The Crime Report

MARCH 18, 2022

New legal filings in Texas describe an ongoing and consistent pattern of men being illegally detained for a month or more as their cases stagnate in overwhelmed courts, reports Click2Houston.com.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2022

“ Travis County judges can’t hear appeals from migrants arrested under Texas border security push, court rules ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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Law 360

JULY 9, 2024

The Texas Professional Ethics Committee's recently issued proposed opinion finding that in-house counsel providing legal services to the company's clients constitutes the unauthorized practice of law is a valuable clarification given that a UPL violation — a misdemeanor in most states — carries high stakes, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Julienne Pasichow (..)

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The Crime Report

APRIL 8, 2022

As homeless encampments have become increasingly visible in recent years, legislators in states and cities around the country have begun pushing legislation created by the Cicero Institute, a Texas-based think tank, reports Pew Stateline. and deny state funding for nonprofits that don’t enforce it.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 27, 2022

Even worse, those laws exacerbate labor shortages by taking willing workers out of the job market who could fill essential jobs in critical fields. During the 2021 legislative session, 10 legislatures made significant progress in adopting laws that expand licensing opportunities for people with criminal histories.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

But voters in the Texas capital of Austin balked at putting more cops on the street, according to the Courthouse News Service. Texas voters also approved propositions that will reshape judicial elections in the state. Advocates called the vote a signal that support for police was tempered by concerns about how police did their jobs.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

The study cited a survey of people recently admitted to prison in Texas, which showed that 66 percent preferred incarceration over 10 years of probation. As part of the law, the reduced offenses came with relatively short and unsupervised local probations. percent capacity in 2019.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 21, 2022

Advocates are pushing states to create updated felony standards, arguing that outdated laws, which vary wildly from state to state, are unfairly making felons out of people who committed minor crimes such as stealing a pair of shoes, reports Axios.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

While there is a fair debate over the policy of relocation by states like Texas and Florida, the effort to use the criminal process as part of that political debate is … well, pathetic. First, let’s look at the law. The reason is that these claims are made for cable news, not courts of law.

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 30, 2021

The legal framework for using GPS tracking for business affairs varies from country to country, and this poses a challenge for companies that have to comply with the laws in place in order to continue their operations. Business owners and executives can find themselves on the wrong side of the law if they fail to adhere to the regulations.

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JURIST

MARCH 18, 2024

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito indefinitely extended a stay blocking the enforcement of a Texas law that criminalizes illegal entry into the state from other countries. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit later stayed that injunction, allowing the law to go into effect.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Monday that criminalizes illegal entry into the border state from anywhere but a port of entry, exerting state jurisdiction over what is normally a federal matter. The bill creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses.

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JURIST

MAY 29, 2023

The Texas legislature passed a bill on Sunday that bans sexual conduct from public performances in the state, a move initially motivated by fears surrounding children viewing drag shows. Would-be violators face a Class A misdemeanor charge, which carries a penalty of up to one year in jail or a fine of up to $4,000.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

“ In a Central Texas county, high schoolers are jailed on felony charges for vaping what could be legal hemp ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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JURIST

MAY 9, 2024

Civil rights groups filed a complaint on Thursday against Iowa state officials to stop the state’s recently enacted immigration law from going into effect on July 1. The law makes it a crime for a foreign national to enter Iowa after having been deported from the US in the past, regardless of current immigration status.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star using state law enforcement to enforce immigration law by arresting migrants for trespassing is overwhelming local courts and resulting in few convictions.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Texas authorities say they have the right to keep it under civil forfeiture statutes. Disobeying commands during a law enforcement encounter can lead to arrest or worse. Using a law enforcement procedure called civil forfeiture, Harris County seized the money and is attempting to keep it permanently. Jaba Tsitsuashvili.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 6, 2021

A new Texas law taking effect in September, 2021, will make buying sex a state felony instead of a misdemeanor, making the state the first in the country to to charge so-called “Johns” with a state jail felony, reports Click2Houston. A University of Texas study shows taxpayers spend roughly $6.6

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 31, 2022

A groundbreaking study on bail reform in Harris County, Texas found that dropping money bail for individuals charged with nonviolent offenses produced significant declines in conviction and incarceration, as well as a 6 percent drop in recidivism. A 13 percent increase in misdemeanor releases within 24 hours following arrest.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 1, 2021

There is another tragic case out of Texas involving rivaling claims of self-defense and provocation. The case could present some difficult questions under the state’s Stand Your Ground and Castle doctrine laws. The Texas SYG law states in part : Sec. The law requires that the use of force is “reasonable.”

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The Crime Report

MAY 16, 2022

In 2019, New York passed a bill eliminating both cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felony offenses and judges’ discretion in setting bail amounts in those cases. The fact of the matter is that bail reform has been a disaster for New York City,” said Quinn. This is not a proper fix.”.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

In that sense, a Texas case has all of the classic elements of a Dram Shop case: Dylan Molina drank eight high-alcohol drinks in roughly three hours before leaving and getting into a wreck that killed a police detective and seriously injured his family. Richardson is charged with one misdemeanor count of Sale to Certain Persons.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Los Angeles DA George Gascón created an independent panel to review use-of-force cases his predecessors opted not to prosecute; Travis County, Texas DA José Garza and Westchester County, N.Y. That’s why it’s backed by over 100 prosecution and law enforcement leaders and survivors of crime and victim assistance professionals.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

. “We don’t have strong enough laws,” Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald told reporters at a Dec. That law doesn’t require the gun purchaser to use the safety device sold with their firearm. And, there are no federal laws mandating gun storage practices after the owner takes position of a legally purchased firearm.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Supreme Court appears poised to uphold a federal law which bans domestic abusers from owning guns In one of the most high-profile cases of this year. Further, what should qualify someone as “dangerous” in the eyes of the law? Current federal law 18 U.S.C.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Greg Abbott says he supports decriminalizing fentanyl testing strips ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues. This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at [link].

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 19, 2023

Senate Bill S211 would seal conviction records automatically after three years of a completed sentence for misdemeanors and seven years for felonies. Texas, Missouri and West Virginia are considering their own version of the bill. The individual must also not be under community supervision or have any new convictions.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The MAGA-world “Kraken” lawyer Sidney Powell will not face any discipline from the Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals. Yes, she pleaded guilty to to six misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with performance of election duties. Powell has ended.”

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JonathanTurley

JULY 11, 2021

That would be a pretty weak case of property destruction but the police then added a “hate crime enhanced allegation” due to “the demeanor displayed by [the woman] in attempts to intimidate law enforcement while destroying a ‘Pro Law Enforcement’ sign.”. In Texas v. That law was struck down in United States v.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 11, 2024

That included the case of Daniel Goodwyn , who pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of entering and remaining in a restricted building. The case involved Daniel Goodwyn, 35, of Corinth, Texas, who pleaded guilty on Jan. That crime would ordinarily not involve any jail time for a first offender. However, Judge Reggie B.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 4, 2024

Now, the Biden administration has arrested Baker on four misdemeanor charges linked to his entry into the Capitol on that day. The government claims that the Texas-based writer “antagonized” police officers when they blocked his effort to get through a door. They quote him as asking “Are you going to use that (gun) on us?”

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people. Of course, no one would confuse a bottle of Chardonnay with a Turkey, but that does not seem to matter under our increasingly absurd copyright and trademark laws. ————————————————————. He later confessed. Source: Eboss. ———————————————————————.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 13, 2023

For instance, when mounted agents were falsely accused of whipping migrants in Texas , the president was there. Yet many in the Democratic Party and the media have insisted on criminal charges in the Mar-a-Lago case , including barring Trump from office for even a misdemeanor conviction on unlawful possession.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. applied federal common law. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2024

The hearings this week may reveal conduct that reaches the level of a high crime and misdemeanor. It is also true, in my opinion, that none of those things amount to high crimes and misdemeanors warranting his impeachment. In my view, all of those things are manifestly true. That was Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. First, the court found that Exxon failed to show that federal common law justified removal, even if it might provide a defense. and non-U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

That decision has been the law for more than 70 years, she wrote, and has been repeatedly reaffirmed by this Court. New Jersey , the Supreme Court held that a jury must find, beyond a reasonable doubt, any fact that increases the penalty for a crime above the maximum established by law. That, Pina concluded, cannot be the law.

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