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North Carolina juvenile justice law targets felony offenses amid increased reports of teenage crime

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The updated legislation allows 16- and 17-year-olds charged with Class A through E felonies to now be tried as adults. Cases involving Class F through I felony offenses and non-motor vehicle misdemeanors for 16- and 17-year-olds will remain in juvenile delinquency court. The new law also includes provisions for flexibility.

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Minnesota Supreme Court upholds felony disenfranchisement law

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A reasonable conclusion to draw from these textual features is that an affirmative act of government is required to restore what the government has taken away by its affirmative decision to prosecute and convict a person of a felony. This latest ruling is part of a wave of legislation and litigation surrounding felony disenfranchisement.

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Disqualified voters challenge Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement provision

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Three Virginia citizens disqualified from voting due to felony convictions joined a nonprofit organization to file a lawsuit Monday in federal court against Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin and several state elections officials. The action challenges the felony disenfranchisement provision of the Virginia Constitution.

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North Carolina federal judge finds felony disenfranchisement law is unconstitutional

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Philip Randolph Institute and Action challenged the statute from 1877 was written with the intent to exclude Black people from voting and continues to have a disproportionately discriminatory impact. The law made it a serious crime for someone to vote while still on probation or parole for a felony conviction.

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Texas Appeals Court overturns voter fraud conviction of woman who voted despite felony conviction

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The Court of Appeals of the Second Appellate District of Texas threw out a voter fraud conviction Thursday that would have put a Texas woman accused of voting while on supervised release after being convicted of a felony behind bars for five years. Thursday’s acquittal was the culmination of a six-year legal fight by Mason.

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Court limits definition of “violent felony” in federal gun-possession penalty

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Share A fractured Supreme Court on Thursday narrowed the scope of a key phrase in the Armed Career Criminal Act, ruling that crimes involving recklessness do not count as “violent felonies” for the purpose of triggering a key sentencing enhancement. Justice Clarence Thomas did not join Kagan’s opinion but concurred in the result.

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Listen live, online to the Third Circuit’s reargument en banc in Range v. Attorney General, involving a Second Amendment challenge to the federal statute criminalizing the possession of guns by individuals convicted of a nonviolent felony

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Attorney General , involving a Second Amendment challenge to the federal statute criminalizing the possession of guns by individuals convicted of a nonviolent felony: You can access the live audio on YouTube via this link. Listen live, online to the Third Circuit ‘s reargument en banc in Range v. eastern time.

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