JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 13, 2022

There is a bizarre case out of the Michigan where Kevin VanLuven, 60, was convicted of aggravated indecent exposure. Both charges are misdemeanors. That itself is unfortunately not strange or rare. However, VanLuven was convicted of using a Tickle Me Elmo doll to masturbate while he was inspecting a residence for a potential purchaser.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 20, 2021

In 1916, at a single Ford plant in Highland Park, Michigan, workers also reported almost 200 severed fingers and 75,000 other injuries. In 1913, Henry Ford invented the assembly line and cut the time it took to produce a car from 12 hours to 90 minutes.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 7, 2021

And while we must revisit decades-long sentences, addressing misdemeanors, which make up more than 80 percent of all criminal cases, is also critical. Many reform-minded prosecutors are following her lead in ending the prosecution of certain misdemeanors and reallocating resources to address more serious crimes.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In most states, violating the CAP law is a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor is a slap on the wrist. Do we take this law from a misdemeanor charge to a felony charge? Michigan, where 35 percent of households own a firearm , doesn’t have a child access prevention law on its books. That’s much more than a slap on the wrist.

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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. Similar legislation earned bipartisan support and passed in Utah, Connecticut, California and Michigan. People convicted of sex crimes are excluded from the bill.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson of Washington said Karl Dresch of Calumet, Michigan, was sentenced to six months in prison because of his actions, not his political views, and that others who joined the attack on Congress as it met to confirm the results of the 2020 presidential election could face prison time, reports the Washington Post.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 16, 2023

Notably, it appears from the charging sheet that he is facing fairly redundant charges but they all appear misdemeanors or lesser offenses. A summary charge is even lower than a misdemeanor and often involve non-traffic offenses. Presumably, these offenses would run concurrently given the overlap.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

The new law upped the crime from a misdemeanor to a felony, and from a maximum of one year in jail to a maximum of five years in prison. Well, I have been wrong before. As we know, Trump has been violating the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as amended and signed into law by himself in 2018. Gregg Barak. Gregg Barak , Ph.D. ,

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Article 12 of the Michigan Constitution parallels the language of the federal constitution with a slight difference: The house of representatives shall have the sole power of impeaching civil officers for corrupt conduct in office, or for crimes or misdemeanors; but a majority of the members elected shall be necessary to direct an impeachment.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2023

Turns out the payments of hush money to at least two women—misdemeanor offenses—were not really what these indictments were all about. Ergo, there were no misdemeanor charges, only first-degree felonies. The unsealed indictment of The People of the State of New York against Donald J. And, ultimately, not the American people.”

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

These actions, the memo asserts, are enough to show that Trump committed the high crimes and misdemeanors necessary to satisfy a Senate conviction. ” Hundreds were injured, and five died in the resulting violence, which saw members of Congress and the Vice President forced to evacuate the Capitol. .”

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

With respect to Trump he remains a primary deviant when it comes to ordinary customs as he has not been successfully stigmatized or shamed by others and certainly not by himself.

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2025

Tennessee , Michigan , and New York over the past five years. ” They argued that Congress intended such tactics would be punishable as mere misdemeanors by the FACE Act even though the Department of Justice under the Biden administration charged the activists with serious 10-year felonies.

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