The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

According to the reports, which are the result of two years of research, New Mexico is short more than 600 full-time public defenders across adult and juvenile courts, whereas Oregon is short nearly 1,300 public defenders. ” New Mexico and Oregon. hours per workday, and lawyers in Oregon would need to put in 26.6

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 10, 2022

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. This week we highlight petitions asking the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, similar issues in two very different drug-related prosecutions. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2024

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A trial court in Arizona agreed that Bassett was entitled to a hearing. On appeal, however, the Arizona Supreme Court denied Bassett’s request for a hearing and dismissed his petition for post-conviction relief.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. The court therefore found that the stay was unauthorized and vacated it. FEATURED CASE. A divided D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

“ In a Central Texas county, high schoolers are jailed on felony charges for vaping what could be legal hemp ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A new Colorado state law increases eligibility for people convicted of felonies to receive DNA testing, providing a recourse for those who may have been falsely convicted, Hannah Metzger reports for Colorado Politics.

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2023

The survivors and families of the victims joined in a lawsuit against the US government, alleging negligence under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act due to the government’s failure to prevent Kelley from purchasing a firearm despite his prior felony convictions.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. Two other cases involve a dispute involving the Navajo Nation’s rights to Colorado River water. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, Abitron argued that the Lanham Act should not apply to its foreign sales.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2023

Anderson Lee Aldrich , the gunman who killed five during an attack on an LGBTQIA+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, pleaded guilty in court Monday to five counts of murder, 46 counts of attempted murder and no contest to two bias-motivated crimes. The charges were later dropped.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Aurora, Colorado Fire Department paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Defense attorneys at a November court hearing indicated they plan to blame police for McClain’s death during a trial expected to last most of December. Cooper and Cichuniec face felony charges of manslaughter, negligent homicide and several counts each of assault.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, a potential replacement for the now-dismissed Servotronics Inc. Oklahoma should apply retroactively, and whether the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act violates a website designer’s First Amendment rights. In ZF Automotive US, Inc.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 30, 2021

With New Jersey’s legislation—following on the heels of laws enacted in 2019 in Colorado, Illinois and New York, legislation in D.C. Civil actions may be brought to remedy violations for treble the amount of the application fee, plus court costs and attorney fees. See the Colorado profile for more details. State Laws.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 18, 2024

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Kentucky , the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to strike jurors in a criminal trial because of their race. Over Johnson’s objection, the trial court reinstated the Black juror.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court granted review on a case raising the question whether Andy Warhol paintings made using a copyrighted photograph were so “transformative” as to be a non-infringing “fair use.”

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In California, Colorado and Massachusetts, a firearm owner can face liability after leaving a gun where a child merely has the potential to gain access. Do we take this law from a misdemeanor charge to a felony charge? Child Access Prevention Laws in 29 States. That’s much more than a slap on the wrist. Cassie Chew.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A person held in state prison can challenge the constitutionality of their criminal conviction in federal court through a legal tool known as a writ of habeas corpus. In Clements v.

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JURIST

AUGUST 3, 2023

Both politicians were arraigned in Oakland County’s Sixth Circuit Court. In March 2022, a Colorado county clerk was indicted for tampering with election information. The post Michigan politicians charged with felonies for tampering with voting machines appeared first on JURIST - News.

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The Crime Report

MAY 4, 2022

As the repercussions of the leaked draft of the Supreme Court’s preliminary ruling on Roe v. In April of this year, Colorado enacted “a broad reproductive health law” which ensured someone could not be prosecuted for pregnancy-related death or harm to a fetus. Supreme Court, reports Bloomberg News.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 10, 2021

Howell challenged the toughness of the Justice Department’s stance in a plea hearing for a Colorado Springs man who admitted to one of four nonviolent misdemeanor counts of picketing in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington on why it was seeking to require only $2,000 in each felony case and $500 in each misdemeanor case.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Fourth Circuit Declined to Stay Remand Order in Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies; Companies Sought Stay from Supreme Court. Supreme Court. On October 2, the district court granted the companies’ motion to temporarily extend its stay of the remand order until the Supreme Court resolves the application.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

It was due to the paucity of direct evidence of a crime that would hold up in court. Colorado, the Supreme Court ruled that criminal threats must be based on a showing of a culpable mental state. In so holding, the Court sought to offer “‘breathing space’ for protected speech.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2023

In 1977, the Supreme Court ruled in Trans World Airlines v. The court agreed on Friday to review the case of Gerald Groff, a Christian and U.S. Groff went to federal court, where he argued that USPS had failed to provide him with reasonable accommodations for his religious practices. Counterman v.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A day later, Trump posted on his Truth Social account that “ the Supreme Court must intercede.” A federal district court in Washington agreed and dismissed the obstruction charges. 6 attack on the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request from Special Counsel Jack Smith to decide, without waiting for a federal appeals court to weigh in, whether former President Donald Trump can be tried on criminal charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Trump appealed to the U.S. 20, Trump lawyer D.

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The Crime Report

JULY 7, 2021

Two years later, a similar law, the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, named a new category of crime called “aggravated felony” which included murder, drug trafficking and firearms trafficking. Since then, the definition of an “aggravated felony” has expanded to include 21 categories of offenses. From Drugs to Terrorism.

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