The Crime Report
AUGUST 10, 2022
So-called “second chance laws” involving felony charges often take longer to clear than misdemeanors. Meanwhile, New York City appears poised to ban criminal background checks for public housing applications, reports the New York Times. The city would join New Jersey, Seattle and San Francisco.
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 20, 2024
Colorado 23-831 Issues : (1) Whether a prior misdemeanor conviction that elevates a subsequent offense from a misdemeanor to a felony is an element of the subsequent offense that must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt under Apprendi v. New Jersey ; and (2) whether this court should overrule Almendarez-Torres v.
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The Crime Report
APRIL 21, 2022
An analysis by the police reform advocacy group Campaign Zero found that the felony threshold for larcenies like shoplifting can be as low as $200 in New Jersey or high as $2,500 in Texas and Wisconsin.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 25, 2022
In Arizona, the legislatures enacted eight new laws, including broad record clearing, as well as two new laws that improved occupational licensing opportunities and a judicial “second chance” certificate.
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 28, 2021
In terms of legislation, Detroit City Council approved a new local law this week that will allow law enforcement to seize firearms from anyone convicted of a misdemeanor related to domestic violence, according to the Detroit Free Press. . The council members named the ordinance after Sgt.
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. If you do that, simply, it takes away all the arguments about poor people getting kept in jail and rich people getting out.”.
JonathanTurley
JULY 11, 2021
which states a person who commits any primary offense — such as misdemeanor property destruction — with the intent to “intimidate or terrorize another person or with reason to believe that his action would intimidate or terrorize that person” is subject to a class B misdemeanor primary offense becoming a class A misdemeanor.
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