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DOJ Signals New Strategy For ‘Environmental Justice’

The Crime Report

To the extent a corporate actor violates either civil or criminal law in a manner that implicates environmental justice or the climate crisis, corporations should be aware that my division is paying particular attention to these issues.”.

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New Orleans Police Seek Arrest of Dispatcher Under Novel Criminal Charge

JonathanTurley

She is now accused of criminal malfeasance in office and interfering with an emergency communication. She was charged under Louisiana law with malfeasance in office. What is interesting about the law is how broad the language is. The statute itself reads like criminalized negligence. CORRUPT PRACTICES.

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A Question of Willfulness: The Trial of “Other” Officers in the Floyd Case Is No Slam Dunk

JonathanTurley

It is often more difficult to prove criminal nonfeasance (the failure or omission to perform an obligatory duty) as opposed to misfeasance (wrongful performance of a lawful act) or malfeasance (intentional conduct that is wrongful or unlawful).

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Third-party arbitration funding – Comparative analysis and Indian Perspective

LexForti

This was further supported when the Criminal Law Act, of 1967 did away with these crimes and torts of “maintenance” and “champerty”. A rising sector with little legislation might result in marketplace malfeasance, while a moderate-risk industry with much legislation might stifle development.

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State Hid Criminal Referrals of Other Chemists, Supervisors at Hinton Drug Lab for Years

The Crime Report

No other Hinton employee has ever been prosecuted even though the referrals indicate the inspector general had “reasonable grounds to believe” other workers and supervisors “violated state criminal law” while working at the lab between 2002 and 2012. there has been a violation of state criminal law by Ms.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

JonathanTurley

In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. Thanksgivings tend to reflect the state of our society for better or worse. Indeed, the torts and crimes recorded this year seem painfully reminiscent of this loathsome year.

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