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In habeas case, the liberal justices try to untangle a complex statute

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The government presented no such evidence at Jones’s trial – under the law at the time, it didn’t have to in order to sustain a conviction – and although he had 11 prior felony convictions, Jones testified that he believed his record had been expunged. Thus, Jones argues, he is serving a prison term for conduct that is not a crime.

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An Inside Look into Incarcerated Education

Blackstone Career Institute

With a curriculum that covers general law terms, protocols, and ethics, the topics include an understanding of the process of criminal procedure, how partnerships and corporations are created, the essential elements of constitutional law, a knowledge base of law definitions, job search techniques, and ethics related to the paralegal industry.

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Was Rittenhouse’s Possession of the AR-15 Unlawful?

JonathanTurley

I have a legal education.” Criminal laws are supposed to be interpreted narrowly. For example, in 1547, the court was faced with a law making it a felony of steal “Horses, Geldings or Mares.” He added that he failed to understand how an “ordinary citizen” could understand what is illegal.

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No Joke: Supreme Court Case Could Take a Big Bite Out of the First Amendment

JonathanTurley

He was charged with (and later acquitted of) a felony under an Ohio law prohibiting the use of a computer to “disrupt” or “interrupt” police functions. It was a tour-de-force on the value of satire to make profound legal and political points. Another pending case is Novak v. Image from Supreme Court Petition.

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On the narrow road to challenge a federal conviction, when is a vehicle “inadequate”?

SCOTUSBlog

Jones involves a federal prisoner who is legally innocent – the conduct a jury found he committed isn’t a crime. 922(g) prohibits people with felony convictions from possessing a firearm. But should that fact relieve him from his 27-year prison sentence? In the Supreme Court’s habeas corpus jurisprudence, the answer is never simple.

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Hunter Biden’s 7% Solution: Using Addiction to Excuse Corruption

JonathanTurley

” (He did not explain why a message legally acquired by the government from the cloud account of his client would be illegal to include in the report of a congressional investigatory committee.) His lawyer, Chris Clark, first insisted that the release of the messages “are not only irresponsible, they are illegal.”

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US appeals court throws out Mississippi Jim Crow era felon disenfranchisement law

JURIST

The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that an 1890 state constitutional provision permanently preventing people convicted of certain felonies from voting, Section 241, is unconstitutional. This end-justifies-means analysis has no place in constitutional law.”

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