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17 Years Ago, She Lost Her Gun Rights for Passing a Bad Check. She Wants SCOTUS To Rectify That Injustice.

The Volokh Conspiracy

According to the Prison Policy Initiative , about 19 million Americans have felony records. percent of federal felony convictions involved violent crimes. Older BJS data indicate that less than a fifth of state felony convictions involve violent offenses. As applied to that man, the 3rd Circuit ruled in Range v.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a West Virginia federal district court had erred in concluding that it had jurisdiction to consider the coal company Murray Energy Corporation’s and its affiliates’ lawsuit that sought to compel EPA to conduct evaluations of the Clean Air Act’s employment effects. Klee , Nos.

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A Reform DA Fights Back

The Crime Report

The troubles of more well-known figures like George Gascón in Los Angeles, Chesa Boudin in San Francisco, or Alvin Bragg in New York have made headlines. Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton is among a small group of district attorneys working to dial back decades of tough-on-crime approaches.

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Georgia judge drops several charges pending against Trump in election interference case

JURIST

On Wednesday, Judge Scott McAfee of the Fulton County Superior Court ruled that six of the charges should be dropped for a “lack of detail concerning an essential legal element,” an oversight the judge described as “fatal.” Kimbrough, 300 Ga.

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Is It Forensics or Is It Junk Science?

The Crime Report

In a 2022 interview, Harpster defended his program and noted that he has also helped defense attorneys argue for suspects’ innocence. While there is no index that lists cases in which bloodstain-pattern analysis played a role, state appellate court rulings show that the technique has played a factor in felony cases across the country.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the District of South Dakota temporarily enjoined enforcement of provisions of a riot boosting statute enacted in South Dakota in 2019 in response to anticipated protests of the Keystone XL pipeline. New York Court Dismissed Challenge to Local Zoning Law that Restricted Development of Solar Facilities.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The federal district court for the Eastern District of California held that more analysis of the impacts climate change would have on a water transfer program for the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta was required under NEPA. Based Fossil Fuel Companies Filed Motions to Dismiss New York City’s Climate Change Lawsuit. The three U.S.-based

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