Can school employees search students?

Schools and school employees are allowed to search students within reason, and conduct reasonable searches and seizures of school property and the personal property of juvenile and adult students. Student searches may be conducted on school grounds or at school activities, including off-campus field trips.

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What is an illegal search and seizure?

When a police officer conducts an illegal search and seizure the evidence obtained as a result of the illegal search cannot be used against you. This usually results in a dismissal of the case if no other evidence besides that obtained in the search exists to support a conviction.

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Can the police legally look through my garbage?

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that cops can search and seize abandoned property. In essence, once papers or contraband have been thrown into a trash receptacle, it is considered ‘abandoned’ and anyone, including the police, can look through it and claim ownership. A trash search will not constitute an illegal search and seizure in the eyes of the law.

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Application Process of Sealing Criminal Records in Illinois

To get your Illinois adult criminal record sealed, the first step is to obtain a copy of your criminal record, commonly referred to as a’rap sheet’. You must go to the police station and request this information yourself. The police will take your fingerprints and then print out a copy of your rap sheet for that district. You will need to obtain your rap sheet from each police department that arrested you

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