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Second Chance Month®: Breaking Barriers

Blackstone Career Institute

History of Second Chance Month Prison Fellowship , a Christian organization that supports criminal justice reform and the rehabilitation of prisoners, started Second Chance Month to advocate for the reduction of legal barriers for formerly incarcerated individuals and to fight the stigma that can come with incarceration.

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Coalition of rights groups sues Alabama to block enforcement of law criminalizing absentee ballot assistance

JURIST

2024-33 (“SB 1”), which criminalizes absentee ballot assistance. ” Both the Payment and Prefiling Provision carry a Class A misdemeanor penalty. A coalition of rights groups led by the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP filed a lawsuit Friday challenging four provisions of Alabama Senate Bill 1 , Act No.

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Missouri Court: Mark McCloskey Pardoned But Still Guilty

JonathanTurley

Mark McCloskey later pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors to end the case, but was then granted a pardon. ” { Hill argued that “his statutory restoration of rights is legally equivalent to a governor’s pardon and had the effect of negating the fact of his prior conviction.”}

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New US gun laws take effect January 1

JURIST

Legislation enacted during 2024 in South Carolina and Louisiana that legalized open carry without a permit further paints a picture of a country moving in two different directions. Colorado also increased training requirements for concealed carry permits while prohibiting particular misdemeanor offenders from obtaining the permits.

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Merchan’s Monster: Judge’s Attempt to Calm Townspeople Fails In Trump Trial

JonathanTurley

Merchan allowed a dead misdemeanor to be resuscitated by allowing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to effectively prosecute declined federal offenses. Merchan ruled that the jury did not have to agree on why Trump committed an alleged offense in describing settlement costs as legal costs. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)

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Court asked to review prosecution of Jan. 6 participants, with implications for Trump

SCOTUSBlog

Miller was charged with assaulting Capitol police, a felony, and disorderly conduct inside the Capitol building, a misdemeanor. Garrett Miller was one of thousands of Trump supporters arrested in the aftermath of Jan. Seeking a higher sentence, prosecutors also charged Miller with violating Section 1512(c). Chiaverini v.

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Biden’s Closet: It is Not the Crime But the Clarity That Concerns the Press and Pundits

JonathanTurley

Legally, the underlying potential offense of unlawfully possessing classified material is the same, though there are obvious differences in the two cases. ” Washington is in full spin control with pundits who previously said that even a misdemeanor conviction of Trump should bar him from ever running again for federal office.