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Michigan ex-governor Rick Snyder facing charges in Flint water crisis

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The Attorney General of Michigan brought two charges of criminal neglect Wednesday against former governor Rick Snyder for his role in the Flint water crisis. The charges cite violations of section 750.478 of the Michigan Penal Code. Snyder served as governor of Michigan from 2011 to 2019.

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Children and Guns: Holding Parents Accountable

The Crime Report

In most states, violating the CAP law is a misdemeanor. A misdemeanor is a slap on the wrist. Do we take this law from a misdemeanor charge to a felony charge? Michigan, where 35 percent of households own a firearm , doesn’t have a child access prevention law on its books. That’s much more than a slap on the wrist.

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The ‘Assembly-Line’ Justice of Plea Bargaining

The Crime Report

In 1916, at a single Ford plant in Highland Park, Michigan, workers also reported almost 200 severed fingers and 75,000 other injuries. Somil Trivedi is Senior Staff Attorney with the ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project. In 1913, Henry Ford invented the assembly line and cut the time it took to produce a car from 12 hours to 90 minutes.

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How (Some) Prosecutors Changed the Face of Justice in 2021

The Crime Report

Last year, State’s Attorney Kim Foxx was reelected in Chicago, Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner won a second term in the city of St. Louis with 74 percent of the vote, District Attorney Mark Dupree earned another term in Kansas City, Kan.,, and State Attorney Andrew Warren was given four more years in Tampa, Fla.

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MA Record Expungement Bill Offers ‘Fresh Start’ to Juveniles

The Crime Report

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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Garland Plays Chess, Trump Plays Checkers

The Crime Report

Trump was totally wrong and caught off guard by Attorney General Merrick Garland. Turns out Garland was playing chess and Trump and his attorneys were playing checkers. The new law upped the crime from a misdemeanor to a felony, and from a maximum of one year in jail to a maximum of five years in prison. Gregg Barak.

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A Criminal Case Fifty Years In The Making

The Crime Report

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. And, ultimately, not the American people.”

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