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Arbery Trial Judge Delivers Massive Blow to the Defense on the Eve of Closing Statements

JonathanTurley

The court ruled that Georgia’s prior citizen’s arrest law is only applicable if a person sees a felony committed and acts without delay. The ruling could be “outcome determinative” in the case by stripping away the core defense that these men were chasing a person suspected of a series of crimes over the last year.

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Georgia judge drops several charges pending against Trump in election interference case

JURIST

On Wednesday, Judge Scott McAfee of the Fulton County Superior Court ruled that six of the charges should be dropped for a “lack of detail concerning an essential legal element,” an oversight the judge described as “fatal.” Kimbrough, 300 Ga.

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Texas city council member argues retaliatory arrest

SCOTUSBlog

A federal appeals court ruled that Gonzalez’s case could not go forward because she had not provided examples of others who had engaged in the same kind of conduct but had not engaged in protected speech and had not been arrested. The district attorney ultimately declined to pursue the charges against Gonzalez.

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A Reform DA Fights Back

The Crime Report

Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton is among a small group of district attorneys working to dial back decades of tough-on-crime approaches. Statistics on her roughly 100-attorney staff shared with The Imprint show that in 2017, 43 percent were women. I never met a lawyer until I was somewhere in adulthood.” .

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Profile of a potential nominee: Leondra Kruger

SCOTUSBlog

attorney in Los Angeles and a second summer as a summer associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson. During her time in the Department of Justice, Kruger twice received the attorney general’s award for exceptional service, the department’s “highest award for employee performance.” before going to clerk for Judge David Tatel of the U.S.

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“Star Chamber Comeback”: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel Loses Flint Water Cases in Spectacular Fashion

JonathanTurley

Attorney General Dana Nessel has lost the Flint case in spectacular fashion this week. In an unanimous 6-0 ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court held that her office committed a fatal and inexplicable error in prosecuting nine officials for the Flint water crisis, including former Gov. Rick Snyder. juror) to charge them.”