What is the state's right to protect its citizens against being murdered by criminals or madmen?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Wormuth v. Lammersville Union Sch. Dist., No. 2:15-cv-01572-KJM-EFB (E.D. Cal. 2017):
constitutional right to be protected by the state against being murdered by criminals or madmen. It is monstrous if the state fails to protect its residents against such predators but it does not violate the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.'") (quoting Bowers v. DeVito, 686 F.2d 616, 618 (7th Cir. 1982)).
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