JURIST
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Six states in the US allow for trials before six or eight-person juries in felony cases: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts and Utah. The post US Supreme Court declines to hear case regarding jury size in felony trials appeared first on JURIST - News.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 25, 2022
In 2018, four Connecticut State Police troopers collectively created hundreds of fake traffic tickets to make it appear they were more productive than they actually were in order to curry favor and perks from supervisors, the Register Citizen reports.
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The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
The officers were charged with felony cruelty to persons and a misdemeanor charge of second-degree reckless endangerment, according to state police. Cox’s lawyers filed a $100 million lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the city of New Haven and the five officers involved in transporting him in September.
The Crime Report
JULY 30, 2021
According to an analysis of state prosecution data Black and Hispanic residents continue to make up a disproportionate number of people in Connecticut’s justice system, which also is charging African Americans with felonies at higher rates, reports the Hartford Courant.
The Crime Report
MAY 30, 2023
This month, David Haywood graduated from Wesleyan University, a prestigious university in Connecticut counted among the unofficial “little ivies.” Haywood completed his degree while incarcerated at Cheshire Correctional Institution, 21 years into a 30-year sentence for felony murder, Susan Dunne reports for the Hartford Courant.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 25, 2022
The report focused on legislative achievements in Arizona and Connecticut , two states that issued what it called the most noteworthy laws relating to criminal record expungement. In a report released Monday, CCRC said legislatures around the country were slowly reducing the barriers faced by people with criminal records.
The Crime Report
MARCH 3, 2022
Pardons are also the only state relief mechanism in America recognized by federal immigration law that would allow “a non-citizen convicted of an aggravated felony to avoid mandatory deportation and remove the conviction-related bar to citizenship.”. The full report can be accessed here.
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