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Philadelphia district attorney sues Elon Musk for PAC money giveaways for illegal lottery

JURIST

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner filed a civil lawsuit against Elon Musk and America PAC on Monday. In the complaint, Krasner argues that this petition violates the State Lottery Law by organizing an unauthorized lottery. Accordingly, Krasner invites the court to issue an injunction to restrain the petition.

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Most U.S. Prosecutors ‘Routinely’ Support Harsh Punishments: Study

The Crime Report

District attorneys around the country are deeply involved in lobbying for tough criminal justice legislation, but the minority of prosecutors who push for reform measures exert a powerful influence on state legislators, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Law School. and do not make?the

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“A Political Problem”: New Mexico District Attorney Gives Probation To All Rioters

JonathanTurley

We previously discussed how prosecutors in North Carolina, Georgia, Oregon, and other states have dismissed or downgraded many rioting cases, including cases of individuals who destroyed statues in broad daylight.

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Off-duty Virginia police officer sentenced to 87 months for January 6 riot

JURIST

Attorney Matthew M. David Moerschel, 43, of Tampa, Florida, and Brian Ulrich, 43, of Guyton, Georgia, are similarly charged with federal offenses that include conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting, and entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds.

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Arbery Trial Judge Delivers Massive Blow to the Defense on the Eve of Closing Statements

JonathanTurley

In the Georgia trial over the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, Judge Timothy Walmsley delivered a haymaker to the defense on the very eve of closing statements. The court ruled that Georgia’s prior citizen’s arrest law is only applicable if a person sees a felony committed and acts without delay. Here is the prior law: O.C.G.A.

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Two Sixth Amendment claims and an ERISA lawsuit

SCOTUSBlog

Two of the cases involve criminal law, and one is a capital case. The third case involves a fairly arcane issue of pleading claims under federal pension law. The Georgia Supreme Court concluded that the shackles had little effect on the jury in light of the evidence of Whatley’s dangerousness, and the U.S.

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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2020

SCOTUSBlog

In an article for Woodward Academy, a private school in Georgia that O’Brien attended, he reflected on his early days as a Supreme Court reporter: There was no internet in those days, nor even cable television. He also taught criminal law and trial practice at the George Washington University School of Law.

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