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Kentucky resident sentenced to twenty months imprisonment for Jan. 6 police officer assault

JURIST

The US District Court for the District of Columbia sentenced Kentucky resident Luke Hoffman to twenty months imprisonment Friday for assaulting police officers during the January 6 Capitol Riot. Hoffman was eventually arrested at Dover, Kentucky on July 12, 2023. The investigation remains ongoing.

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Virginia restores civil rights to felons released from incarceration

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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced on Tuesday that going forward any Virginian convicted of a felony will automatically have their civil rights restored upon release from incarceration. ” Only two other states—Iowa and Kentucky—have constitutions that permanently disenfranchise citizens with past felony convictions.

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How The Supreme Court Changed Juvenile Justice

The Crime Report

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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Georgia man sentenced to death challenges state’s striking of Black jurors

SCOTUSBlog

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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How Data-Based Policies Can Help the Formerly Incarcerated Get a ‘Second Chance’

The Crime Report

Kentucky has also taken major strides towards de-felonization , introducing two new laws to reduce the number of people convicted of felonies. And Colorado is supporting prisoner reentry into society with a “Ban the Box” provision that removes the question, “Have you ever been convicted by a court?”

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Status quo watch

SCOTUSBlog

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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Federal judge temporarily blocks new Kentucky abortion law

JURIST

A federal judge Thursday temporarily blocked a new Kentucky abortion law from being enforced by state officials. HB 3 went into effect last week after the Kentucky legislature overturned Governor Andy Beshear’s veto of the bill. The bill is modeled after a Mississippi law that is currently under consideration by the US Supreme Court.

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