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New Hampshire governor signs controversial bail reform bill into law

JURIST

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey almost immediately rejected Ayotte’s labeling of her state as a “sanctuary state” and reminded Ayotte that Healey was a former prosecutor and attorney general who spent “a good part of her career investigating, prosecuting, and putting bad guys away.”

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MA Record Expungement Bill Offers ‘Fresh Start’ to Juveniles

The Crime Report

For some individuals in Massachusetts, getting old juvenile records expunged has been a lifelong process, in many cases preventing them getting an education, housing, or job opportunities. . For felony charges, the Salem News details that petitioners have to wait at least seven years, misdemeanors mean waiting three years.

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California Dreaming: Newsom’s Kidnapping Claim Against DeSantis is Long on Politics and Short on the Law

JonathanTurley

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced that she was taking a look, “long and hard,” at potential charges. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.)

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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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. Exxon Said Federal Court Should Not Dismiss Its Constitutional Claims Against Attorneys General. 47641-0-II (Wash.

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A Man May Serve Life in Prison for Cops Killing Another Cop

The Crime Report

Jagger Freeman has been convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 30 years to life in prison because of New York’s felony murder law, a legal concept that broadens the crime of murder to include those who set into motion a series of events that lead to a person’s death, regardless of their intent, The Gothamist reports.

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

The Crime Report

The North Carolina and Massachusetts Experiments. In 442 of the 559 felony cases reviewed in the study, there was just one plea before the offer was accepted. Within those post-meeting assessments with defense attorneys, the most important aspect of plea agreements that came up in Berkshire were rehabilitation and treatment (23.5

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Restorative Justice Gains Support in America’s Smaller Communities

The Crime Report

This guide, authored by County Attorney Reese Frederickson from Minnesota, IIP Deputy Director Alissa Marque Heydari, a nd IIP Legal Fellow Chloe Marmet , spotlights individuals who have implemented restorative justice programs to meet the needs of the victims, society, and the accused in their communities.