SCOTUSBlog

MAY 20, 2024

This week, we highlight petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether Arizona’s sentencing law for juvenile offenders convicted of first-degree murder violates Miller because, although the law allows for the possibility of release, the state abolished parole for homicide in 1994.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 3, 2022

There have been more than 250 new laws passed in that 18-month period alone — amazing state efforts to roll back the malign effects of the 30-year crime war,” the CCRC details. On a more broad spectrum, a pardon may be necessary to enable anyone to run for elected office, or simply secure a professional or business license.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The failure to comply with these requirements is a felony under Florida law. Pennsylvania’s law governing requirements for registered sex-offenders, he writes, “is in all relevant respects the same as Florida’s.” In 2017, Clements went to federal court, seeking to challenge the constitutionality of his conviction. Clements v.

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The Crime Report

JULY 7, 2021

needs to radically change existing immigration laws and policies to shift away from the mindset of “migrant sorting” by criminal status, according to a paper published in the Daedalus journal. Immigration and Criminal Justice Intertwined. The presidency of Donald Trump augmented this trend and brought it to public attention.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 13, 2023

Federal law prohibits employers from firing workers for practicing their religion unless the employer can show that the worker’s religious practice cannot “reasonably” be accommodated without “undue hardship.” The justices granted review in 11 new cases for a total of eight hours of oral argument. Counterman v. Garland and Garland v.

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