Constitutional Law Reporter

JULY 20, 2021

California, 594 U.S. _ (2021) , the U.S. It held that, under the Fourth Amendment , the pursuit of a fleeing misdemeanor suspect does not always (or categorically) qualify as an exigent circumstance justifying a warrantless entry into a home. The State charged Lange with the misdemeanor of driving under the influence.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2022

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday announced that three individuals pleaded guilty to a series of actions related to the US Capitol breach on January 6, 2021. Court documents indicate Gardner joined other individuals in confronting “law enforcement officers on the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol.”

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Under Illinois law, all drug possession cases involving less than 15 grams — as little as a single pill of Xanax or a grain of heroin — are lumped together under the same felony offense, making it impossible to isolate statistics for specific quantities. In addition, many cops aren’t carrying out their new responsibilities. Through Sept.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

A “second chance law” in Indiana expunges criminal records after five to eight years. The Indiana law allows individuals to get those old criminal records expunged after they’ve remained out of trouble for five or eight years, depending on the offense, reports WRTV Indianapolis.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Misdemeanor rearrest rates for the first three months of 2021 shared a similar downward trend (1 percent vs 2 percent), while felony rates during the same time frame remained steady with historical averages at 3 percent. The trend has only continued. Not everyone has celebrated this new data.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

In addition, Adrian Guerrero, a general director of public affairs at Union Pacific, said lenient prosecution practices result in those arrested for rifling through railcars having their charges reduced to a misdemeanor or petty offense that has them back on the street with relative ease. The DA brought charges in 55 percent of those cases.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 18, 2022

A group of defense attorneys told the state’s highest criminal court that some men are still locked up for months before the courts give them an attorney or prosecutors file misdemeanor charges against them, in violation of state laws.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In reaction to nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism, law enforcement agency budgets in many urban areas were slated to be slashed in 2021.Some They argue it’s the only way to restore law and order in American cities. Rates of violent crime across the spectrum continue to rise precipitously in 2021.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

Efforts to restore rights of individuals released from jail to accelerate their reintegration into civil society picked up momentum during 2021, according to the Collateral Consequences Resource Center (CCRC). Key Reforms from 2021. Many of these new laws involved record clearing, the report outlines. .

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2023

The decision to extend the program covers all Hong Kong residents who have been present in the US since August 5, 2021. Biden first extended the DED program to Hong Kong residents in the US on August 5, 2021, which deferred the deportation of Hong Kong residents for 18 months. China imposed the NSL on Hong Kong in June 2020.

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The Crime Report

JULY 13, 2021

“Over the five arrests made for six of the 10 subway murders since March 2020, four of the suspects, allegedly responsible for five murders among them, had had previous run-ins with the law for alleged or convicted violent offenses.”. NYPD routinely confiscated handguns and knives from people committing misdemeanors on the subways.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 20, 2021

As a society, we eventually decided that faster access to Model Ts and Mustangs didn’t justify the horrific harms of the assembly line, and we passed laws and filed lawsuits to make the process safer. And we need to elect mayors, prosecutors, and judges who will commit to foregoing coercive tactics, even if the law currently allows them.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 27, 2022

Even worse, those laws exacerbate labor shortages by taking willing workers out of the job market who could fill essential jobs in critical fields. During the 2021 legislative session, 10 legislatures made significant progress in adopting laws that expand licensing opportunities for people with criminal histories.

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JURIST

AUGUST 12, 2022

in Robertson’s car on the morning of January 6, 2021. The men were also convicted of misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. Now, Robertson and Fracker must serve 87 months in prison, complete 36 months supervised release and pay restitution of $2,000. The men were sentenced in the District of Columbia.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 9, 2022

Several new states have joined those previously identified as reform leaders, and half a dozen other states have made “substantial improvements” to existing laws, according to the report. The survey and report card are the latest in a regular series of evaluations of progress in the nation’s restorative rights laws, produced by CCRC.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 28, 2022

The investigation found that since the sweeping changes to the state’s bail reform law, enacted in 2019, one of every five people arrested and released by a Buffalo City Court judge without having to post bail were rearrested — though few on violent felony charges. percent were rearrested on a misdemeanor charge, 7.2

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The Crime Report

MAY 19, 2022

Pritzker (D) has signed a law outlawing unmarked “ghost guns,” making Illinois the only state in the Midwest to ban such weapons, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. The Illinois law requires all firearms, including 3D-printed guns, to be marked with serial numbers. That number increased to 180 cases in 2021. Illinois Governor J.B.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Walsh — As readers of the FDA Law Blog know, the FDC Act is a strict liability criminal enforcement statute that can impose criminal misdemeanor penalties on a person without any showing of intent. We will cover further use of the second misdemeanor charge in future posts. By JP Ellison & Anne K.

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The Crime Report

JULY 14, 2022

With several recent reports showing that police in some areas disproportionately ticket people of color, a few states have moved away from strict enforcement of jaywalking laws making it easier for pedestrians to cross the street outside of a crosswalk or against a traffic signal without getting cited by police, Pew Stateline reports.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

This was followed by California’s Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, which reduced six felony offenses to misdemeanors and lowered the population eligible for prison and more extended felony probation terms. As part of the law, the reduced offenses came with relatively short and unsupervised local probations.

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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). A recent study published by Brandon del Pozo (the former Burlington, Vt. Polling in Portland, Ore.,

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The Crime Report

MAY 12, 2022

An author of the recent report that examined all 50 states’ restorative rights laws mirrored Cook’s point. That just shows you how far behind we are as a country for this particular population.”. ‘A A Long Way to Go’. It ranked Illinois as No. 1 for the second year in a row. The program also helps clients to expunge or seal criminal records.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 1, 2022

Participation in Yolo County’s drug court is down 86 percent since 2014, with data provided by the county showing that fewer than 12 percent of people referred to the county’s Health and Human Services Agency answered an initial phone call to establish a treatment plan in the first six months of 2021.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Rittenhouse is facing six charges that range from first-degree homicide to a misdemeanor of being a minor in possession of a dangerous weapon. At this stage, the prosecution may celebrate even a misdemeanor conviction. It is either the product of systemic errors or systemic racism. Prosecution’s bumpy start, and finish.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

55-8-136, which is a Class C misdemeanor, the statute of limitations for plaintiff’s action was extended to two years pursuant to Tenn. 28, 2021), plaintiff was injured in a car accident with defendant in September 2017. Code Ann. § Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(2). In Younger v. Okbahhanes , No. E2020-00429-COA-R10-CV (Tenn.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 24, 2022

Immunity for law enforcement : The court granted-and-held in Nelson v. A157169) 2019 WL 5654385, review denied ), held that pursuit of a fleeing misdemeanor suspect did not categorically allow the police to enter a home without a warrant. California (2021) 141 S.Ct. is limited to actions for malicious prosecution. Lange (Oct.

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At the Lectern

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Vivar (2021) 11 Cal.5th The issue for the appellate court to now decide concerns whether a plaintiff substituting into a Private Attorneys General Act case can seek civil penalties for labor law violations occurring before the substitution. Joseph Health System (2021) 11 Cal.5th Joseph Health System (2021) 11 Cal.5th

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Louis’ extreme, particularly as a response to petty incidents, according to experts in law enforcement. But police have issued citations for violations of the orders as recently as July 2021, records show. But few have taken the practice to St. Some defendants also face active court cases for alleged violations. Louis Post-Dispatch. “I

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

New York nonprofit The Legal Aid Society (LAS) Thursday reported that data from the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) shows the successes of New York’s 2019 bail reform law. For those released on their own recognizance, re-arrest rates decreased from 18 percent to 16 percent by 2021.

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JURIST

JUNE 27, 2021

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday a new lawsuit against the state of Georgia, alleging the state’s new voting law violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Georgia’s new voting law , passed in March 2021, restricts voting in a number of ways.

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Above The Law

APRIL 25, 2025

” Judge Millett spoke conclusively, as though judicial impeachment requires the same “High Crimes and Misdemeanors” standard, but there’s at least a colorable argument that this isn’t actually the case. Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021.

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JURIST

JULY 10, 2024

It was a symbol displayed by those who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The Constitution gives Congress the authority to remove justices for “‘treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors” by a vote of impeachment by the House of Representatives and a trial and conviction by the Senate.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In terms of legislation, Detroit City Council approved a new local law this week that will allow law enforcement to seize firearms from anyone convicted of a misdemeanor related to domestic violence, according to the Detroit Free Press. . The council members named the ordinance after Sgt.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2021

Major League Baseball (MLB) announced Friday that the 2021 All-Star Game and MLB draft will not be held in Georgia, in response to Georgia’s new voting restrictions that were signed into law on March 25. . President Joe Biden called the law “Jim Crow in the 21 st Century,” as the restrictions disproportionately affect Black voters.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star using state law enforcement to enforce immigration law by arresting migrants for trespassing is overwhelming local courts and resulting in few convictions. Just 3 percent of the about 1,500 people arrested on misdemeanor trespassing charges since July, 2021 have been convicted, all via guilty pleas.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

School officials and local law enforcement are attempting to stymie the sometimes dangerous youth vaping craze by drawing a hard line. Having up to 4 ounces of flower marijuana is a misdemeanor. Students don’t need to be a test bed for whatever the law says on delta-8.” And I’m just there because I was smoking at school.”

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 27, 2022

In June of 2021, the IIP launched its Beyond Big Cities Initiative with several discussions about restorative justice in smaller communities. . The Pine County’s Probation Department collaborates with experts in the program to work with juveniles that have been charged with misdemeanors and felonies that are not homicides or sex crimes. .

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