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White nationalist group charged with conspiracy to riot at Idaho pride event released on bail

JURIST

Members of white supremacist group Patriot Front Monday were released from jail on bond after being charged with conspiracy to riot , a misdemeanor. Police first discovered the group hiding inside a U-haul truck several blocks away from a Pride event in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Each man bonded out of the Kootenai County Jail for $300.

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White Supremacists Nabbed in Plan to Disrupt Idaho Pride Event

The Crime Report

Thirty-one members of the white supremacist group known as Patriot Front are being charged with conspiracy to riot, a misdemeanor, after being arrested over the weekend in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho before they could act on plans to disrupt a local Pride event, reports the New York Times.

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Alabama legislature advances bill that restricts books ‘harmful to minors’ in public libraries

JURIST

If HB 285 is passed into law, public librarians could be guilty of misdemeanors for violating the state’s criminal obscenity provisions. Earlier this month, t he Idaho Senate approved House Bill No. The bill also removes the public library exemption from the state’s criminal obscenity laws.

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Ex-PetIQ GC Gets Suspended Sentence For Domestic Abuse

Law 360

The former general counsel and executive vice president of PetIQ LLC received a suspended jail sentence in an Idaho court this week, after he pled guilty to a misdemeanor domestic violence charge that followed his arrest near Boise this summer.

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Ammon Bundy Strikes Plea Deal In Second Trespassing Case

The Crime Report

Ammon Bundy has been convicted for trespassing twice now (and has gone to trial over trespassing charges twice before), after he pleaded guilty misdemeanor trespassing on Monday for his actions leading a protest that blocked ambulance access to a hospital, Alex Brizee reports for the Idaho Statesman.

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White Nationalist Group Escalates Activity, Prompts Calls for Stronger Legal Penalties

The Crime Report

Patriot Front, a white nationalist group whose members are accused of a misdemeanor count of conspiring to riot at an LGBTQ gathering and in downtown Coeur d’Alene in June, has escalated its activities.

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Court Fees Called ‘Another Layer of Punishment’ for Rural Poor

The Crime Report

In the most recent study, Idaho was singled out as relying almost entirely on penalties and fines to fund its judicial system, even as the state confronts more than $195 million in uncollected court debt. Mostly white and rural states like Idaho regularly impose substantial monetary sanctions on people without the means to pay them.”.

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