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Virginia Couple Plead Guilty in Capitol Riot, Opening Door For Future CasesĀ 

The Crime Report

A Virginia couple on Monday pleaded guilty to demonstrating unlawfully in the U.S. 6 attack, a misdemeanor with a sentence of up to six months, in a plea deal that could set a benchmark for hundreds of other cases, reports Reuters. Capitol during the Jan.

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Former Virginia police officer convicted in January 6 Capitol attack case

JURIST

The jury found Robertson guilty of five felonies: obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder, entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds while carrying a dangerous weapon, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building while carrying a dangerous weapon and tampering with a document or proceedings.

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Off-duty Virginia police officer sentenced to 87 months for January 6 riot

JURIST

According to court documents , Robertson, 49, and co-defendent Jacob Fracker were both officers with the Rocky Mount, Virginia, Police Department and were off duty when they headed for Washington, D.C. The men were also convicted of misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building.

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Utah Self-Defense Law Makes It Harder to Charge Problem Cops

The Crime Report

The new law allows those accused of a crime to ask for an extra court hearing if they believe they acted in self-defense. Individuals charged with a felony or class A misdemeanor can ask for this hearing, unless they are accused of attacking a police officer. In Washington, D.C., The officer exhausted all other options.

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States Increase Efforts to End ā€˜Internal Exileā€™ of Former Incarcerees: Report

The Crime Report

This yearā€™s rich harvest brings the total number of criminal record reforms enacted in the past three years to over 400 separate laws,ā€ the report said, celebrating what it said was a bipartisan commitment to end ā€œunwarranted discriminationā€ against the formerly incarcerated. not disenfranchising at all).

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Beards and Brady (i.e., religious freedom and criminal procedure)

SCOTUSBlog

Following an explosion at a coal mine in West Virginia that killed 29 miners, federal prosecutors charged Don Blankenship, then the CEO of the company that owned and operated the mine, with willfully violating safety regulations. These and other petitions of the week are below: Old Dominion Electric Cooperative v. PJM Interconnection, LLC.

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Freedom of Movement: Understanding Immigration Through The Lens Of Jaywalking Laws

The Crime Report

With the decriminalization of jaywalking in Nevada , Virginia and now California ā€” the ā€œ Freedom to Walk ā€ Act will take effect in Los Angeles in the new year ā€” it appears that people understand this when it comes to jaywalking, but not when it comes to immigration. . When someone ā€˜jaywalksā€™ from the Mexican side of the border to the U.S.