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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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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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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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As Virginia Changes Direction, Debate Over State Funding of Prosecutors Grows

The Crime Report

The thousands of misdemeanor cases that some local prosecutors also handle every year ā€” something they are not required by the state to do ā€” are also not calculated into the state formula. While the county ā€” which already funds most of the commonwealthā€™s attorneyā€™s budget ā€” recently approved an additional $3.7

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

The Crime Report

Arizona also repealed a law authorizing suspension of driverā€™s licenses for failure to pay and authorized its courts to redesignate some felonies as misdemeanors, the report details. . We have come a long way in the past five years, but there is still a long way to go.ā€.

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Truth, Lies and Plea Bargaining

The Crime Report

In some examples cited in the paper, a Virginia defendant in Virginia charged with transporting marijuana pleaded guilty to trafficking a different type of drug altogether; a New York defendant charged with animal cruelty pleaded guilty to trespassing even though no trespassing was involved.

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

The Crime Report

Individuals charged with a felony or class A misdemeanor can ask for this hearing, unless they are accused of attacking a police officer. Virginia, and Connecticut, a version of a proposal drafted by Cynthia Lee, a law professor at George Washington University, has been adopted. In Washington, D.C.,

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