Supreme Court Will Consider If Police Can Be Sued for Fabricating Evidence

A Napoleon, Ohio, jeweler claims the police fabricated evidence against him.
Supreme Court Will Consider If Police Can Be Sued for Fabricating Evidence
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington on Nov. 13, 2023. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court will consider whether an Ohio jeweler can bring civil rights claims against police for malicious prosecution after criminal charges brought against him were dropped.

The case comes after the Supreme Court loosened the legal standard for bringing such lawsuits against police in federal courts in 2022, finding that plaintiffs may proceed if they can demonstrate that their criminal cases ended without a conviction.