JonathanTurley

JUNE 7, 2023

At issue was the federal “felon-in-possession” law—18 U.S.C. § The federal law makes it “unlawful for any person. However, when Range pleaded guilty in 1995, his conviction was classified as a Pennsylvania misdemeanor punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment. That triggered the federal ban. District Judge Gene E.K.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The recent rape of a woman on a train in Pennsylvania has shocked and disgusted the nation, particularly after passengers did nothing to help the woman as she was allegedly attacked by Fiston Ngoy, 35. Generally there is no duty to rescue or to call police under the common law. Perhaps some of our Pennsylvania lawyers could help out.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 11, 2022

justice system and reduce mass incarceration, argues a Washington and Lee University law professor. Expansion of the jury trial right would constitute a meaningful structural reform in democratizing criminal justice, at a time when such change is needed to establish the popular legitimacy of the criminal justice system,” writes J.D.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 16, 2022

This weekend, I was unable to attend our law school graduation after traveling to Utah to speak to the Federal Bar Association. Susan Wild (D) who represents the 7th District in Pennsylvania and is a distinguished graduate of our law school. I have only missed a couple of graduation in almost 30 years of teaching.

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