JURIST

JANUARY 3, 2024

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Texas and Governor Greg Abbott in his official capacity on Wednesday over a state law that criminalizes illegal entry into the border state from anywhere but a port of entry, exerting state jurisdiction over what is usually a federal matter. Last month, Abbott signed SB 4.

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JURIST

AUGUST 4, 2021

The McCloskeys, both personal injury attorneys, originally faced felony firearm charges before pleading guilty. Mark McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was fined $750. Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment and was fined $2,000.

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JURIST

JANUARY 5, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied an injunction Thursday against a Mississippi law that created a state-run court district in the state’s capital of Jackson. The bill also gives the court jurisdiction over misdemeanors, violations of city ordinances and felony preliminary matters.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 18, 2021

I was highly skeptical of the charges brought by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who was later removed from the case due to ethical concerns. Now, the couple has been allowed to plead to two minor misdemeanors in the conclusion of a highly politicized case.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2023

The Attorney General of Guam Douglas Moylan filed the motion to reinstate the ban. Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood of the District Court of Guam ruled that the original permanent injunction from 1990, which blocked Public Law No. Public Law No. 20-134 , should remain in effect.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Virginia law states that any motorist pulled over for driving 20 miles per hour or more about the limit (to an excess of 80 mph in any speed limit) the driver is eligible to be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor violation. At the court stage, the courts amended or dismissed misdemeanor speeding charges 42 percent of the time.

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The Crime Report

JULY 18, 2022

The Missouri law states that “no person shall be permitted to use state-owned lands for unauthorized sleeping, camping, or long-term shelters.” ” The first offense gets a warning, and the second gets a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by 15 days in prison, or a $750 fine, the Post-Dispatch reported. .”

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 7, 2022

Newly elected Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg has told prosecutors in his office in a memo that they should ask judges for jail or prison time only for the most serious offenses — including murder, sexual assault and economic crimes involving vast sums of money — unless the law requires them to do otherwise, reports the New York Times.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 1, 2022

In an experiment aimed at reducing chronic criminal behavior, the district attorney responsible for one of the country’s most violent neighborhoods has agreed to forego prosecutions for some non-violent offenses and place offenders under the responsibility of community organizations.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 15, 2024

No one seriously believes that Alvin Bragg would have spent this time and money to prosecute what is ordinarily a state misdemeanor if the defendant was anyone other than Trump. Here is the column: The famous Roman philosopher and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero once said, “The more laws, the less justice.” Dunne and Mark F.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that his office will dismiss roughly 60,000 marijuana convictions, the latest step to undo what some reform advocates consider the damage caused by narcotics enforcement carried out before Californians voted to legalize marijuana, reports the Los Angeles Times.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 18, 2022

A group of defense attorneys told the state’s highest criminal court that some men are still locked up for months before the courts give them an attorney or prosecutors file misdemeanor charges against them, in violation of state laws.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 24, 2022

Washington governor Jay Inslee has signed a package of bills tightening the state’s gun laws, including a measure that bans the manufacture, distribution and sale of firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition, reports The Guardian.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Possession of drug paraphernalia is a misdemeanor punishable by up to four years in prison and a fine of up to $25,000. Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby wants that policy put into law and applied to the rest of the state.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 1, 2022

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is joining forces with public defenders and nonprofit organizations to establish the county’s first Human Trafficking Diversion Court program, reports the Daily Breeze. Participants are referred to Human Trafficking Court by defense attorneys, prosecutors or law enforcement agencies.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 21, 2022

New York is moving to end a requirement that law school graduates report past arrests and police interactions short of convictions in order to become practicing attorneys, following a new report finding that excessive screening discourages people of color from applying to law school and the bar, reports Bloomberg News.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The new court would be led by a state-appointed judge and prosecutors, and it would be the equivalent of a municipal court, handling misdemeanor cases. In a December 5 federal court filing, Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general for the department’s Civil Rights Division, and Todd Gee, the U.S.

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LegalReader

JUNE 2, 2022

The state of Arkansas has made reckless driving a criminal misdemeanor.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Almost one year ago, then-Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced that his office would no longer prosecute individuals for prostitution and unlicensed massage. Members of law enforcement had sexually assaulted Song and threatened her with deportation during a previous sting. 87% of arrestees in 2019 were migrant women.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

this would constitute a criminal misdemeanor. Prosecutions for violation of the provisions of this subsection shall be on information filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)

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Livesay&Myers

APRIL 8, 2020

The new law, which goes into effect on July 1, 2020, will make proving adultery easier in divorce and other family law cases in Virginia. Adultery is a crime in Virginia—a Class 4 misdemeanor under Virginia Code § 18.2-365. The new law does not change that burden.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Last year, State’s Attorney Kim Foxx was reelected in Chicago, Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner won a second term in the city of St. Louis with 74 percent of the vote, District Attorney Mark Dupree earned another term in Kansas City, Kan.,, and State Attorney Andrew Warren was given four more years in Tampa, Fla.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 24, 2024

Below is an expanded version of my column in the New York Post on the start of the Trump trial and much awaited explanation of District Attorney Alvin Bragg on the underlying alleged criminal conduct. It is not treated under federal law as a political contribution to yourself. Businesses would just have to trust her and her judgment.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

While the legislation passed earlier this year didn’t address police directly, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gills says it will add a “new hurdle” for any prosecutor attempting to charge an officer, reports PBS. California passed a new law that says an officer can shoot someone “only when necessary in defense of human life.”.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 22, 2023

C-Span/YouTube Screenshot Below is my column in USA Today on the expected indictment of former President Donald Trump and the prospect of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg putting Michael Cohen on the stand as his star witness. Yesterday, I wrote about the early skirmish between Cohen and his former counsel. Department of Justice.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Steven Donziger, a former attorney who has spent decades battling Chevron Corp. She stated that “it seems only the proverbial two-by-four between the eyes” would get him to properly respect the law. over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest, was sentenced on Friday to six months in prison for criminal contempt of court.

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MorneauLaw

MAY 20, 2023

Illegal Recordings One-party consent is not allowed by New Hampshire law, including telephone calls or in-person conversations. Not only will most recordings not be admitted as exhibits by a judge, but these recordings can also bring bigger consequences including criminal misdemeanor or felony charges. appeared first on Morneau Law.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 28, 2024

There is still debate among legal experts as to the specific crime that District Attorney Alvin Bragg is alleging. Trump’s lawyers are defending a former president who is charged under a state misdemeanor which died years ago under the statute of limitations.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 2, 2023

Yet now Comey is heralding the effort of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg , who campaigned on a pledge of bagging Trump for some unspecified crime. Despite the widespread criticism of Bragg for reducing charges for an array of felonies by Manhattan criminals, he spent months working to convert a misdemeanor into a felony.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 10, 2022

Setting off what may be the country’s most high-profile clash over progressive prosecutor policies, Keechant Sewell, New York City’s new police commissioner, and newly-elected Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, are butting heads over their approaches to public safety.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

In addition, Adrian Guerrero, a general director of public affairs at Union Pacific, said lenient prosecution practices result in those arrested for rifling through railcars having their charges reduced to a misdemeanor or petty offense that has them back on the street with relative ease.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star using state law enforcement to enforce immigration law by arresting migrants for trespassing is overwhelming local courts and resulting in few convictions. Just 3 percent of the about 1,500 people arrested on misdemeanor trespassing charges since July, 2021 have been convicted, all via guilty pleas.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 7, 2023

At issue was the federal “felon-in-possession” law—18 U.S.C. § The federal law makes it “unlawful for any person. However, when Range pleaded guilty in 1995, his conviction was classified as a Pennsylvania misdemeanor punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment. 922(g)(1), which bars ex-felons from possession of firearms.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Convicted in December for first- and second-degree manslaughter, Potter was sentenced only on the more serious charge per Minnesota law. Later the same month, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a probe into the Minneapolis Police Department.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 4, 2021

Andrew Cuomo’s future remains uncertain following a report by the state attorney general’s office concluding that he sexually harassed nearly a dozen women throughout his recent political career — breaking state and federal laws, NBC News and The City NYC report. . New York Gov. Photo by Welington Abraham Trump via Flickr.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 24, 2024

Now it will be up to 12 New Yorkers to do what neither the court nor the prosecutors were willing to do: adhere to the rule of law regardless of the identity of the defendant. Merchan has allowed the government to bring back into life a dead misdemeanor and convert it into 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 27, 2022

This guide, authored by County Attorney Reese Frederickson from Minnesota, IIP Deputy Director Alissa Marque Heydari, a nd IIP Legal Fellow Chloe Marmet , spotlights individuals who have implemented restorative justice programs to meet the needs of the victims, society, and the accused in their communities. Smaller Communities, Big Changes.

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