The Crime Report
MARCH 3, 2022
For example, in 20 states, — including California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Wyoming — a pardon offers the only way to regain firearms rights lost because of a past conviction. Put simply, a pardon is a powerful sign of “official forgiveness,” that can help someone get their life back on track. “But
JURIST
JUNE 24, 2023
Texas that Texas and Louisiana do not have constitutional standing to sue the federal government over a 2021 Homeland Security Memorandum that focuses immigration enforcement actions on non-citizens who are suspected of terrorism, committed serious crimes or are caught at the border entering illegally.
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The Crime Report
MAY 28, 2021
immigration enforcement has largely shifted from the street to jails, resulting in overreach and an increase in incarceration, according to a North Carolina law professor. Jailhouse screening” was supposed to speed up immigration processes and identify undocumented immigrants who posed a threat to public safety.
JURIST
JULY 17, 2023
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Americans for Immigrant Justice (AIJ) and the American Immigration Council (AIC) filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the recently enacted Florida immigration law SB 1718 , one of the strictest immigration laws in the US.
SCOTUSBlog
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Louis Clements is a Florida resident and registered sex offender. The failure to comply with these requirements is a felony under Florida law. Florida , Clements asks the justices to grant review and reverse the 11th Circuit’s ruling. Florida 23-107 Issue : Whether a person is “in custody” within the meaning of 28 U.S.C.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 19, 2024
That brings us to our next issue, raised by a large group of Florida criminal cases that the court has had kicking around since November. All raise the same question: whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when a criminal defendant is charged with a felony. Amina Bouarfa, a U.S.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 9, 2023
It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Gavin Newsom (D., for kidnapping charges against Gov.
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