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Mapp v. Ohio

(Encyclopedia) Mapp v. Ohio, case decided in 1961 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Dollree Mapp was convicted in a state court of possessing pornographic material in violation of Ohio law. Her conviction…

Trayvon Martin

Name at birth: Trayvon Benjamin MartinFlorida teen Trayvon Martin was killed on February 26, 2012 by George Zimmerman, a 28 year-old volunteer for a local neighborhood watch group. The incident…

GPU

(Encyclopedia) GPU: see secret police.

Gestapo

(Encyclopedia) Gestapo: see secret police.

Cheka

(Encyclopedia) Cheka: see secret police.

KGB

(Encyclopedia) KGB: see secret police.

MVD

(Encyclopedia) MVD: see secret police.

NKVD

(Encyclopedia) NKVD: see secret police.

OGPU

(Encyclopedia) OGPU: see secret police.