JURIST

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Steven Donziger, a former attorney who has spent decades battling Chevron Corp. over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest, was sentenced on Friday to six months in prison for criminal contempt of court. The initial dispute originated in 2011 after an Ecuadorian court rendered a $9.5

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Virginia law states that any motorist pulled over for driving 20 miles per hour or more about the limit (to an excess of 80 mph in any speed limit) the driver is eligible to be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor violation. At the court stage, the courts amended or dismissed misdemeanor speeding charges 42 percent of the time.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A federal judge is set to hear arguments December 19 over a state-run court in part of Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city of Jackson that the Justice Department says would continue the state’s long history of trying to suppress Black people’s right to participate in government, Emily Wagster Pettus reports for the Associated Press.

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MorneauLaw

MAY 20, 2023

Can I Record My Spouse or Co-Parent for Court? That leads many people to believe that a recording may help their parenting or divorce case in court. Illegal Recordings One-party consent is not allowed by New Hampshire law, including telephone calls or in-person conversations. appeared first on Morneau Law.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 18, 2022

New legal filings in Texas describe an ongoing and consistent pattern of men being illegally detained for a month or more as their cases stagnate in overwhelmed courts, reports Click2Houston.com.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 15, 2024

No one seriously believes that Alvin Bragg would have spent this time and money to prosecute what is ordinarily a state misdemeanor if the defendant was anyone other than Trump. Here is the column: The famous Roman philosopher and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero once said, “The more laws, the less justice.” Dunne and Mark F.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

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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The Crime Report

APRIL 1, 2022

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is joining forces with public defenders and nonprofit organizations to establish the county’s first Human Trafficking Diversion Court program, reports the Daily Breeze. Participants are referred to Human Trafficking Court by defense attorneys, prosecutors or law enforcement agencies.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 1, 2022

In an experiment aimed at reducing chronic criminal behavior, the district attorney responsible for one of the country’s most violent neighborhoods has agreed to forego prosecutions for some non-violent offenses and place offenders under the responsibility of community organizations.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 21, 2022

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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The Crime Report

AUGUST 1, 2022

Participation in California’s drug courts decreased statewide by 67 percent between 2014 and 2018. In California, aignificantly fewer people are choosing to go to drug court, in part because the penalties for drug possession were reduced by the passage of Proposition 47 in 2014, reports KPVI.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2022

“ Travis County judges can’t hear appeals from migrants arrested under Texas border security push, court rules ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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Livesay&Myers

APRIL 8, 2020

The new law, which goes into effect on July 1, 2020, will make proving adultery easier in divorce and other family law cases in Virginia. Adultery is a crime in Virginia—a Class 4 misdemeanor under Virginia Code § 18.2-365. The new law does not change that burden.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 27, 2023

I was highly skeptical of the charges brought by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who was later removed from the case due to ethical concerns. Mark McCloskey later pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors to end the case, but was then granted a pardon. As such, the state law on the seizure of the weapons stands.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

this would constitute a criminal misdemeanor. Prosecutions for violation of the provisions of this subsection shall be on information filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 7, 2023

Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit handed down a major ruling in favor of the Second Amendment rights of ex-felons. At issue was the federal “felon-in-possession” law—18 U.S.C. § The federal law makes it “unlawful for any person. 922(g)(1), which bars ex-felons from possession of firearms.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

A Minnesota district court sentenced former police officer Kim Potter to two years in prison on Friday. Convicted in December for first- and second-degree manslaughter, Potter was sentenced only on the more serious charge per Minnesota law. The officers ran a search on Wright and discovered an arrest warrant for a missed court date.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

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.”.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 24, 2024

Below is an expanded version of my column in the New York Post on the start of the Trump trial and much awaited explanation of District Attorney Alvin Bragg on the underlying alleged criminal conduct. It is not treated under federal law as a political contribution to yourself. Ohio , 378 U.S.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 22, 2023

C-Span/YouTube Screenshot Below is my column in USA Today on the expected indictment of former President Donald Trump and the prospect of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg putting Michael Cohen on the stand as his star witness. Yesterday, I wrote about the early skirmish between Cohen and his former counsel. Department of Justice.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 8, 2024

Here is the column: Before the start of the Manhattan prosecution of former president Donald Trump, I characterized the case of District Attorney Alvin Bragg as based on a type of obscenity standard. In a 1984 pornography case, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart wrote “I shall not today attempt further to define [obscenity].

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star using state law enforcement to enforce immigration law by arresting migrants for trespassing is overwhelming local courts and resulting in few convictions. County attorney offices working on Operation Lone Star have just a few staffers who are accustomed to small caseloads. As of Nov.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 28, 2024

There is still debate among legal experts as to the specific crime that District Attorney Alvin Bragg is alleging. Trump’s lawyers are defending a former president who is charged under a state misdemeanor which died years ago under the statute of limitations.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 24, 2024

Now it will be up to 12 New Yorkers to do what neither the court nor the prosecutors were willing to do: adhere to the rule of law regardless of the identity of the defendant. It is down to three – a tax crime and violations of state or federal election law. Bragg is not counting on the evidence or the law.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 16, 2022

One of those is Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj, who in now in middle of a controversy over an alleged misrepresentation of the criminal record of a felon in order to secure a lower sentence in a plea deal. Loudoun County Circuit Court Judge James Plowman removed Biberaj and her office from the case.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2023

Yet at the press conference and Q & A following the arraignment District Attorney Alvin Bragg told the world that the 34 felony charges brought against defendant Trump were nothing more than the Manhattan office engaging in its everyday prosecution of “bread and butter” white-collar crimes. It all depends on the decision of the D.C.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Massachusetts already allows the sealing and expungement of some juvenile records after a period of time, but advocates are quick to note that it’s limited, and people with juvenile records still struggle to get some charges removed, while other misdemeanors don’t qualify for expungement in Massachusetts. .

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JURIST

AUGUST 12, 2022

According to court documents , Robertson, 49, and co-defendent Jacob Fracker were both officers with the Rocky Mount, Virginia, Police Department and were off duty when they headed for Washington, D.C. Attorney Matthew M. The men were also convicted of misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

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. ” New Mexico and Oregon. ” New Mexico and Oregon. .” ” New Mexico and Oregon.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 27, 2022

This guide, authored by County Attorney Reese Frederickson from Minnesota, IIP Deputy Director Alissa Marque Heydari, a nd IIP Legal Fellow Chloe Marmet , spotlights individuals who have implemented restorative justice programs to meet the needs of the victims, society, and the accused in their communities. Smaller Communities, Big Changes.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 27, 2024

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg appears to be launching his own school of abstract legal work in the Trump indictment. For many of us, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has created a new school of abstract law where there is no need for objective meaning. The key is to avoid any objective meaning. and Maurice C.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The Supreme Court on Thursday released the calendar for its February argument session, which begins on Feb. Innovation Law Lab , a challenge to the Trump administration’s “remain in Mexico” policy, which allows the Department of Homeland Security to return immigrants seeking asylum to Mexico while they wait for an asylum hearing in U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.” Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced that she was taking a look, “long and hard,” at potential charges. First, let’s look at the law. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.)

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The six misdemeanor charges and three felonies carry a potential sentence of 17 years for alleged tax evasion and filing a false return. After all, Attorney General Merrick Garland had refused the calls of many of us to appoint a Special Counsel to look into the corruption scandal. It could have been worse. The answer was why not.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 10, 2024

.” The filing (below) shows how Hunter’s claims (repeated by many in the media) collapse under even cursory review in court. The government proposed no changes to Paragraph 1 of the Plea Agreement, which required the defendant to plead guilty to two misdemeanors.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Talking to people who are not attorneys will help ensure that your strategy is translating well, and they can help you think of options outside of the law that you may have overlooked. That being said, what does it take to stand out and become a “Top Lawyer” in your specific field of law? You are a successful attorney.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Wisconsin Gun Laws. They had planned to engage in a lawful transfer of gun ownership when Rittenhouse turned 18, according to the Washington Post. Wisconsin state law clearly states that lawful gun owners can “generally open carry without a permit” as long as the person wielding the “dangerous weapon” is 18 or older.

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