The Crime Report

JULY 30, 2021

But diversion programs, like most facets of the criminal legal system, are racially asymmetrical: white defendants are generally more likely to benefit from diversion programs than people of color, according to a study conducted by experts from Florida International University (FIU), Loyola University Chicago , and the Safety and Justice Challenge.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2022

The individuals include Florida man Mitchell Todd Gardner II, Troy Sargent of Massachusetts, and Nathaniel DeGrave of Nevada. . Court documents indicate Gardner joined other individuals in confronting “law enforcement officers on the Lower West Terrace of the Capitol.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court made substantial progress at last week’s conference to reduce the accumulation of relisted cases. But the court denied review without recorded dissent to two-time relist Alaska v.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 11, 2022

A law passed by Texas legislators has been temporarily blocked by an Austin court after a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and Lambda Legal on behalf of the parents of a transgender teenager who was being investigated for abuse by the Department of Family and Protective Services.

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JURIST

AUGUST 12, 2022

According to court documents , Robertson, 49, and co-defendent Jacob Fracker were both officers with the Rocky Mount, Virginia, Police Department and were off duty when they headed for Washington, D.C. Police officer Thomas Robertson Thursday was sentenced to 87 months in prison for his participation in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 19, 2021

Share On June 21, 2019, the Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Rehaif v. Gary , the court will hear argument on how to sort out the affected cases. Still another critical question is what materials a court may look to in deciding whether the defendant suffered such “prejudice.” Given that precedent in the U.S.

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The Crime Report

MAY 28, 2021

Jain argued that jailhouse screenings affect the criminal justice process as they often make the various steps in the criminal process harder and disproportionately affect those arrested of misdemeanors versus felonies. Brown had to spend three weeks in jail waiting for his court appearance?

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Gavin Newsom (D., for kidnapping charges against Gov.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 26, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is back in the relist business with a vengeance. The court will be considering 123 petitions and applications at this week’s conference. A short explanation of relists is available here.

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JURIST

MAY 14, 2024

Carney sentenced 21-year-old Xavier Batten of Florida to 42 months in prison for conspiring to firebomb a Planned Parenthood clinic, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced in a statement Monday. Many of the incidents followed the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. US District Judge Cormac J.

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JURIST

MARCH 14, 2023

The Florida Senate Committee on Health Policy voted 8 –3 Monday to advance a bill that would largely criminalize and further restrict the provision of sex-reassignment hormones and procedures to minors. A supportive parent could lose custody of their child and face felony prosecution for seeking life-saving care.”

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. Justice Kavanaugh writes, quoting Linda R.S. :

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JURIST

JUNE 1, 2022

Florida healthcare providers Wednesday filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block Florida’s new abortion law, which bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, set to take effect July 1. ” The healthcare providers are asking the court to enjoin the legislation to prevent it from taking effect and to strike it down.

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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. The post US Justice Department to give $144.5M

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Attorney Coleman was born and raised in Tallahassee, Fl and attended Florida State University with dual degrees in English (Creative Writing) and Spanish. In Florida, you must become a lawyer before you can apply for Judgeship. On the criminal side, I handle low level misdemeanors up to felonies. You are a successful attorney.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2023

Under this bill, performing an abortion in the state is a Class C felony, which can result in a maximum five-year prison sentence if convicted. ” In March, the North Dakota Supreme Court blocked the state’s trigger abortion ban that went into effect after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. .”

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2024

The US Supreme Court announced Monday it will review the legality of state efforts to ban gender-affirming medical care for minors — a contentious issue in a nation deeply divided over transgender rights and the role of medical intervention in youth gender identity. In November, the plaintiffs appealed to the Supreme Court.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

An increasing number of Americans now believe US Supreme Court decision-making is based more on political ideology than the rule of law. Evidence that this disturbing trend is true can be found when taking a closer look at the shift in how the Court has dealt with juvenile cases dating back to 2005.

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2024

The Texas Supreme Court upheld a statutory ban on gender-affirming care for minors on Friday. The Texas Supreme Court found that SB 14 does not infringe on the parental right to make medical care decisions for their children because that right competes with the interest of protecting children from harm.

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JURIST

MAY 25, 2023

South Carolina joins a number of other US states who have passed similar bills into law, including Florida , Texas and Oklahoma. Anyone found to be in violation of the law faces a felony conviction, a potential $10,000 fine and a prison sentence of up to two years.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The court denied cert on Monday. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan, filed an opinion dissenting from the court’s denial of summary vacatur.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Florida Gov. Nevertheless, Rodrigues declared “it is a felony under Florida law to ‘knowingly provide material support … to a designated foreign terrorist organization.’” The Supreme Court has repeatedly struck down such content-based bans and has been particularly protective of free speech in higher education.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 28, 2022

Texas Department of Public Safety , to be argued on Tuesday, the Supreme Court will decide whether a private individual can sue his state-agency employer for violating the federal Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994. USERRA allows individuals to sue non-compliant employers in either state or federal court.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 3, 2020

It did not seem to matter to either the newspaper or Friedman that he was encouraging the commission of a felony. On the Republican side, Florida attorney Bill Price is facing a more direct and serious investigation than Abrams (who has not been personally implicated in such actions). Yet, Friedman is not a lawyer. The date is notable.

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The Crime Report

MAY 16, 2022

In 2019, New York passed a bill eliminating both cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felony offenses and judges’ discretion in setting bail amounts in those cases. percent of violent felony arrests were of suspects with open cases in 2019. That is unjust in so many ways.”. percent of total arrests and 20.2 percent and 25.1

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is back. On Monday, the court granted nine petitions from the enormous number that built up over the summer. A short explanation of relists is available here. First up is Buffington v.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Edward Druzolowski, 78, is facing a second-degree murder charge in Florida after gunning down his neighbor over a tree cutting dispute. Florida is a Castle Doctrine state as well as a Stand Your Ground state. It turned out to be a deputy sheriff but the court found that Courvoisier could rely on reasonable mistaken self-defense.

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JURIST

APRIL 15, 2022

Among many other things, the bill will make it a felony for doctors to perform an abortion on a minor unless there is written consent from a parent or legal guardian, even in instances of incest. ” The surge of anti-abortion laws being passed around the country is in response to the anticipated ruling of the Supreme Court case Dobbs v.

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The Crime Report

MAY 9, 2023

Supreme Court. The last 15 years of decision-making has convinced a majority of the American public that political ideology more often than not has subverted the Rule of Law in the high court. That reality is evidenced by the way the Court has dealt with juvenile justice cases since 2005.

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The Crime Report

JULY 18, 2022

in 2018, but Florida law requires that a jury determine a sentence of either death or life in prison for capital felonies, the Associated Press reports. Nikolas Cruz, now 23, has already pled guilty to killing 17 people at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fl., Most mass shooters do not live to go to trial.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. 23 conference and the April 12 conference — that’s six conferences — the Supreme Court relisted just one new case. This week, the court also began clearing out some relists that have been hanging around for a while.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Below is my column in USA Today on the “deactivation order” issued to a controversial pro-Palestinian group at the University of Florida. The issuance of a deactivation order last month in Florida sounded like it involved a routine decision by the utility to cut off service because of an overdue bill. Here is the column.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

With the Florida broadcast airwaves overrun with political ads in the last few days - the great majority of them attack ads - many ask why do broadcasters keep running those ads? Of course, there are revenue considerations. If the ads just violate someone's property interests, or could give rise to some sort of civil liability (e.g.

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JURIST

JUNE 27, 2024

million United States’ citizens were disenfranchised from voting due to felony convictions. million people, 73 of them never or rarely deny a person’s right to vote based on felony convictions. In many states and federally, unauthorized voting is a felony offense. As of 2022, 4.4

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JURIST

JANUARY 12, 2024

Watts had initially been charged with felony abuse of a corpse in October after Warren County police found the remains of her pregnancy in her toilet and trash. After the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. In December, the Texas Supreme Court denied Kate Cox access to an abortion, despite her pregnancy compilations.

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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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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2024

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court cleared out quite a bit of its backlog of relisted cases at last week’s conference. A short explanation of relists is available here.

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