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North Carolina federal judge finds felony disenfranchisement law is unconstitutional

JURIST

A federal judge in North Carolina found on Tuesday that the state’s 147-year-old voting law is unconstitutional. The lawsuit arose when civil rights group North Carolina A. The lawsuit arose when civil rights group North Carolina A. Executive Director of the North Carolina A.

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North Carolina man sentenced for threatening House Speaker Pelosi after US Capitol riot

JURIST

The US District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday sentenced a North Carolina man to 28 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge regarding a threat he made against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The man, Cleveland Grover Meredith, Jr., pleaded guilty to interstate communication of threats.

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Injustice With Impunity: A Texas Tale

The Crime Report

By night he drafted court documents for judges to sign. As a subsequent ruling by the Texas Court of Appeals finally made clear, the arrangement was not a momentary lapse in judgment or a one-time offense induced under pressure. They complained to an immigration and employment attorney about long hours and poor living conditions.

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North Carolina seeks to enforce undercover workplace-recording ban against PETA

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, PETA’s First Amendment challenge to a North Carolina law that imposes monetary damages on undercover workplace recording.

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How Duke Law Researchers Pried Open the ‘Black Box’ of Plea Bargaining

The Crime Report

Supreme Court during a 2012 ruling. Criminal justice today is for the most part a system of pleas, not a system of trials,” the Court said in Missouri v Frye. In today’s clogged court dockets, the emphasis is on speed and efficiency, critics of the system point out. The North Carolina and Massachusetts Experiments.

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North Carolina appeals court temporarily enjoins order expanding felon voting rights

JURIST

The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Friday blocked a lower court order that would restore voting rights to more than 55,000 North Carolinians on parole or probation for a felony. Stein refused, and “legislative leaders fired Stein and hired outside counsel.”

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US Justice Department charges 11 defendants with seditious conspiracy over Capitol riot

JURIST

The case is being prosecuted by the US Attorney’s Office for DC and the DOJ National Security Division’s Counterterrorism Section. The defendants allegedly coordinated, planned to, and traveled to the Capitol on January 6 and brought weapons. Seditious conspiracy can result in a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

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