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Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010

DOROTHY L. THOMPSON LECTURE SERIES OFFERS PANEL 1xbet sports betting ON 'CARS, COPS AND TRAFFIC STOPS: WHO'S RIGHT?'

MANHATTAN -- The next Dorothy L. Thompson Civil Rights Lecture at Kansas State University 1xbet sports betting be a roundtable discussion on constitutional rights when it comes to search and seizure.

The panel discussion "Cars, Cops And Traffic Stops: Who's Right?" 1xbet sports betting take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12, in Forum Hall in the K-State Student Union. It's free and open to the public.

The discussion 1xbet sports betting look at conflicts between the government's right to investigate crime and the people's rights to be left alone in their home or on the highway.

Panelists include Allan Lytton, Kansas Highway Patrol training academy, Troop J; Larry McRell, chief public defender, Junction City; David L. Stutzman, judge, Riley County district court; Barry Wilkerson, Riley County attorney; and Michael Kaye, professor, Washburn University School of Law. The panel 1xbet sports betting be moderated by Art Thompson, office of the Kansas Judicial Administrator.

The discussion 1xbet sports betting include hypothetical cases and focus on what happens when police stop and search motorists. The moderator 1xbet sports betting unfold a fictional scenario presenting real problems for police, prosecutors, judges, lawyers and citizens arising from competing efforts to fight crime and to respect Fourth Amendment rights.

"Panelists 1xbet sports betting put themselves in the shoes of characters from a case scenario and talk to one another in these roles," Kaye said. "Forced to put aside talking points and prepared speeches, panelists 1xbet sports betting experience and reveal the larger issues and tough choices connected with this search and seizure in ways that standard debate can't expose."

The Dorothy L. Thompson Civil 1xbet sports betting Lecture Series was established in recognition of Thompson's contributions to the field of human 1xbet sports betting on campuses throughout Kansas and the nation. Thompson was associated with K-State from 1971 until her death in 1992.