Remove Attorney Remove Connecticut Remove Felony Remove Misdemeanor
article thumbnail

Utah Self-Defense Law Makes It Harder to Charge Problem Cops

The Crime Report

While the legislation passed earlier this year didn’t address police directly, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gills says it will add a “new hurdle” for any prosecutor attempting to charge an officer, reports PBS. California passed a new law that says an officer can shoot someone “only when necessary in defense of human life.”.

Laws 124
article thumbnail

March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Connecticut ; Requested “Tutorial” on Climate Change. Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v. He had been convicted of misdemeanor trespass and felony criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit criminal mischief in October 2017. ExxonMobil Corp. applied federal common law.

Court 40