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Minnesota Attorney General Launches Clinic to Clear Criminal Records

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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will be hosting a clinic in north Minneapolis this week to help eligible people get their criminal records wiped clean, Nafi Soumare reports for the Minnesota Reformer. To be eligible, people must remain crime free during a court-ordered “waiting period,” which can vary from zero to five years.

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Lack of Oregon Public Defenders Leaves Hundreds of Defendants on Their Own

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Oregon has the equivalent of 600 full-time court-appointed attorneys, who have historically shouldered about 75,000 adult criminal cases a year. In Multnomah County, the court system delayed more than 700 unrepresented misdemeanor cases and 800 unrepresented felony cases from February through mid-August.

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US federal judge blocks request to reinstate abortion ban in Guam

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A federal court in Guam Friday denied a request to reinstate a total abortion ban on the island of Guam. The Attorney General of Guam Douglas Moylan filed the motion to reinstate the ban. The court concluded that Moylan did not meet his burden under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(5) to warrant lifting the injunction.

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US DOJ sues Texas over state law criminalizing illegal entry from abroad

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The case is in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas Austin Division. The law creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses. Addressing the lawsuit, Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta stated : SB 4 is clearly unconstitutional.

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L.A. County DA Dismisses 60,000 Past Marijuana Convictions

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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that his office will dismiss roughly 60,000 marijuana convictions, the latest step to undo what some reform advocates consider the damage caused by narcotics enforcement carried out before Californians voted to legalize marijuana, reports the Los Angeles Times.

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Hunter Biden indicted on 9 new criminal charges

JURIST

The new charges join the two previous charges filed against him in a federal court in Delaware. Biden now faces 11 charges in total—three felonies and eight misdemeanors. Weiss previously served as US Attorney for the District of Delaware and has been involved in investigations related to Biden’s case since 2019.

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New York Moves to Ease Arrest Disclosure Requirements by Would-Be Lawyers

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New York is moving to end a requirement that law school graduates report past arrests and police interactions short of convictions in order to become practicing attorneys, following a new report finding that excessive screening discourages people of color from applying to law school and the bar, reports Bloomberg News.

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