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Pakistan dispatch: persecution of religious minorities continues under current blasphemy law

JURIST

Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. University of London law graduate Mariyam Taher Qayyum files this dispatch from Islamabad. . Mariyam Taher Qayyum is a law graduate of the University of London External Program.

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US Supreme Court rules reckless offenses do not qualify as ‘violent felony’

JURIST

had pleaded guilty to a felon-in-possession charge, and the government sought to apply the enhanced sentence under the ACCA. One of the three violent felonies the government alleged as a predicate to the ACCA charge was for reckless aggravated assault under Tennessee law. .” Petitioner Charles Borden Jr.

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Subjective intent of wrongdoing required to convict doctors under Controlled Substances Act

SCOTUSBlog

Even in the midst of a historic opioid crisis, and an intensely fractured Supreme Court term, the justices found common ground in longstanding presumptions of criminal law and the core principle of physician discretion. Breyer’s majority opinion reaches essentially the same result, but puts a much higher burden on the government.

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Amid overdose crisis, court will weigh physician intent in “pill mill” prosecutions and more under the Controlled Substances Act

SCOTUSBlog

Xiulu Ruan, one of the petitioners, was a board-certified interventional pain specialist who the government alleges operated an Alabama “pill mill” — a term used to describe doctors, clinics, or pharmacies that prescribe or dispense high volumes of powerful narcotics inappropriately.

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Hong Kong court convicts 14 activists over subverting state power by controlling legislature

JURIST

The prosecution stated that the defendants agreed to veto government budgets if they obtained a majority in the 2020 Legislative Council election to force Lam to address the “Five Demands Not One Less” demand, which included demands such as repealing the now-withdrawn extradition bill and for Lam to resign as Chief Executive.

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No sentencing enhancements for recklessness convictions under federal Armed Career Criminal Act

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pleaded guilty to violating a federal law barring people convicted of a felony from possessing a firearm. At sentencing, the government sought an enhancement under the ACCA; it claimed that three of Borden’s prior felony convictions were violent felonies. The district court ruled for the government and the U.S. Borden objected.