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Nov 20, 2017

Colbert v. Commonwealth (1957)

Status: Historic

Challenged the use of a polygraph test and whether the accused voluntarily agreed to take the test. 

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Nov 20, 2017

Van Arsdale v. Caswell (1958)

Status: Historic

Challenged practice of "filing away" criminal charges in Jefferson Circuit Court. 

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Nov 20, 2017

Braden v. Commonwealth (1955)

Status: Historic

Appeal of newspaper reporter and civil rights activist Carl Braden in his celebreated sedition case. Braden's case was overturned based on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Pennsylvania v. Nelson.  ...

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