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Kentucky resident sentenced to twenty months imprisonment for Jan. 6 police officer assault

JURIST

The US District Court for the District of Columbia sentenced Kentucky resident Luke Hoffman to twenty months imprisonment Friday for assaulting police officers during the January 6 Capitol Riot. Hoffman was eventually arrested at Dover, Kentucky on July 12, 2023. The US Attorney’s Office for DC reported : In the 44 months since Jan.

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Kentucky Weighs Alternatives for Offenders with Mental Health Issues

The Crime Report

Kentucky lawmakers in the state’s General Assembly recently passed a bill this session to provide alternative sentences for those suffering from some mental health disorders, reports FOX65. Those who’d qualify cannot have a charge higher than a class D felony, and they must be considered a low risk to the public and a low risk for flight.

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How Data-Based Policies Can Help the Formerly Incarcerated Get a ‘Second Chance’

The Crime Report

Kentucky has also taken major strides towards de-felonization , introducing two new laws to reduce the number of people convicted of felonies. Other states should take a page out of Tennessee, Kentucky and Colorado’s playbooks. Incarceration rates have increased 220 percent from 1980 to 2014, with 2.3

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Virginia restores civil rights to felons released from incarceration

JURIST

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced on Tuesday that going forward any Virginian convicted of a felony will automatically have their civil rights restored upon release from incarceration. ” Only two other states—Iowa and Kentucky—have constitutions that permanently disenfranchise citizens with past felony convictions.

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Ohio officers will not be charged in fatal shooting of Joe Frasure, Jr.

JURIST

Unknown to the police at the time of the encounter, Frasure was on probation in Indiana for Felony Battery and on parole in Kentucky for Methamphetamine Manufacturing. Joe Frasure, Jr. succumbed to his injuries on January 31, 2023.

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Georgia man sentenced to death challenges state’s striking of Black jurors

SCOTUSBlog

Kentucky , the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to strike jurors in a criminal trial because of their race. Kentucky under Section 2254(d)(1). Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.

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How The Supreme Court Changed Juvenile Justice

The Crime Report

Texas follows what it calls a “14-year-old rule”—the minimum age that a juvenile can be tried as an adult while the minimum age in Kentucky is 10 years of age.

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