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Consequences For Drug Possession Could Change in 2023 in Washington State

The Crime Report

Tough decisions on how to handle drug convictions will be on the agenda for legislators in Washington state this year, Laurel Demkovich reports for The Spokeman Review. Lawmakers responded to the ruling by temporarily making drug possession a simple misdemeanor.

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DC Council Approves Emergency Public Safety Bill

The Crime Report

The Council of the District of Columbia has approved an emergency public safety bill aimed at addressing the increase in violent crime and homicides in Washington, D.C., The MPD previously interpreted local statute as mandating a no-pursuit policy. Martin Austermuhle reports for DCIst.

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Connecticut High School Student Arrested For Posting Racist Slur

JonathanTurley

Here is what the provision states: “Any person who, by his advertisement, ridicules or holds up to contempt any person or class of persons, on account of the creed, religion, color, denomination, nationality or race of such person or class of persons, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.” Free speech demands bright lines.

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Fourth Circuit Overturns Conviction Of Retired Air Force Colonel For Using Racial Slur

JonathanTurley

” The language of the statute in my view is unconstitutional due to its sweeping criminalization of any “curse or abuse” that could “provoke a breach of the peace.” Bartow was charged under Virginia Code § 18.2-416, Winston , 199 S.E.2d 2d 724, 726 (Va. Free speech demands bright lines.

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House committee votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt

JURIST

So many people said, ‘Man, if I was in a revolution, I would be in Washington.’ The contempt of Congress statute, 2 U.S.C. § 192 , provides that if Bannon is found in contempt, he will be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year of confinement or up to $100,000. . § Well, this is your time in history.

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Court declines to delay Bannon’s prison sentence

SCOTUSBlog

Three weeks later, a grand jury in Washington, D.C., The statute under which he was convicted makes it a misdemeanor to “willfully” fail to respond to a subpoena. “It The committee recommended that Bannon be found in contempt of Congress, and the House of Representatives adopted that recommendation by a vote of 229-202.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The action involved closing valves on pipelines in Washington, Montana, Minnesota, and North Dakota. He had been convicted of misdemeanor trespass and felony criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit criminal mischief in October 2017. State of Washington , No. Foster , 34-2016-CR-00187 (N.D. NEW CASES, MOTIONS, AND NOTICES.

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