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Concerns Rise on Low Felony Conviction Rates in New Orleans

The Crime Report

Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams in New Orleans accompanied by business owners, faith leaders, and city officials, held a gathering to give respect to a 2022 double homicide that killed Kane Sanders and Christopher Cornelius, Andres Fuentes reports for Fox 8.

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Third Mississippi ‘Goon Squad’ member sentenced for involvement in assault of Black men

JURIST

In January 2023, six members of Mississippi law enforcement entered the home of Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker without a warrant or exigent circumstances. Following the crime, Mississippi State Attorney General Lynn Fitch spoke out against the agents in a statement with the Department of Justice.

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Minnesota Attorney General Launches Clinic to Clear Criminal Records

The Crime Report

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will be hosting a clinic in north Minneapolis this week to help eligible people get their criminal records wiped clean, Nafi Soumare reports for the Minnesota Reformer. The clinic will help the 5 percent of people eligible for expungement go through the process.

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Small Town Alabama Journalists Arrested, Ordered To Refrain From Reporting On Grand Jury Investigations

The Crime Report

On Wednesday, Digmon was also charged with two felony counts of violating state ethics law for allegedly using her school board position to solicit a thing of value by selling more than $2,500 in advertisements to the board. ” Abuse of grand jury information is a felony under Alabama law. Theodore J.

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Hunter Biden Discovers There is No “Nicer” Way to Say “I’m Guilty”

JonathanTurley

However, as a criminal defense attorney, I have never heard of a defendant seeking an Alford plea without previously discussing the option with prosecutors. These pleas ordinarily require the approval of prosecutors and Justice Department rules require the approval of high-ranking officials or the Attorney General himself. The result?

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Supreme Court will hear resentencing case in which Court of Appeal rejected Attorney General’s concession in favor of a district attorney’s amicus brief

At the Lectern

The dispute is whether a superior court can consider grand jury testimony in deciding if a defendant meets the criteria for resentencing under SB 1437 and subsequent amending legislation, which narrowed liability under the felony murder and the natural and probable consequences doctrines. Ocobachi (2024) 105 Cal.App.5th 2d 218; Pen. (a)(1),

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Supreme Court will decide parole eligibility issue for young-adult offenders

At the Lectern

Yesterday’s Supreme Court conference , a double one, was one of several firsts: the first conference of 2023, the first with Patricia Guerrero as chief justice, and the first for new Justice Kelli Evans. Also, the conference featured Justice Evans’s first dissenting vote. Gascón (see here ). Chocolate fraud.

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