The Crime Report
OCTOBER 11, 2022
.” Recent rulings in lower courts across the country have mirrored Thomas’s guidance to stay consistent with how states have historically regulated gun ownership, striking down gun restrictions involving young adults, people facing felony charges, and makers of homemade guns.
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
An increasing number of Americans now believe US Supreme Court decision-making is based more on political ideology than the rule of law. Evidence that this disturbing trend is true can be found when taking a closer look at the shift in how the Court has dealt with juvenile cases dating back to 2005.
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SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 26, 2024
One of those four involves an issue on which the court already is considering 11 other relisted cases: whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments require the use of a 12-person jury to try defendants accused of felonies, rather than the six-person jury Florida affords for many such offenses. relisted after the Apr. Florida and Moore v.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 20, 2022
Texas , involving allegations that a racially biased juror, who commented during voir dire that “non-white” races were statistically more violent than whites, served on petitioner Kristopher Love’s capital sentencing jury. Some older Supreme Court decisions support that theory of consent. Texas , 21-6001.
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
In a 6-3 decision Ex parte Danny Richard Lane , the state’s highest criminal appeals court ruled that Texas’ historical doctrine of “judicial clemency” does not forgive sex offender registration. The Texas Legislature in 1991 enacted the state’s first sex offender registration program. Lane did not keep the appointment.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JULY 6, 2017
Two other states—Texas and North Dakota—filed an amicus brief supporting EPA; the petitioners opposed their participation on procedural grounds. What is disputed is whether it is just or legal to convict Ward of felony crimes for acting peacefully and responsibly to prevent greater harm to the climate.” Clean Air Council v.
The Crime Report
APRIL 6, 2022
The Oklahoma House has voted overwhelmingly for a Republican-sponsored bill that would make performing an abortion a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine, with the only exception being if the life of the mother is in danger, reports the Washington Post.
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