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

JURIST

A newly revised North Carolina juvenile justice law will take effect Sunday, aiming to address gaps in handling serious offenses by minors. This represents a significant change from the 2019 Raise the Age law , which allowed most 16- and 17-year-olds to remain under juvenile court jurisdiction regardless of the severity of the charges.

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US federal judge finds man guilty of four misdemeanor charges relating to Capitol breach

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A US District Court for the District of Columbia judge Friday found a man guilty of all four misdemeanor charges against him relating to the US Capitol breach on January 6 last year. ” The government alleged that Rivera “illegally crossed a perimeter set up by law enforcement officers and entered the Capitol grounds[.]”

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Kenya High Court declares criminalization of attempted suicide unconstitutional

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The petition challenged Section 226 of Kenya’s Penal Code , which classified attempting suicide as a misdemeanor punishable by two years of imprisonment, a fine, or both, according to Section 36 of the code.

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Lawyer gives up license after pleading guilty to misdemeanor assaults, including one involving associate

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A Washington lawyer has agreed to give up his law license, rather than fight allegations stemming from his guilty plea to misdemeanor assaults on a…

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Biden signs gun safety bill into law

JURIST

US President Joe Biden Saturday signed into law S.2938 The bill amends current law and clarifies who needs a federal license to buy and sell firearms. It also enhances the background check review process for juveniles and people convicted of domestic violence misdemeanors.

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US appeals court blocks enforcement of Texas illegal entry law hours after Supreme Court allowed it to go into effect

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday blocked enforcement of Texas’s law criminalizing illegal entry into the state from other countries, hours after a divided US Supreme Court allowed the law to go into effect. A stay preserves the status quo while an appellate court reviews the lawfulness of that alteration.

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US Supreme Court allows Texas law criminalizing illegal entry from abroad to go into effect

JURIST

The US Supreme Court has lifted a stay that prohibited the enforcement of a Texas law that criminalizes illegal entry into the state from other countries, allowing the law to go into effect. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit later blocked that injunction, allowing the law to go into effect.

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