The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

You’re not legally required to store your weapon in a safe manner.” And, there are no federal laws mandating gun storage practices after the owner takes position of a legally purchased firearm. In most states, violating the CAP law is a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor is a slap on the wrist. Cassie Chew.

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Individuals charged with a felony or class A misdemeanor can ask for this hearing, unless they are accused of attacking a police officer. The yearly toll reached a new high of 1,021 fatal shootings in 2020. The new law allows those accused of a crime to ask for an extra court hearing if they believe they acted in self-defense.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Unfortunately, the Commission’s July 2020 report on Federal Probation and Supervised Release Violations contains a major mistake that greatly overstates the dangerousness of federal probationers. percent misdemeanor and technical violations (grade C), while I found the rates for probation violators were 6.99 percent, 28.07

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A single online mugshot, for even a minor non-violent misdemeanor, can become a barrier to getting a job, finding housing, or forming personal relationships, regardless of whether someone is ever convicted of a crime. On a hot summer evening in 2020, I had driven to the home of my long-term boyfriend, Dan, to return his phone.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

At the same time, the institution and its employees sought charges against patients even as watchdogs say it failed to provide legally required services, such as individualized therapy for people with traumatic histories and poor coping mechanisms. Some patients faced multiple charges over several years.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 29, 2021

Moreover, some $40 per month of misdemeanor probation fees mostly go directly to the county system. From June to July of 2020, Mendez was a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of California Berkeley School of Law conducting research on legal scholarship and immigration law. The full report can be accessed here.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 14, 2022

Denezpi’s legal team appealed on double-jeopardy grounds and then appealed the denial, where the 9th Circuit denied him. Current sentencing restrictions are why we see misdemeanor level sentences for violent crimes, like the 140 day sentence Denezpi was originally handed down for his assault charges.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 11, 2022

police chief) and his academic colleagues found that a majority of police officers surveyed “perceived control” over their decision to arrest for misdemeanors (69 percent) or confiscate drug paraphernalia like syringes (56 percent). Not coincidentally, Oregon decriminalized drug possession in 2020. Rory Fleming.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2021

The bill restricts ballot drop boxes, adds identification requirements for absentee voters, and makes it a misdemeanor to provide food and water to voters waiting in line. The MLB statement also notes that the MLB joined Civic Alliance , a nonpartisan voting rights advocacy group, in 2020.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 1, 2022

I think part of the problem is that these legal tools are very much under the radar,” Beckett said. The circuit courts, which handle misdemeanors and felonies, have not issued a neighborhood order of protection at least since progressive prosecutor Kimberly M. When neighborhood orders of protection are employed in St.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 27, 2022

This guide, authored by County Attorney Reese Frederickson from Minnesota, IIP Deputy Director Alissa Marque Heydari, a nd IIP Legal Fellow Chloe Marmet , spotlights individuals who have implemented restorative justice programs to meet the needs of the victims, society, and the accused in their communities.

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Livesay&Myers

APRIL 8, 2020

Members of the Virginia legislature have concluded their work for the 2020 session. The new law, which goes into effect on July 1, 2020, will make proving adultery easier in divorce and other family law cases in Virginia. Adultery is a crime in Virginia—a Class 4 misdemeanor under Virginia Code § 18.2-365.

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JURIST

JULY 10, 2024

Additionally, Thomas’s refusal to recuse from matters concerning his spouse’s legal and economic interests in cases before the court is in question. Moreover, the resolution focuses on the reported evidence that Thomas’s wife was involved in efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In addition to challenging the perverse financial incentives built into civil forfeiture, the class action lawsuit highlights problems with police notions of “consent”—an important legal question when officers take property using civil forfeiture. An Airport Stop. People like Woods and Johnson have no chance under such a rigged system.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Contempt is one of the House’s only tools to punish witnesses who refuse to cooperate, but it’s riddled with legal loopholes and ambiguities that could allow Donald Trump’s allies to bury the Jan. 6 select committee in court challenges — without ever producing new evidence about the former president’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people. It is a Thanksgiving that perfectly captures 2020. _. Podder was found legally at fault.

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JURIST

MAY 3, 2024

” Both the Payment and Prefiling Provision carry a Class A misdemeanor penalty. According to the Legal Defense Fund , SB 1 would prohibit “non-partisan civil rights, voting rights, and disability rights organizations” from assisting voters with their absentee ballots for the November General Election.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In 2020, millions of people took to the streets in a nationwide reckoning with racial injustice and the American carceral system. Congress has failed to pass police reform, there has been disappointing backlash against racial equity efforts, and injustice continues to permeate our criminal legal system. In Norfolk, Va.,

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

One issue to watch is how Judge Bruce Schroeder handles the gun count, which is based on what I believe is a flawed legal interpretation by the prosecution. Here is the column: The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse increasingly seems like a legal version of the parable of the blind men and the elephant. One man – not society – is on trial.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 29, 2021

17 to face charges on a misdemeanor sex crime relating to an allegation that he “forcibly” touched a staff member. The charge, a Class A misdemeanor, carries a maximum sentence of one year in jail, reports The City. In a surprise move that critics charge has political overtones, former New York Gov. The complaint states that on Dec.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

On August 3, President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to criminal charges related to the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol and interfering with the results of the 2020 election. Miller was charged with assaulting Capitol police, a felony, and disorderly conduct inside the Capitol building, a misdemeanor.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 7, 2023

Given Bragg’s failure to even state the key offense allowing him to bring these 34 felonies, Merchan should have scheduled a hearing on the threshold legal questions in two weeks — not schedule all motions to be heard in December. percent , in the 2020 presidential election. percent to 14.5 In 1878, in Reynolds v.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

I recently wrote a column stating that the sixth count appeared to be based on a factually and legally inapplicable provision of Wisconsin law. But the Facebook post claimed that it was “perfectly legal” for the teenager to carry an assault-style rifle in Kenosha. .”

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Between 2019 and 2020, the murder rate rose by 29 percent nationwide, marking the largest recorded jump in a one-year period since the FBI began releasing annual figures in the 1960s. Unlike other large counties in the state, violent and property crimes were down in 2020 in Contra Costa County.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

On April 13, 2018, in the Circuit Court of Arlington County, Virginia, Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos staked her position on sentencing for a man convicted of a misdemeanor and a low-level felony. But, around the same time, American legal reformers started looking between states for inspiration, which helped the U.S.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2023

A very bold and impressive broad-gauged indictment that few, if any legal pundits, saw coming. Turns out the payments of hush money to at least two women—misdemeanor offenses—were not really what these indictments were all about. Ergo, there were no misdemeanor charges, only first-degree felonies. Kaplan rejected the merger.

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JURIST

JULY 4, 2023

Jackson overturned decades of precedent to declare that the right to abortion cannot be found in the Constitution, turning the question of abortion’s legality over to the states. Chief Justice John Roberts’ wife works as a legal recruiter, placing lawyers at firms with business before the Supreme Court.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

have emerged as a powerful political voice and exerted an influence that has distorted justice systems across the country, according to an Ohio State University Legal Studies Research Paper. During the 2020 election cycle, GEO’s founder contributed $500,000 to Republican campaigns, but just $10,000 dollars to Democrats.

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JURIST

JANUARY 13, 2021

The US House Judiciary Committee released a report Tuesday detailing the case for impeachment of President Donald Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors relating to the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

The Tenth Circuit vacated and remanded the exemptions after EPA moved for vacatur and voluntary remand, conceding that it did not analyze determinative legal questions regarding the refineries’ eligibility for the extensions. Circuit granted the motion on May 26, 2021. Renewable Fuels Association v. 21-9518 (10th Cir.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 25, 2023

He kept up that self-destructive lifestyle , he said, until his father’s 2020 presidential campaign began. He will plead guilty to two minor misdemeanor tax counts and a phantom felony count that will go away in time. Yet this may be the most vital role that Hunter has played for his family. Hunter Biden finally is important.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 4, 2024

Now, the Biden administration has arrested Baker on four misdemeanor charges linked to his entry into the Capitol on that day. In the George Floyd riots, at least 126 journalists were arrested or detained in 2020. He did not hide his support for their cause as he reported on what became a riot. Is it an ideological line?

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 4, 2021

s top deputy, said a prosecutor could bring misdemeanor charges of forcible touching or third-degree sexual abuse — or both onto Cuomo. . In both cases where the testimony according to James is damning, the incidents fall within the two-year statute of limitations that applies to misdemeanors in New York State. . “It

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JANUARY 5, 2022

Capitol building where Congress was forced to temporarily halt counting the 2020 Electoral College votes, Politico and the Wall Street Journal recount. One year later, hundreds of individuals face charges related to their involvement in the rally and insurrection, but questions still remain about what legally comes next, CBS News reports.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. On July 8, 2021, a jury in Minnesota state court found four activists guilty of aiding and abetting fourth degree criminal damage to property, a misdemeanor offense.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Jamie Raskin, accused Trump of personally inciting protesters at the January 6 “Save America Rally” to attack the Capitol and impede Congress’ confirmation of Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. Trump’s impeachment trial is scheduled to begin February 9.

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JURIST

AUGUST 4, 2021

Videos and photographs from June 2020 showed Mark McCloskey holding an AR-15-style rifle and Patricia McCloskey holding a semiautomatic pistol. Mark McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was fined $750. Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment and was fined $2,000. Louis last year.

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