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Seller of firearm used in Texas synagogue attack pleads guilty to firearm charges

JURIST

The man who sold the gun used in an attack at a Texas synagogue on January 15, 2022, Thursday pled guilty to federal charges. Henry “Michael” Dwight Williams pled guilty to felony possession of a firearm. Akram then used the pistol to hold four people hostage at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Texas.

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How the ‘Disenfranchisement Maze’ Bars Black Women from the Ballot

The Crime Report

Yet criminal law has historically excluded Black women from voting by regulating when a person convicted of a crime may be eligible to vote, argues Washington and Lee University School of Law professor Carla Laroche. Black women are leading the fight to secure and safeguard voting rights in the U.S. Plenty of U.S.

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As Life Without Parole Cases Rise, Finding Public Defenders Grows Harder  

The Crime Report

In Texas, there’s a continuing dispute over whether the standards for death penalty defense apply if prosecutors seek life without parole instead. Most states have no rules, and someone just out of law school could handle a life-without-parole case in Illinois or Nebraska. Other states have minimal standards.

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Texas Teenagers Charged After Discovering Suicide Victim, Stealing Jewelry, and Then Posting Images on Social Media

JonathanTurley

We often discuss novel criminal charges or cases. The latest such case involves the arrest of two teenage girls in Texas after they removed a gold necklace off the chest of a dead man found in a drainage ditch. The state law states that a theft is a felony if: (A)?the The charge is “theft from a human corpse.”

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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

The Crime Report

From about the 1600s, they had a gigantic Criminal Code where everything was a felony and every felony was punishable by death. However, after the industrial revolution [and the rise of] the English working classes, there just weren’t enough police to keep whacking people over the head with the criminal law.

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Reform Prosecutors Claim Success in Reducing Incarceration

The Crime Report

“They are also primarily responsible for determining who stays in jail and who can be released back to their communities while awaiting trial, and they wield unmatched influence in determining the kind of criminal laws and penalties enacted by state legislatures.”. Satana DeBerry.

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Key Witness In Chauvin Trial To Invoke The Fifth Amendment And Refuse To Testify

JonathanTurley

He was tracked down in Texas and arrested due to outstanding warrants for felony possession of a firearm, felony domestic assault, and felony drug possession. The police also previously stated that Hall gave a false name to officers after Floyd’s death and then left Minneapolis.

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