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US Supreme Court declines to hear case regarding jury size in felony trials

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Six states in the US allow for trials before six or eight-person juries in felony cases: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts and Utah. The post US Supreme Court declines to hear case regarding jury size in felony trials appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Indiana House approves legislation to eliminate handgun licensing

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The Indiana House of Representatives approved legislation Monday that would eliminate handgun licensing in the state. Current Indiana law requires individuals to apply for a handgun license. Individuals must fill out an application, submit their fingerprints and complete local law enforcement agency processing.

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Does Expunging Criminal Records Offer a More Feasible Re-entry? 

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A “second chance law” in Indiana expunges criminal records after five to eight years. The Indiana law allows individuals to get those old criminal records expunged after they’ve remained out of trouble for five or eight years, depending on the offense, reports WRTV Indianapolis.

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Public Defender Shortages Reaching Critical Levels: Report

The Crime Report

As a result of the shortages of public defenders in New Mexico, attorneys have had to represent 156 cases per year and work about 13 hours per case, regardless of whether the case is a misdemeanor or felony, the report details. . ” New Mexico and Oregon. hours per workday, and lawyers in Oregon would need to put in 26.6

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Appeals court rules father’s parental rights can’t be terminated because of his parole conditions

The Crime Report

In 2014, the father, who is not named in the opinion, was convicted of two felonies involving sexual conduct with a 14-year-old in Indiana. The State of Indiana Parole Board denied all of them. He spent three years in prison before being paroled in 2017.

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Injustice With Impunity: A Texas Tale

The Crime Report

He also moonlighted as a law clerk for the same judges who presided over his cases. Overall, Petty simultaneously served as a prosecutor and law clerk at least 300 times. Our public interest law firm, the Institute for Justice, represents her. Eventually he filed a lawsuit under the state’s Right to Know Law.

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Chiefs: Dropping Gun Permits Threatens Public Safety—and Officers’ Lives

The Crime Report

No law enforcement official I’ve spoken with thinks these policies are a good idea. The latest to sound the alarm was my good friend, Deborah Daniels, a former federal prosecutor in Indiana, which passed permitless carry earlier this spring. Indiana’s permitless carry law goes into effect on July 1.

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