The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

You’re not legally required to store your weapon in a safe manner.” And, there are no federal laws mandating gun storage practices after the owner takes position of a legally purchased firearm. In most states, violating the CAP law is a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor is a slap on the wrist.

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Misdemeanor Felony Laws Legal 126

The Crime Report

AUGUST 20, 2021

In 1916, at a single Ford plant in Highland Park, Michigan, workers also reported almost 200 severed fingers and 75,000 other injuries. There, local prosecutors in the county’s Early Disposition Courts make plea offers “substantially harsher”—their words—if people accused of crimes merely assert their constitutional rights during negotiation.

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Felony Misdemeanor Criminal Law Court 144

The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2023

A very bold and impressive broad-gauged indictment that few, if any legal pundits, saw coming. Turns out the payments of hush money to at least two women—misdemeanor offenses—were not really what these indictments were all about. Ergo, there were no misdemeanor charges, only first-degree felonies. Kaplan rejected the merger.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Gretchen Whitmer for her misrepresentation of a state supreme court ruling that she violated the state constitution in her pandemic orders, a false account echoed by NBC’s Chuck Todd. However, this was a legal dispute on the scope of her discretion that was resolved by the state courts. I have been highly critical of Gov.

Misdemeanor 43

Misdemeanor Government Court Rules Court 43

The Crime Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Criminologically speaking, how does a schism exist between his 2024 supporters who believe in Trump’s persecution by the state and those who oppose the habitually corrupt former president’s third run for POTUS as Trump continues to provoke violence in violation of court orders not to?

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