The Crime Report

JULY 11, 2022

Nebraska is now in year three of a prison overcrowding crisis after being forced to declare an emergency for violating federal rules limiting populations to 114 percent of design capacity in 2020, reports PNS. Nebraska prisons were operating at 141 percent of design capacity in 2020 when the emergency became official.

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The Crime Report

MAY 19, 2023

Nebraska lawmakers, led by Senator Justin Wayne, may be making strides toward criminal justice reform during the current legislative session, reports Henry J. Nebraska’s prison system has long grappled with overcrowding and staff shortages, necessitating comprehensive reforms.

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JURIST

MAY 15, 2024

The US Department of Justice determined that Nebraska is violating the civil rights of residents with serious mental illnesses by unnecessarily segregating them into institutional settings. The post US DOJ says Nebraska’s excessive institutionalization violates civil rights of mentally ill appeared first on JURIST - News.

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HowAppealing

MAY 20, 2021

” Sadly, that question became even more pertinent in February 2021, when Jessica Wade of The Omaha World-Herald had an article headlined “ Woman convicted in 1998 Bellevue slaying dies in prison at 40.” ” Yesterday, a three-judge panel of the U.S.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Thirty-two currently operate across Nebraska, but only 4.2 percent of felony offenses are dealt with by these courts, according to Nebraska Supreme Court Judge Jeff Funke. One obstacle highlighted at the hearing: problem-solving courts are staffed on a volunteer basis by district judges with their own significant caseloads.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

“Nebraska direct warning waiver applies to medical devices in Teva IUD case — 8th Circ”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued yesterday.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

“Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Voting Rights for Felons; Legislators voted to restore voting rights to more people convicted of felonies, but a dispute over that law’s constitutionality created pre-election confusion”: Mitch Smith of The New York Times has this report.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Nebraska and Department of Education v. Nebraska today with the statement, “The problem here is the states aren’t the proper plaintiff to bring this suit.” The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard oral arguments in Biden v. ” During oral argument for Department of Education v. In Biden v.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 26, 2023

“Appeals Court Reverses Conviction of Former Nebraska Congressman; Former Representative Jeff Fortenberry had been convicted on charges of lying to the federal authorities. An appeals court said his trial was in the wrong venue”: Heather Knight of The New York Times has this report.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Several US states have abolished forced prison labor in recent years, including Colorado, Vermont, Nebraska, Utah, Alabama, Oregon and Tennessee. The post California voters reject ballot measure banning forced prison labor appeared first on JURIST - News.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Aside from the residency requirement, you must also provide the court with a legally acceptable reason for wanting to get divorced.

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LegalReader

JUNE 24, 2022

A minor has no say in this under Nebraska laws. Does the child’s opinion matter?

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The state attorneys generals of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina alleged in a federal Missouri court that Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan is unauthorized and poses economic harm to working class individuals.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Nebraska courts can find holographic wills to be enforceable but they should only be used when the formality surrounding a properly executed will cannot be followed.

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JURIST

JUNE 19, 2021

Only two states (Idaho and Nebraska) prohibit marijuana completely. Cannabis advertising will be limited, and marijuana smoking would be banned in workplaces, hotels, and state parks. Marijuana is fully legal (recreationally and medically) in 15 states, and permitted for medical usage in 30 states.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2023

Nebraska uses fentanyl for its injections. Tennessee allows use of the electric chair. New Hampshire allows death by hanging if the lethal injections are not available. And most other states are turning to different kinds of drugs. Yet other states use various forms of anesthetics and nitrogen hypoxia.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Live in Nebraska and want to go to law school in order to help people? Also — consider leaving Nebraska. . * Fewer folks are applying to be law students in 2023. This is not entirely bad. We do need more welders. Check out their public interest scholars program! News.UNL.edu ].

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LegalReader

JUNE 7, 2021

Nebraska research team confirms that poor air quality affects academic outcomes.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Voters across Nevada, Connecticut, Michigan, Arizona, Nebraska and Ohio Tuesday voted on whether to expand or restrict voter access to election procedures. Some of the issues addressed in the proposed ballot initiatives and constitutional amendments paralleled issues in the over 100 lawsuits filed leading up to Election Day.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In a blog post , Google stated that the settlement “ is another step along the path of giving more meaningful choices and minimizing data collection while providing more helpful services.”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

The group comes from a broad range of states across the country, including California, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Vermont. They will examine whether the company violated state consumer protection laws by putting the public at risk.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 25, 2024

“Justice Jeffrey Funke chosen as Nebraska’s next chief justice after Justice Heavican retires; Funke’s elevation leaves another vacancy for first-term Gov. Jim Pillen to fill in the coming months”: Zach Wendling of Nebraska Examiner has this report.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 3, 2022

In 2014, Nebraska created a Vocational and Life Skills (VLS) Program providing funding for the state’s jail population to learn trades to lower the odds of recidivism, reports the Nebraska Examiner. Photo by Austin Kehmeier on Unsplash.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 18, 2023

Justice Clarence Thomas has listed hundreds of thousands of dollars in household income from a Nebraska real-estate firm on his disclosure forms over the last…

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JURIST

JULY 1, 2023

Nebraska bring to an end a nearly year-long saga in which Biden attempted to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans for current and former US college students. Nebraska , Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority. The court’s decisions in Department of Education v. Brown and Biden v. In a 6-3 decision in Biden v.

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JURIST

AUGUST 11, 2023

The newly uncovered gifts included skybox tickets to University of Nebraska football games, private flights to resorts owned by his benefactors and golf club initiations valued at $150,000. The report specifically names H. Wayne Huzienga, David Sokol, Paul Novelly and Harlan Crow, all finance and oil tycoons.

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LegalReader

APRIL 8, 2021

Plaintiff John Wizinsky says his PTSD and diabetes have both gotten worse after the riot.

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Diane Drain

JANUARY 22, 2023

CONTENTS: November 17, 2022: Student Loans; Bankruptcy December 1, 2022: Bankruptcy December 5, 2022: Arizona Exemptions, Medical Debt December 15, 2022: HECM Reverse Mortgages December 27, 2022: Bankruptcy December 31, 2022: Student Loans; USDA Loan Modifications January 1, 2023: TILA; FCRA; CLA; HMDA; FHA Loans; Minimum Wage and Wage Garnishment (..)

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Many people who come to the United States from other countries plan to stay long term and earn their full citizenship.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 8, 2022

I recently stumbled across a cache of American mugshots from the Nebraska State Historical Society. The Historical Society discovered the following: “Ruby Fox and Myrtle Hetrick met while incarcerated at the State Reformatory for Women in York, Nebraska. I wanted to share a few.

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LPB Network

MARCH 21, 2022

Here is the announcement: The University of Nebraska College of Law is looking for visiting professors for 2022-23. We are accepting letters of interest from professors to teach criminal law and/or contracts in fall 2022. We are also accepting letters.

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Mondaq

MAY 3, 2022

State AG Pulse - Season 1, Episode 2: In this week's episode, we get an insider's perspective on the Nebraska open seat race and its political and business significance from Meghan Stoppel

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The Crime Report

JULY 20, 2023

Nebraska non-profit ‘Justice in Action’ is pushing for a $1 million increase to the Lancaster prison budget to be used for rehabilitation and diversion programs rather than boarding contracts, Matt Chibe reports for ABC.

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LegalReader

AUGUST 10, 2022

The A.C.L.U. claims that the federal government has refused to respond to public records requests for two years.

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Above The Law

MARCH 19, 2025

A school in New Haven probably doesnt know much about state court clerkships in Nebraska. A state school in Nebraska likely doesnt send too many clerks to the Second Circuit. Furthermore, there will always be gaps in schools information. New judges are appointed and elected each year.

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LegalReader

AUGUST 29, 2022

Even an innocent remark about you being tired or upset about something at the time of the crash could be used later on as a pretext to lower the damages you deserve.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Three states have already passed similar legislation, including Nebraska, Utah and Colorado. A similar measure failed earlier this year in California due to concerns about whether eliminating the exception would force the state to pay prisoners minimum wage.

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