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

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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. The case is in the Southern Division of the Northern District of Alabama. ” Both the Payment and Gift Provisions carry a Class B or C felony penalty.

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A Reform DA Fights Back

The Crime Report

Last May, in an ongoing legal challenge to Becton’s authority first filed in 2020, five white female prosecutors — Mary Knox, Alison Chandler, Mary Blumberg, Rachel Piersig and Jill Henderson — filed a federal lawsuit against Contra Costa County and its DA’s office. “She That image lives in me,” Becton said.

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Trump Expects Arrest on Stormy Daniels Payout Charges, City Prepares for Protests

The Crime Report

Trump could be charged with misdemeanor falsification of records charges or felony charges related to campaign finance violations for the role the payout, falsely classified as an expense of the Trump Organization, may have played in the 2016 election. Joyce Alene White Vance, former U.S.