JURIST

DECEMBER 15, 2021

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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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

ACLU of Nebraska’s legal and policy counsel, Jane Seu stated: It is hard to overstate how much is at stake. In his order, Evnen claimed that both LB20 and LB53 were unconstitutional based on an advisory opinion by Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that his office will dismiss roughly 60,000 marijuana convictions, the latest step to undo what some reform advocates consider the damage caused by narcotics enforcement carried out before Californians voted to legalize marijuana, reports the Los Angeles Times.

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The Crime Report

MAY 17, 2022

Criminal defendants in Oregon who have gone without legal representation for long periods of time amid a critical shortage of public defense attorneys have filed a lawsuit that alleges the state violated their constitutional right to legal counsel and a speedy trial, reports the Associated Press.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

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. The post North Carolina appeals court temporarily enjoins order expanding felon voting rights appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 3, 2023

(Related: “Newsom grants clemency, but freedom isn’t certain.” ) The state constitution requires a governor to get an affirmative court recommendation before granting clemency to anyone who has been “twice convicted of a felony.” These might be the first clemency unseal motions made by district attorneys.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 18, 2022

Over 30 states lack laws that establish a firm deadline for initial appearances, requiring only that such appearances occur “within a reasonable time,” with the result that individuals can be held behind bars for weeks before seeing an attorney, charge the report’s authors. Additionally, jails are violent, cramped, and frightening places.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 22, 2022

.” Public defenders including a coalition from the Bronx Defenders filed suit against the city in Manhattan Supreme Court accusing the NYPD of abusing civil rights through accessing records they’re not legally entitled to, sealed through dismissal, acquittal or downgraded charges.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 14, 2023

Congress extended the Immigration and Nationality Act, which regulates immigration into the United States, in 1988 to give immigration enforcement authorities, now the Department of Homeland Security, the power to automatically deport noncitizens convicted of an “aggravated felony” at the state or federal level.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 20, 2021

This despite the fact that we know myriad innocent people charged with felonies plead guilty. Most importantly, we need to decide as a society whether we value shortcuts or justice in our criminal legal system, because we’ve proven we can’t have both. Somil Trivedi is Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project.

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JURIST

JANUARY 5, 2024

The case stems from Mississippi House Bill 1020 , which created a court with judges appointed by the state’s Supreme Court and prosecutors appointed by the state’s Attorney General in Jackson’s Capital Complex Improvement District (CCID).

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

What’s more, legal experts say that these shortages have been the operational norm for years across our country as a whole, Law360 reports. . Similarly, public defense attorneys in Oregon have to represent 203 cases per year, putting in about 10 hours per case, according to the reports. ” New Mexico and Oregon. .”

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 13, 2022

But what happens when a night of drinking leads to a felony? . Cymone Fuller, Director of the Restorative Justice Project at Impact Justice, says there’s a lot of evidence backing up the need for change: “Decades of research show that contact with the legal system actually increases a person’s likelihood of causing harm in the future.”.

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At the Lectern

MAY 3, 2023

In response to a motion filed last month by the San Bernardino District Attorney’s office, the Supreme Court today returned the record to Newsom, ordering him to resubmit it and justify keeping confidential any portions of it that he wants to redact. However, the record from Brown’s request was partially unsealed in 2021.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

These reports are part of the Commission’s statutory mandate and provide vital information and analysis to attorneys, scholars and the public. Similarly, the Commission found that nearly half of supervision violators engaged in new felony conduct, but the figure for probation violations was only one-third. percent, 28.07

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The Crime Report

JUNE 21, 2023

A recent report released by the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office uncovers ongoing racial disparities in the city’s legal system, Beatrice Forman reports for The Philadelphia Inquirer. Black Philadelphians face higher rates of felony charges, impacting bail, diversion eligibility, and sentencing. Black people are 1.5

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JURIST

JANUARY 13, 2021

” Acting US Attorney for the District of Columbia Michael Sherwin said that the scope and scale of the DOJ’s investigation into the attack is “unprecedented.” These initial charges open the door to further indictments, and the DOJ is “looking at significant felony cases tied to sedition and conspiracy.”

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

For decades, attorneys, activists, academics, and even judges have openly critiqued the War on Drugs and its associated harsh enforcement policies such as mandatory minimum sentencing. The relationship between anti-gun and anti-drug initiatives becomes clear when looking at felony convictions.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

However, it was consistent with a bizarre criminal defense that never seemed connected to a legal strategy. However, as a criminal defense attorney, I have never heard of a defendant seeking an Alford plea without previously discussing the option with prosecutors. ” Here is the column: “Guilty.” The result?

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At the Lectern

MARCH 7, 2023

The state constitution requires a governor to get an affirmative court recommendation before granting clemency to anyone who has been “twice convicted of a felony.” Order 2021-05-26 ), would not deny the public a meaningful opportunity to address the legal questions the Court is tasked with resolving.” ” (Link added.)

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Dwyer,Williams&Cherkoss

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Whether you’ve been involved in a bar fight, spousal abuse, or another incident, it’s essential to act decisively to ensure your safety and build a strong case if legal action is needed. Read More

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 27, 2022

I have never seen a young person do better because of detention,” said Rachel Shapiro, an attorney with the Juvenile Justice Project, which provides legal assistance to students with disabilities. When students are caught possessing drugs, they are not arrested unless they have enough to constitute a felony.

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Broadcast Law Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The US Attorney's Office in Seattle has reportedly issued a statement reminding residents in Washington State of that fact, and told Washingtonians that the Department of Justice plans to enforce Federal law on all Federal properties in the state. It is Federal law, of course, that governs the issuance and renewal of FCC licenses.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 12, 2023

The prosecution acted under a Los Angeles County District Attorney directive to not contest certain resentencing petitions in felony-murder cases. According to the opinion, the recusal was ordered because of the district attorney’s “well-publicized association with critics of the Black Lives Matter movement.”

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Livesay&Myers

APRIL 5, 2021

The fault grounds for divorce in Virginia are adultery, cruelty, desertion, and felony conviction and confinement in excess of one year. The no-fault ground of divorce essentially allows couples to “collude” in agreeing to separate, although the actual date of separation must still adhere to legal requirements.

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The Crime Report

MAY 11, 2022

Judges have dismissed nearly four dozen cases in the Portland area alone and have threatened to hold the state public defender’s office in contempt of court for failing to provide attorneys. Every existing attorney would have to work more than 26 hours a day during the work week to cover the caseload.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 30, 2011

In the last few days, NPR has broadcast stories about the Department of Justice writing letters to authorities in Rhode Island and Arizona , in both cases saying that the Federal government still considers the sale of marijuana, even medical marijuana, to be a Federal felony subject to prosecution. Broadcasters are Federal licensees.

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Chugh LLP

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Speak to an attorney. If counselling does not repair your marriage, you should speak with an experienced divorce attorney. Only a divorce attorney can factor in your individual circumstances and provide you with holistic analysis of your situation. A legal separation does not end your marriage and instead puts it on hold.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 3, 2021

But offering the court an important legal issue is not alone enough to get a case heard. Some superior court judges even agreed with those district attorneys, ruling SB 1437 to be in violation of the state constitution. A frequently invoked ground for Supreme Court review of a case is when it is “necessary. Apparently not.

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ALPS

AUGUST 4, 2022

” And he brought in three black women attorneys to come talk to me. We have gone into post-secondary and really just plant the seed that, “Hey, have you considered the legal profession?” In the South Dakota Bar, we have about 2,700 lawyers, but we have anecdotally, maybe 10 to 15 Native American attorneys.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 15, 2023

The state constitution requires a governor to get an affirmative court recommendation before granting clemency to anyone who, like all five, have been “twice convicted of a felony.” The return of the records follows motions by San Bernardino’s District Attorney and by the Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County.

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 17, 2022

2) To what extent or in what manner, if any, may a reviewing court consider the evidence in favor of a legally valid theory in assessing whether it is clear beyond a reasonable doubt that the jury based its verdict on the valid theory, when the record contains indications that the jury considered the invalid theory? Chiu (2014) 59 Cal.4th

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The Fashion Law

JULY 19, 2021

As Jackson Walker attorneys Emilio Nicolas and Valery Piedra put it recently , “There is a seemingly trending tale in Hollywood: A film production has cast the lead role. A Legal Conundrum. For example, a clause might only kick in if an endorser is convicted of, or pleads guilty to, a felony,” according to Kelley Drye’s Gonzalo Mon.

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At the Lectern

OCTOBER 24, 2024

It was the plaintiff-employee who demanded arbitration and, when the defendant-employer who had drafted the arbitration agreement didn’t timely pay the arbitration fees, withdrew from the arbitration and was awarded attorney fees and costs of over $175,000. Aroche , but Justices Goodwin Liu and Kelli Evans recorded dissenting votes.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Justice Department to investigate whether the flights are violations of the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act — a ridiculous legal suggestion.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 5, 2023

First, there is the gifted attorney and expert on issues ranging from trains to energy. Most recently, the “ Dark Biden ” emerged as his legal team pledged to attack witnesses and critics against him. We will have to wait for the public hearing to see which Hunter will appear. Hunter the Hunted.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 31, 2022

Instead, Amber and the Board will simply ask alumni to foot the bill for a legal effort that seems to become little more than a revenge fetish. Aladin was charged with robbery, which is a second degree felony, and Whettstone and Lawrence were charged with first degree misdemeanor assault. million payment in attorney fees.

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