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Felony Convictions Prevent 4.6 Million People From Voting: Report

The Crime Report

million people, will be barred from voting in 2022 due to state laws banning people with felony convictions from doing so, reports NPR. percent in Massachusetts to more than 8 percent in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, while Vermont, Maine, and Washington, D.C. ” Disenfranchisement rates range from 0.15

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Incarcerees Have the Right to Vote, But Where Are Their Ballots?

The Crime Report

In Wisconsin, for example, voting rights groups found that while just over half the sheriffs said they had policies in place to encourage jail-based voting, many inmates encountered multiple hurdles including the states voter ID laws. Maine and Vermont. People never lose their voting rights in D.C.,

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Jail Lengths of Stay Increasing Across the US: Report

The Crime Report

When looking at the charges individuals are being held on, in two of three counties, the average length of stay for violent felonies increased by 23 or more days. Yet, in all counties, individuals admitted for violent felonies spent on average over 100 days in jail in 2019. . Looking Ahead.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: April 10 to April 14, 2023

Broadcast Law Blog

The FCC has already issued such an extension three times since the initial compliance deadline of May 26, 2015, as the NAB contends that there still is no workable technology that can perform the functions required by the rule (see our Broadcast Law Blog article here from the last extension 5 years ago).

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Chiefs: Dropping Gun Permits Threatens Public Safety—and Officers’ Lives

The Crime Report

No law enforcement official I’ve spoken with thinks these policies are a good idea. She wrote , “the new law will complicate the tasks of determining who is not permitted to carry a gun and of getting illegally possessed guns off our streets.” Indiana’s permitless carry law goes into effect on July 1.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: May 7, 2022 to May 13, 2022

Broadcast Law Blog

On our Broadcast Law Blog, we wrote last week about the FCC’s current role in regulating the Internet ( Blog Post ). The Media Bureau deleted FM channels at Millerton, Oklahoma; Powers, Oregon; Mount Enterprise, Texas; Paint Rock, Texas; Hardwick, Vermont; and Meeteetse, Wyoming.

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The U.S. Needs a Federal Commission on Wrongful Convictions: Paper

The Crime Report

Of the 1,385,258 people in prison for felony convictions in 2019, it is estimated one to five percent—or between 13,853 and 69,263 people—at the end of 2019 were in prison for crimes they did not commit. Mary’s University School of Law. The percentage of people exonerated for crimes they did not commit in 2019 barely exceeds 0.01