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Federal Judge Enjoins Illinois’ Assault Weapon Ban

JonathanTurley

District Judge Stephen McGlynn has granted a preliminary injunction of Illinois’ ban on assault weapons and large capacity magazines. The decision comes after two other district courts ruled in favor of the law — sending this issue to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and potentially the Supreme Court.

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Attacking Store Workers for Enforcing Rules on Wearing Face Masks: Now a Felony in Illinois

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But not in Illinois, thanks to. The post Attacking Store Workers for Enforcing Rules on Wearing Face Masks: Now a Felony in Illinois appeared first on Nolo. Of course, it’s already a crime in most states to do anything like this (or to attack anyone else, for that matter). Read More Read More.

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As Life Without Parole Cases Rise, Finding Public Defenders Grows Harder  

The Crime Report

Most states have no rules, and someone just out of law school could handle a life-without-parole case in Illinois or Nebraska. South Carolina requires just three years of experience in criminal law; Arkansas specifies that lawyers should have handled at least one homicide trial. Other states have minimal standards.

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Patients Went to This Isolated Facility for Treatment. Instead, Nearly Two Dozen Were Charged With Crimes.

The Crime Report

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Lee Enterprises , along with Capitol News Illinois. On a chilly November morning in 2019, Lutrice Williams, a patient at a state-run mental health center in southern Illinois, was surprised by a visit from a sheriff’s deputy.

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Special Prosecutor: Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx Lied To The Public in Smollett Case

JonathanTurley

Given the findings, the question is whether the Illinois bar will review the matter. Attorneys are generally barred from making “ a false statement of material fact or law to a third person. However, there will be few real answers unless the court refers the matter to the Illinois bar (or bar members ask for such a review).

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Protection, Punishment, and the Victims Rights Movement

The Crime Report

Meanwhile, states like New York , Illinois , Nevada , and California have extended their statute of limitations on a wide range of sex crimes that expand the window for survivors to take legal action against their attackers and receive justice. TCR: How do we define a victim and what needs to be done to better protect and support them?

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The long conference’s relists

SCOTUSBlog

Criminal law We are now in the home stretch. Beginning in March 2013, Michael Johnson, a state prisoner in Illinois convicted of murder, was held in solitary confinement for over three years. A divided panel of the 6th Circuit affirmed, holding that application of nonmutual offensive collateral estopposel was permissible.

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