The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Illustration by AK Rockefeller via Flickr. Driven by a drop in admissions for community supervision violations, state prison populations declined by an “unprecedented” 14 percent in 2020, according to a 50-state probation and parole analysis by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center. Surveying corrections data over the span of three years — from 2018 to 2020 — the report illuminates the relationship between supervision violations, prison populations and COVID-19.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Catch up on Ruth Carter’s posts here. Have you met my Lucy Jane? She is a basset hound mix that I began fostering in late April, and we finalized her adoption a few weeks later. She’s come to the office every day since she came into my life, and the entire office is better for it. Insisting on a Dog-Friendly Office. When my current firm, Venjuris, invited me to join them, I said, “Great!

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EvidenceProf Blog

AUGUST 28, 2021

The Supreme Court of Arizona has taken the landmark step of eliminating peremptory challenges from jury selection in both civil and criminal cases. So, what does this mean, and why did the court do it? During jury selection, there are.

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JURIST

AUGUST 31, 2021

Panama legalized medical marijuana use on Monday, joining at least seven other Latin American countries. After a five-year struggle, Panama’s national assembly unanimously passed Bill 153 during the bill’s third debate. Some members of the assembly shared that they were swayed by the initiative’s motto, “for a day without pain.” National Assembly President Crispiano Adames, joined by Marcos Castillero, championed Bill 153 to promote and ensure responsible access to medici

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AUGUST 29, 2021

Dirty Little Secret – medical bills are the highest they have ever been and debtor buyers are paying pennies on the dollar to purchase the debts, but then sue the borrower for the full amount of the debt. Article Yahoo!Finance, Adriana Belmone, June 21, 2021. “Medical debt is the no. 1 cause of bankruptcy in the United States, which is something that’s obviously a uniquely American problem,” Allison Sesso, executive director of RIP Medical Debt, said on Yahoo Finance Live.

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EvidenceProf Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In August, three proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Evidence were released for public comment. The public comment period closes on February 16, 2022. In the next three posts, I will cover these proposed amendments. The first is a.

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AUGUST 28, 2021

The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court in Germany Thursday sentenced two Syrian nationals on war crime and terrorism-related charges. Khedr A.K. was given a life sentence, mainly for shielding the execution of a detained army officer and membership of a foreign terrorist organization. His co-defendant, Sami A.S., was sentenced to nine years in prison, for filming the crime and preparing the footage for use as propaganda, as well as for supporting a foreign terrorist organization.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

This guy is a menace on the roads.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Now is the time to reimagine how — and where — you do what you do. Here are recommendations for your essential office setup. Now is the time to reimagine how — and where — you do what you do. The only person limiting what that is … is you. That said, there are a few hard rules on what you need to make an office work. So, as someone who has worked virtually for over two decades and has been helping lawyers do and work better my entire career, here are my tips on five of those basics, along with a

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Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 31, 2021

The number of hate crimes recorded in 2020 rose to the highest level in 12 years, with attacks on Black and Asian people driving the surge, according to data compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The 7,759 hate crimes tallied last year represent a six percent jump from 2019 and the biggest increase since 2008, when the FBI recorded 7,783 hate crimes.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The UK children’s digital protection code went into effect on Thursday after its one-year transition period expired. The Age Appropriate Design Code (“the Children’s code”) restricts and monitors online services that are provided to children through apps, games, websites, and other digital service platforms. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which protects and advances the rights of children under the age of 18, established the Children’s code to

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Above The Law

AUGUST 31, 2021

As technology advances, boilerplate may need some work.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Put some vintage fountain pens on your desk. Because lawyers write for a living. From briefs to battle plans, you’re always pounding a keyboard or jotting down notes. And while not much can be done about the haptic aesthetics of a computer keyboard, your jotting down can be leveled up with the stroke of a vintage fountain pen. This shortlist of pens is in no way exhaustive.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

An overall decline in recidivism rates may have been driven by federal and state reentry programs and changes in policing strategy, according to an analysis of 2005-2012 data by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ). The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) recently released recidivism report , found that recidivism rates dropped by nearly a half in that period from 30.4 percent in 2005 to 19.9 percent in 2012.

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AUGUST 28, 2021

On Wednesday, New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit in federal district court alleging that the maker of a highly popular mobile game knowingly collects and sells the personal data of children under the age of thirteen. Hector Balderas filed the lawsuit against Rovio Entertainment, the company behind the Angry Birds franchise. The game was first released in 2009 and has led to 35 spin-off games and has an estimated total of 4.5 billion downloads to date.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 30, 2021

Also Pierce refused the vax and has COVID. Maybe???

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

No matter the size of your law firm, maintaining a positive cash flow is essential. If you aren’t keeping a proper eye on your firm’s bottom line, it simply cannot survive. You can actually do a lot to boost your bottom line and keep your cash flow healthy and steady. The most successful law firms use a variety of best practices to manage their finances effectively, many of which can be implemented relatively quickly.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 31, 2021

San Francisco authorities are debuting their latest attempt at combating the rise in gun violence in their city: paying at-risk individuals to not pull the trigger, and for completing life services programs , reports the San Francisco Examiner. The program, called the Dream Keeper Fellowship, will launch as a pilot program in October with just 10 participants, acting as the city’s latest iteration of a guaranteed-income program designed to provide high-risk individuals with $300 a month as a sta

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JURIST

AUGUST 31, 2021

The Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois denied Clearview AI’s motion to dismiss an ACLU privacy lawsuit on Friday. Clearview AI (“Clearview”) is an American facial recognition company founded in 2017. The company sells access to over three billion indexed images to law enforcement and commercial organizations. Access allows for individuals to match provided photographs with others found online and find identifying information about individuals in the picture.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 31, 2021

Say hello to the Zoom School of Law at St. Mary's University.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 31, 2021

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

In reaction to nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism, law enforcement agency budgets in many urban areas were slated to be slashed in 2021.Some of the proposed budget cuts have since been abandoned in the wake of a dramatic increase in violent crime in cities. Proponents of “defund the police” lament this development as evidence of backsliding on the police and criminal justice reforms necessary to reduce mass incarceration and racial disparities.

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JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2021

The UN Human Rights Committee ruled Thursday that the proceedings against former Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon in the Franco and Gurtel cases were arbitrary. It also observed that the two trials violated the principles of impartiality and judicial independence. In 2010, Spain’s General Council of the Judiciary suspended investigating judge Baltasar Garzon in furtherance of a criminal inquiry by the Spanish Supreme Court into his activities.

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ABA Journal

AUGUST 31, 2021

Millions of households are behind on their rent and think they will be evicted in the next few months, wrote U.S.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 31, 2021

Most legal resumes fall flat in providing support of key results, key outcomes, and key transactions.

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