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Federal grand jury indicts Missouri man over threatening voicemail to Arizona election official

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A federal grand jury in the US District Court for the Western District of Missouri indicted Walter Lee Hoornstra Wednesday for threatening an Arizona election official. Both counts are felony charges, and Hoornstra could face up to seven years in prison and a $500,000 fine. Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A.

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Public Defender Shortages Reaching Critical Levels: Report

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According to the reports, which are the result of two years of research, New Mexico is short more than 600 full-time public defenders across adult and juvenile courts, whereas Oregon is short nearly 1,300 public defenders. Those standards are expected to be released in May, replacing metrics that have been in place for decades.

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Illinois Scores Top Rank in Reintegrating Ex-Incarcerees, Alaska is Lowest

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Pardon Attorney, in the introduction to the report. Take Alaska , for example, which the report ranks as the lowest-performing state in terms of nearly every law category analyzed — receiving “F” grades for pardoning, felony relief, misdemeanor relief, certificates of relief, employment, and occupational licensing laws.

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St. Louis Can Banish People From Entire Neighborhoods – Police Can Arrest Them if They Come Back

The Crime Report

But a court struck down the practice as a violation of the constitutional freedoms of association and movement, and the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003 let that ruling stand. Some defendants also face active court cases for alleged violations. Cincinnati once barred people convicted of drug offenses from its own “exclusion zones.”

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How Duke Law Researchers Pried Open the ‘Black Box’ of Plea Bargaining

The Crime Report

Supreme Court during a 2012 ruling. Criminal justice today is for the most part a system of pleas, not a system of trials,” the Court said in Missouri v Frye. In today’s clogged court dockets, the emphasis is on speed and efficiency, critics of the system point out. a fact summed up starkly by the U.S. percent).

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Missouri Court: Mark McCloskey Pardoned But Still Guilty

JonathanTurley

I was highly skeptical of the charges brought by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who was later removed from the case due to ethical concerns. The Missouri Court of Appeals has now prevented that return of the weapons by denying a motion for replevin. He then sough the return of two firearms. Dep’t of Liquor Control (Mo.

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“Like A Needle Pulling A Thread”: Kim Gardner Kicked Off McCloskey Case

JonathanTurley

I have been skeptical in the past of the charges brought against Mark and Patricia McCloskey by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner given the countervailing rights of gun possession and home protection in Missouri. Now, a court has removed Gardner as prosecutor for fundraising on the case. Republican Missouri Gov.