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Pennsylvania Supreme Court to decide constitutionality of mandatory life imprisonment for felony murder

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear an appeal from Derek Lee, a man convicted of second-degree murder who is challenging the state’s law requiring mandatory life prison sentences for those found guilty of the offense who did not intend to kill.

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Off-duty Virginia police officer sentenced to 87 months for January 6 riot

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Attorney Matthew M. Pennsylvania Congressman Scott Perry , former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarri and William Todd Wilson , regional leader of the Oath Keepers , have also been charged in relation to the riot. The men were sentenced in the District of Columbia.

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IT'S THE WORST THING THEY'VE EVER DONE

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Carol Menaker's New Book Looks at Jury's Error Back in the summer of 1976, when Carol Menaker reported to a Pennsylvania courthouse for her first jury-duty assignment, she never anticipated that the next three weeks would leave a decades-long impression on her. ” After the trial, Carol’s normal routine resumed.

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The Krasner Effect: DAs Can Lead the Way Towards Ending Mass Supervision

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Few district attorneys in recent history have had a first term as consequential as Larry Krasner’s. Conditions were especially dire in Pennsylvania. Supervision lengths for felonies fell from an average of 48 months to 36 months, and from 12 months to 9 months for misdemeanors. population.

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Injustice With Impunity: A Texas Tale

The Crime Report

Defense attorneys would have protested if they knew what was going on, but county and court officials kept the arrangement quiet among themselves. They complained to an immigration and employment attorney about long hours and poor living conditions. responded by charging all 10 nurses and their attorney with “patient abandonment.”

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Locked and Loaded: Third Circuit Declares Federal Gun Law Unconstitutional Over Ex-Felon Rights

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However, when Range pleaded guilty in 1995, his conviction was classified as a Pennsylvania misdemeanor punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment. Rickey Kanter was convicted of one count of felony mail fraud for defrauding Medicare in connection with therapeutic shoe inserts. Attorney General United States

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Kansas Criminal Justice Bill Makes ‘Sextortion’ a Felony

The Crime Report

Another provision prohibits the court from requiring a crime victim undergo a psychological examination during the prosecution, which stems from a 1979 Kansas Supreme Court case that Todd Thompson of the Kansas County and District Attorneys Association said was outdated and contributed to false understandings of sexual abuse.

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