The Crime Report
OCTOBER 18, 2023
A recent report from the Prison Policy Initiative found that Black people make up the majority of Connecticut’s prison population, Edwin J. Viera reports for the Public News Service.
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
The officers were charged with felony cruelty to persons and a misdemeanor charge of second-degree reckless endangerment, according to state police. Cox’s lawyers filed a $100 million lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the city of New Haven and the five officers involved in transporting him in September.
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JonathanTurley
MAY 19, 2021
Both of those concerns seem to have coalesced in the arrest of a Connecticut high school student accused of posting racist comments about a classmate. The Connecticut arrest comes as the U.S. The case could present an important court test for this country in resisting the criminalization of speech that we have seen in Europe.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 25, 2022
The report focused on legislative achievements in Arizona and Connecticut , two states that issued what it called the most noteworthy laws relating to criminal record expungement. In a report released Monday, CCRC said legislatures around the country were slowly reducing the barriers faced by people with criminal records.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 3, 2021
Individuals charged with a felony or class A misdemeanor can ask for this hearing, unless they are accused of attacking a police officer. Virginia, and Connecticut, a version of a proposal drafted by Cynthia Lee, a law professor at George Washington University, has been adopted. In Washington, D.C.,
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 28, 2021
In terms of legislation, Detroit City Council approved a new local law this week that will allow law enforcement to seize firearms from anyone convicted of a misdemeanor related to domestic violence, according to the Detroit Free Press. . The council members named the ordinance after Sgt.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 19, 2023
Senate Bill S211 would seal conviction records automatically after three years of a completed sentence for misdemeanors and seven years for felonies. Similar legislation earned bipartisan support and passed in Utah, Connecticut, California and Michigan. People convicted of sex crimes are excluded from the bill.
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