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On January 13, 1964, a 14-year-old Pamela Mason was murdered in New Hampshire, her alleged murderer later having his conviction overturned on the basis of 4th Amendment rights regarding police searches in a Supreme Court case called Coolidge v. New Hampshire in 1971.
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Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
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On January 13, 1964, a 14-year-old Pamela Mason was murdered in New Hampshire, her alleged murderer later having his conviction overturned on the basis of 4th Amendment rights regarding police searches in a Supreme Court case called Coolidge v. New Hampshire in 1971.
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-when-can-police-search-your-car
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
The following media files are in the public domain for various reasons or have no known copyright restrictions:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ANY_CAR_PARKED_ON_CONSTITUTION_AVENUE,_A_MAJOR_ARTERY,_IS_SUBJECT_TO_TOW-AWAY_AFTER_3_PM_-_NARA_-_546649.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bill_of_Rights_1966_U.S._stamp.1.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burger_Court_from_1970-1971.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_New_Hampshire_NA.png
The image by grassrootsgroundswell available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dog_drives_car_(13889342521).jpg is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
The image by Drew Stephens from San Mateo, CA available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SF_Police_search_the_car.jpg is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
The image by Harland Quarrington/MOD available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MOD_Police_Search_Dog_MOD_45152829.jpg is licensed under the Open Government Licence version 1.0 (OGL v1.0): nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/1
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