:32California’s highest court says police departments may turn over information about officers' misconduct to prosecutorsYou’re reading this
    4. 28:26Thousands of products for sale on Amazon don’t meet federal safety standards
    5. 39:10The soaring popularity of Spanish language music on the radio
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