The Crime Report
APRIL 4, 2023
On Monday, the Senate passed Senate Bill 495, otherwise known as the ‘Protect Arkansas Act.’ ’ If passed into law, it would require people convicted of violent felonies to serve 100 percent of their sentences in prison. Wickline reports for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
The Crime Report
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
In Alabama, lawmakers have refiled a previously unsuccessful felony ban on health care for trans minors. Republicans in Arizona and Kentucky have also proposed health care bans for trans youth, similar to a law passed last year in Arkansas that bans gender-affirming care for trans minors.
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SCOTUSBlog
MAY 27, 2022
In Holt , the justices ruled that an Arkansas prison policy that prevented a Muslim prisoner from growing a half-inch beard in accordance with his religious beliefs violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act.
The Crime Report
MARCH 3, 2022
Similarly, In 11 states — including Arkansas, Delaware, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas — ineligibility for jury service is permanent without a pardon. On a more broad spectrum, a pardon may be necessary to enable anyone to run for elected office, or simply secure a professional or business license.
The Crime Report
MAY 20, 2021
South Carolina requires just three years of experience in criminal law; Arkansas specifies that lawyers should have handled at least one homicide trial.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 20, 2022
Tyrance McCall, a Florida resident, filed suit in Georgia against Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, a Delaware corporation with its headquarters in Ohio, after a 2016 accident in Florida resulted from the alleged failure of a tire that Cooper manufactured in Arkansas.
The Crime Report
APRIL 13, 2022
Kevin Stitt has signed a bill that makes performing an abortion in the state a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine, reports the Washington Post. Oklahoma Gov.
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