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New Jersey Expands Expungement Eligibility for Drug Court Grads

The Crime Report

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has signed a bill that expands the offenses eligible for expungement for drug court graduates, creating a path to expungement for recovering addicts who had been convicted of nonviolent, nonsexual child endangerment, reports the Asbury Park Press.

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

The Crime Report

In Arizona, the legislatures enacted eight new laws, including broad record clearing, as well as two new laws that improved occupational licensing opportunities and a judicial “second chance” certificate.

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Justices asked to review Arizona’s life-without-parole sentencing scheme for youths

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A trial court in Arizona agreed that Bassett was entitled to a hearing. On appeal, however, the Arizona Supreme Court denied Bassett’s request for a hearing and dismissed his petition for post-conviction relief.

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Supreme Court agrees to decide an Aprendi issue

At the Lectern

At the Supreme Court’s double conference yesterday, with only six justices participating because of Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar’s retirement over six weeks ago, actions of note included: Writ petition against redistricting commission fails. Supreme Court won’t require remote public access to Los Angeles Superior Court proceedings.

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Reposting: Supreme Court agrees to decide an Apprendi issue

At the Lectern

Supreme Court won’t require remote public access to Los Angeles Superior Court proceedings. The court granted review in In re Cabrera , and it limited the issue to: “Did the sentencing court err by finding petitioner’s conviction for battery with serious bodily injury (Pen. New Jersey (2000) 530 U.S.

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July 2017 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. The court therefore found that the stay was unauthorized and vacated it.

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New Jersey Puts ‘Fair Chance Housing’ on the National Agenda

The Crime Report

On June 18, New Jersey Gov. During a ceremony to commemorate Juneteenth, he described the new law as a step to “level what has been for too long an uneven playing field when it comes to access to housing,” explaining that it will bar landlords from asking about criminal history in most instances. New Jersey.

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