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5 minute read July 01, 2021 at 12:03 AM
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Stan Soocher
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Mixed Ruling in Police Officer's Lawsuit Over Depiction in Netflix Documentary

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin decided that the First Amendment barred a negligence claim by a former police officer who sued over how he was depicted in the documentary mini-series Making a Murderer.

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