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Federal grand jury indicts Missouri man over threatening voicemail to Arizona election official

JURIST

A federal grand jury in the US District Court for the Western District of Missouri indicted Walter Lee Hoornstra Wednesday for threatening an Arizona election official. Both counts are felony charges, and Hoornstra could face up to seven years in prison and a $500,000 fine. Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr.

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US appeals court remands FRCA background check suit for lack of standing

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Tuesday remanded a suit by a woman whose job offer was rescinded following a background check which revealed a criminal conviction. In 2016, a month after Schumacher and SC Data agreed to settle, the US Supreme Court issued a decision dismissing an FCRA claim for lack of standing in Spokeo, Inc.

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Illinois Scores Top Rank in Reintegrating Ex-Incarcerees, Alaska is Lowest

The Crime Report

Take Alaska , for example, which the report ranks as the lowest-performing state in terms of nearly every law category analyzed — receiving “F” grades for pardoning, felony relief, misdemeanor relief, certificates of relief, employment, and occupational licensing laws. and then assigning an overall ranking for each state. Washington D.C.

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Public Defender Shortages Reaching Critical Levels: Report

The Crime Report

According to the reports, which are the result of two years of research, New Mexico is short more than 600 full-time public defenders across adult and juvenile courts, whereas Oregon is short nearly 1,300 public defenders. ” New Mexico and Oregon. hours per workday, and lawyers in Oregon would need to put in 26.6

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Judges, Juries Should be Told Cost of ‘Over-Punishing’: Paper

The Crime Report

The practice of informing judges of incarceration costs before they decide on sentencing for a defendant has been used successfully in Missouri, resulting in reductions in both prison populations and recidivism, Conklin reported. The need for such common-sense reform is timely,” he wrote.

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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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St. Louis Can Banish People From Entire Neighborhoods – Police Can Arrest Them if They Come Back

The Crime Report

But a court struck down the practice as a violation of the constitutional freedoms of association and movement, and the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003 let that ruling stand. Some defendants also face active court cases for alleged violations. Court cases are typically sealed after the successful completion of probation.

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