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Former Virginia police officer convicted in January 6 Capitol attack case

JURIST

A jury for the US District Court for the District of Columbia Monday convicted former Mount Rocky police officer Thomas Robertson on all charges related to the January 6 Capitol attack. In addition, the jury found Robertson guilty of the misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building. The investigation remains ongoing.

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Virginia Couple Plead Guilty in Capitol Riot, Opening Door For Future Cases 

The Crime Report

A Virginia couple on Monday pleaded guilty to demonstrating unlawfully in the U.S. 6 attack, a misdemeanor with a sentence of up to six months, in a plea deal that could set a benchmark for hundreds of other cases, reports Reuters. Capitol during the Jan.

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Off-duty Virginia police officer sentenced to 87 months for January 6 riot

JURIST

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. The men were also convicted of misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building.

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As Virginia Changes Direction, Debate Over State Funding of Prosecutors Grows

The Crime Report

The thousands of misdemeanor cases that some local prosecutors also handle every year — something they are not required by the state to do — are also not calculated into the state formula. While the county — which already funds most of the commonwealth’s attorney’s budget — recently approved an additional $3.7

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Truth, Lies and Plea Bargaining

The Crime Report

In some examples cited in the paper, a Virginia defendant in Virginia charged with transporting marijuana pleaded guilty to trafficking a different type of drug altogether; a New York defendant charged with animal cruelty pleaded guilty to trespassing even though no trespassing was involved.

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States Increase Efforts to End ‘Internal Exile’ of Former Incarcerees: Report

The Crime Report

Arizona also repealed a law authorizing suspension of driver’s licenses for failure to pay and authorized its courts to redesignate some felonies as misdemeanors, the report details. .

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“Stay in Your Lane”: Prosecutor Lashes Out After Being Removed from Case for Allegedly Misleading Court

JonathanTurley

Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge James Plowman removed Biberaj and her office from the case. After Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares wrote the court offering to prosecute the case, Biberaj (who described herself as a “progressive prosecutor”) lashed out at Miyares and told him to “stay in your lane.”

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