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Sentencing Project Trends Report Highlights New Criminal Justice Laws Across The Country 

The Crime Report

Oklahoma House Bill 4369 modifies the administrative parole process by allowing the possibility of getting off probation and parole early for someone within one calendar year of discharge. Alabama, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont have now joined Colorado, Nebraska and Utah in approving similar legislative language. .

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November Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: Reply Comments on EEO Reporting and KidVid Accessibility; New Noncommercial FM Filing Window; Biennial Ownership Reports; License Renewals; and More

Broadcast Law Blog

Copyright Office has issued a wide-ranging Notice of Inquiry that looks at the rights and protections of news publishers under copyright and related laws. If you were one of the stations that entered into a consent decree with the FCC over political file violations , mark December 10 on your calendar. federal issue ads).

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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

justices as being, in the words of law professor Cass Sunstein, “ illegitimate, undemocratic, and unprincipled.” Appeals of ballot decisions are pending in Arizona; ballot challenges are in process in Alaska, Maine , New York, New Jersey, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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