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Public Defender Shortages Reaching Critical Levels: Report

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Reporting on the latest data, OPB details that Oregon’s public defense system’s stress has had long-lasting implications, as it has one-third of the attorneys the state news to “adequately represent criminal defendants.”. Those standards are expected to be released in May, replacing metrics that have been in place for decades.

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Pittsburgh Lawyer Charged After Dropping Pants In Protest in Courthouse

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Attorney Jeffrey Pollock, 59, was reportedly put out when a metal detector repeatedly set off an alarm at a Pittsburgh courthouse. ” In Rhode Island, the court in State v. Most judges will not view the security checkpoint as a place for such spontaneous forms of protest by an attorney. b) Grading.–An

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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He had been convicted of misdemeanor trespass and felony criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit criminal mischief in October 2017. A second activist who filmed the action was convicted of felony conspiracy to commit criminal mischief and conspiracy trespass, a misdemeanor.

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June 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Rhode Island , No. The plaintiffs’ attorneys stated that they intended to request a 60-day extension of the July 12 deadline for filing a petition for writ of certiorari in the Supreme Court and that they would keep the district court informed about that application. County of San Mateo , No. 20-884 (U.S. 20-783 (U.S.

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August 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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On July 8, 2021, a jury in Minnesota state court found four activists guilty of aiding and abetting fourth degree criminal damage to property, a misdemeanor offense. Rhode Island v. “Valve Turner” Defendants Convicted of Aiding and Abetting Criminal Damage to Property. Shell Oil Products Co. , 19-1818 (1st Cir.).

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