Court Felony Missouri 
JURIST
AUGUST 18, 2022
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.
JURIST
MAY 5, 2022
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Tuesday remanded a suit by a woman whose job offer was rescinded following a background check which revealed a criminal conviction.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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The Crime Report
MARCH 9, 2022
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.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 24, 2022
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
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.
The Crime Report
MAY 25, 2021
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.
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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