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Washington State Restricts Gun Magazine Capacity Size, Joining 9 Other States

The Crime Report

Washington governor Jay Inslee has signed a package of bills tightening the state’s gun laws, including a measure that bans the manufacture, distribution and sale of firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition, reports The Guardian.

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Illinois Scores Top Rank in Reintegrating Ex-Incarcerees, Alaska is Lowest

The Crime Report

Pardon Attorney, in the introduction to the report. Several new states have joined those previously identified as reform leaders, and half a dozen other states have made “substantial improvements” to existing laws, according to the report. Washington D.C. and then assigning an overall ranking for each state.

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

JURIST

According to court documents , Robertson, 49, and co-defendent Jacob Fracker were both officers with the Rocky Mount, Virginia, Police Department and were off duty when they headed for Washington, D.C. Attorney Matthew M. The men were also convicted of misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building.

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Voters Send ‘Go-Slow’ Message on Police Reform

The Crime Report

While progressive prosecutor Larry Krasner handily won his bid for re-election in Philadelphia, voters in the conservative suburbs of Long Island elected tough-on-crime candidates who opposed New York State’s new bail reform law. In Nassau, career local prosecutor Anne Donnelly upset Democratic state Sen.

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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. First, let’s look at the law. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.)

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No, The Bowman Controversy Does Not Warrant Expulsion

JonathanTurley

this would more likely constitute a criminal misdemeanor. In Bowman’s case, the criminal act is captured on videotape, but it is also likely a misdemeanor. Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and a practicing criminal defense attorney.

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Rittenhouse Goes To Jury After Case Collapses in Court

JonathanTurley

Rittenhouse is facing six charges that range from first-degree homicide to a misdemeanor of being a minor in possession of a dangerous weapon. At this stage, the prosecution may celebrate even a misdemeanor conviction. It is either the product of systemic errors or systemic racism. Prosecution’s bumpy start, and finish.

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