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Advocacy groups file lawsuit to block Alabama law criminalizing absentee voting assistance

JURIST

SB 1, signed into law last month, criminalizes requests or collections of absentee ballots for someone other than close relatives. The Bill specifically targets Alabamians who pay for assistance in the absentee ballot process, which could result in a felony punishable by up to 20 years.

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Disqualified voters challenge Virginia’s felony disenfranchisement provision

JURIST

Three Virginia citizens disqualified from voting due to felony convictions joined a nonprofit organization to file a lawsuit Monday in federal court against Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin and several state elections officials. The action challenges the felony disenfranchisement provision of the Virginia Constitution.

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How The Supreme Court Changed Juvenile Justice

The Crime Report

An increasing number of Americans now believe US Supreme Court decision-making is based more on political ideology than the rule of law. Evidence that this disturbing trend is true can be found when taking a closer look at the shift in how the Court has dealt with juvenile cases dating back to 2005.

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Jury Trial Delays Lead to Longer Lock Ups

The Crime Report

As courts delayed jury trials due to COVID-19, many people accused of violent crimes were released from jail on pending cases. But others remained behind bars for more time than their eventual sentence, and the loosening of health restrictions means courts must now decide how to prioritize cases. . Chief Judge Anita M. 6 Capitol riot.

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Justices asked to review Arizona’s life-without-parole sentencing scheme for youths

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. Under Arizona law, the trial judge could have sentenced Bassett for each count to either life in prison without the possibility of parole or life in prison with the possibility of “release” after 25 years.

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Medical marijuana money and purses without probable cause

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. This week we highlight petitions asking the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, similar issues in two very different drug-related prosecutions. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.

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States Increase Efforts to End ‘Internal Exile’ of Former Incarcerees: Report

The Crime Report

This year’s rich harvest brings the total number of criminal record reforms enacted in the past three years to over 400 separate laws,” the report said, celebrating what it said was a bipartisan commitment to end “unwarranted discrimination” against the formerly incarcerated. not disenfranchising at all).

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