The Crime Report
JANUARY 24, 2022
Reporting on the latest data, OPB details that Oregon’s public defense system’s stress has had long-lasting implications, as it has one-third of the attorneys the state news to “adequately represent criminal defendants.”. Those standards are expected to be released in May, replacing metrics that have been in place for decades.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Boulder, Colorado fits the American college town stereotype; young students often spend their free time on weekends partying. Garnett is an active board member for the National District Attorney’s Association where he promotes Restorative Justice and other progressive criminal justice reforms.
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The Crime Report
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Soon after Shannon Lucas began serving a sentence at a Colorado halfway house, her medication began to disappear. A judge ordered that it be given to the attorney on the condition that it not be released to anyone else. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 15, 2021
In California, Colorado and Massachusetts, a firearm owner can face liability after leaving a gun where a child merely has the potential to gain access. 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?
The Crime Report
AUGUST 10, 2021
Howell challenged the toughness of the Justice Department’s stance in a plea hearing for a Colorado Springs man who admitted to one of four nonviolent misdemeanor counts of picketing in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington on why it was seeking to require only $2,000 in each felony case and $500 in each misdemeanor case.
The Crime Report
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Vape pens with marijuana-derived extracts are legal in many states, like New Mexico and Colorado, but not in Texas, and the criminal punishments for such derivatives are harsher than for marijuana. Having up to 4 ounces of flower marijuana is a misdemeanor.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
AUGUST 4, 2021
On July 8, 2021, a jury in Minnesota state court found four activists guilty of aiding and abetting fourth degree criminal damage to property, a misdemeanor offense. Pro Se Constitutional Climate Suit Filed in Colorado Federal Court. “Valve Turner” Defendants Convicted of Aiding and Abetting Criminal Damage to Property.
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