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I find this is absolutely shocking. The Iowa Supreme Court chief justice apologized for the mess, how have charged not been dropped?

Malicious prosecution or 1983 action?

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The Chief Justice died last night of a heart attack. 1983 would be against Chief Justice and State Court Administrator for setting them up.

1983 would be against the Sherrif for false arrest and imprisonment. As soon as it became clear that they did not have the appropriate mens rea for any of the crimes holding them in jail was blatantly illegal. Even if you somehow manage to misinterpret the law to not require mens rea, as soon as it became clear that it was entrapment it became illegal to continue to hold them.

There is no reasonable legal theory in which they are not innocent, unless there are substantial non public facts.

That's whether or not you think that the state has the authority to authorize this.

It was a clear breakin. The 99 County Courthouses are County owned and operated buildings. Iowa fully localized building control in the 1970s.

> He also noted that a provision in the contract required the SCA to secure all necessary permission for the execution of the contract.

Therefore it seems to me that if anything illegal was done, it was SCA failing to acquire permission the pentest.

And none of that matters, so even though I think your wrong I didn't dispute it.

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