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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 trial followed an FBI investigation and prosecution by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colombia.

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Stop ‘Locking Up’ the Drug Problem, Prosecutors Told

The Crime Report

. “Drugs in the black community have been treated very differently than drugs in the white community,” acknowledged Sherry Boston, district attorney for the Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit in DeKalb County, Georgia. ” Dan Satterberg, Prosecuting Attorney at King County in Washington State, agreed.

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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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Georgia Deputy Under Investigation for Killing Black Driver Has History of Violence During Traffic Stops

The Crime Report

Buck Aldridge, the Camden County, Georgia sheriff’s deputy who recently fatally shot Leonard Cure, a Black man, at point-blank range during a traffic stop, has a history of excessive and violent behavior during similar stops, Russ Bynum reports for the Associated Press. Aldridge’s attorney said the video shows he fired in self-defense.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Allco is an owner, operator, and developer of solar energy projects throughout the country, including in Georgia and New York. New York Trial Court Set Parameters for Exxon’s Compliance with Attorney General’s Climate Change Investigation. The court indicated that the attorney general had broad power to propound the interrogatories.

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Superior Court rules Arbery’s mental health records can’t be used at trial

JURIST

The Superior Court of Glynn County, Georgia ruled on Friday that Ahmaud Arbery’s mental health records could not be used as evidence in the trial against the three white men accused of killing the 25-year-old Black man. The defendants face charges of felony murder and false imprisonment. Arbery was unarmed.

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Lawyers Under Investigation For Alleged Fraudulent Voting Schemes In Georgia

JonathanTurley

We recently discussed how figures like New York Times columnist Tom Friedman calling on people to move to Georgia to rig the vote in favor of a Democratic takeover of the Senate. It did not seem to matter to either the newspaper or Friedman that he was encouraging the commission of a felony. Yet, Friedman is not a lawyer.

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