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Compassionate release, election rules, and procedural puzzles

SCOTUSBlog

The First Step Act modified the law to make consecutive sentences more rare (basically, they would only be consecutive if you reoffended after being convicted of using a gun during a crime) but the change was made only prospectively, so it did not help those sentenced under the old law. The elections and electors clauses of the U.S.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: November 26 to December 2 , 2022

Broadcast Law Blog

We provided more information about this cost-of-living increase in an article on our Broadcast Law Blog, here. additional hours of audio description per calendar quarter between 6 a.m. and 11:59 p.m. local time, on each programming stream on which they carry one of the top four commercial television broadcast networks.

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Government contractors’ defenses, election challenges, and intellectual disability in capital cases

SCOTUSBlog

The class action alleged violations of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and Colorado common law prohibitions against unjust enrichment. Ross Construction Co. Hencely sued Fluor in tort, alleging negligent hiring, supervision, and retention under South Carolina law, as well as third-party contract claims. In Hencely v.

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Can U.S. Policing Be Saved?

The Crime Report

But most worrying, we found deep uncertainty about whether current law enforcement structures can meet the challenges of a deeply polarized society. a professor of law at Yale Law School, and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America. “We James Forman Jr.